"Every single one of the players was down in the dressing room after the game - and understandably so, too. We had worked so, so hard in the build-up to this game and then during the 90 minutes themselves, but we just ran out of luck. As we always seem to do.
"Yes, we created and missed chances and I suppose we have only ourselves to blame for that. But just look at their two goals - each one came from scuffed shots which have bounced the wrong way for us and ended up in the back of our net.
"That sort of thing seems to happen to us an awful lot. But we will keep on trying and the tide will one day turn in our favour. Have no doubt about that.
"There are still 11 games to go in this group and we need to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves down and start getting the points on the board that we deserve. Beginning with the next match.
"We proved we can go to the Czech Republic and push a very good team the whole way in their own backyard. Keep playing like that and it will come right for us in this qualifying campaign."
Craig Bellamy
"At this level, I suppose there is a bit more pressure on me to convert any scoring chances which do come my way because I'm not going to get many of them.
"You have to remember that, on this occasion, I was playing against Petr Cech and that's not easy because he's the best goalkeeper in the world.
"But, certainly for the first one, I didn't show enough imagination. I didn't drop my shoulder and feint, was too predictable as I tried to go around Cech, and he read me easily and was able to get a hand on the ball to push it away.
"For the second one, I hit the post, so there we go. That's football. But the fact that we created those good chances and still lost the game makes it a cruel blow for us.
"I thought, having come back into the game at 1-1, we were going to get at least a point, so to lose in the manner that we did was disappointing to say the least.
"John Toshack really made us believe that we could go to the Czech Republic and actually win the game and, if I had taken my chances, that would probably have been the case and he would have been proved right.
"If either of those efforts from me had gone in and we had taken the lead, then it would have been an entirely different sort of game.
"But, that said, perhaps we didn't actually play as well as we know we can. We didn't keep hold of possession of the ball enough and, if that's the case at international level, you are always going to be under the cosh.
"Losing the way we did is a big blow for us, but it is only the start. There are a lot of games and points to play for yet and we need to pick ourselves up and fight back from this."
Paul Jones
"The first goal was clearly offside and, for the second, the ball was quite clearly moving when the free-kick was taken in the build-up. And that's against the rules.
"Then, to compound things further, they have had two mis-hits which bounced into my goal, squirmed their way in, almost. It's unbelievable when you analyse it like that, but perhaps it just about sums up our luck.
"Referees are paid to make crucial decisions and these ones definitely went against us. Put it like this - I'm sure we would not have got away with either of those things, had the boot been on the other foot.
"It's hard enough as it is to come to a place like the Czech Republic and go away with a draw or a win. But when decisions like these go against you, it becomes nigh on impossible.
"I'm giving you an outline of my views, but I can't really say what I think because it would be unprintable.
"When the first goal went in, I told the referee that the player was clearly offside. But the ref just ran away, completely ignored me, carried on as normal and I realised he had awarded the goal.
"Having shown terrific character to haul ourselves back in it, we then had to see the Czechs get away with taking a free-kick when the ball was moving. And, on top of that, when the cross came over their player completely mis-hit his shot, it bounced the wrong way and went into the net again.
"The first goal was a mis-hit. To see the identical thing happening again was devastating."