Worcester Warriors head coach Richard Hill believes knowing they had to obtain a try scoring bonus-point to keep the Amlin Challenge Cup group alive, impacted on his side's performance against Bucharest Wolves.
The English side left it late to secure the victory and the all important fourth try in Bucharest, eventually winning 24-13.
And Hill, whilst not happy with his side's performance was glad to see his team return with the maximum five points.
"We knew we had to get four tries and it's always a bit fatal when you know that. You can lose sight of winning the game and just focus on scoring tries," he said.
"We tried to score too soon, we lost our patience a little bit and at half-time the talk was that players had become too individual. Everyone was trying to score the tries by half-time and we were not sticking to the plan that we adopted.
"There was very little attacking structure because, individually, people were trying to win the game themselves. That didn't help us and it made it disjointed.
"I don't think our players can be too happy with the performance.
"There were a lot of errors, penalties and turnovers at the breakdown that we have got to sort out.
"But what we did do is show a lot of character to keep battling for that fourth try. We wanted to keep this competition alive to make sure we leave the last game in Paris as a decider.
"Bucharest were obviously up for the game and they were lively. Their strength is in the pack and if they get in your 22 they look very dangerous. They certainly weren't soft in defence and unloaded some big hits.
"But at lot of this group had played Monday night at Newcastle and we had done a lot of fitness work. We didn't have time to do as much team work and so we didn't look as well drilled.
"Next week will be different. We will put the team together early and we will be drilling them. I expect a very clinical and organised performance at Sixways."