No illusions for Edwards

Midfielder David Edwards is not looking for excuses despite claiming Wales did not get the luck they deserved in their opening Euro 2012 qualifier.

Wales suffered a demoralising 1-0 loss in Montenegro, a result that leaves them having to play catch-up in a group that also includes England, Switzerland and Bulgaria.

Edwards, 24, said: "It's another disappointing night and we've got to do better. When we come to places like this we've got to get results. I think we deserved a bit better from the game, but at the end of the day it's down to us to get the result."

He added: "On the other side of the coin we didn't get much luck. We had all the effort but maybe lacked that bit of devilment.

"Once they got their goal it was always going to be hard to break them down. That was a catalogue of things. We lost the ball high up the pitch and we missed a couple of tackles and it ended up in our net.

"It was a shame because I thought we started the game quite well in the first 15 minutes and then they started to catch us on the break. But we battled well and we started to create a few chances towards the end."

Church thought he had equalised when he stabbed the ball home after Mladen Bozovic had parried a Robert Earnshaw shot.

It was the second controversial moment in the game after James Collins had earlier left the action with a head injury caused by an apparent stray elbow.

The Aston Villa defender appeared to be caught by Miodrag Dzudovic as the pair challenged for the ball on the edge of the Montenegro box, but referee Anastassios Kakos let the incident go unpunished.

"I was off the pitch and I thought it was blatant," said Wolves player Edwards. "He's gone up, he's elbowed him in the box and it should be a penalty, but obviously the ref didn't see it like that."