A bad night for Stephen Kenny managed to get even worse during his post-match interview as there was a slightly painful moment where he asked Tony O'Donoghue to repeat his question - before then disagreeing with its premise.
In the wake of another deflating loss, it was put to him that his side actually looked to have less energy than Ukraine's players.
While Ukraine have played more games in this international window, whilst also carrying the heavy emotional burden of representing their war-torn country, they appeared the fresher of the two sides as Kenny's counterpart Oleksandr Petrakov made wholesale changes with all bar one of their players from Sunday's World Cup playoff defeat rested from the start.
