Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it

In war, all suffer defeat, even the victors.

We learn little from victory, much from defeat

Miss Searle had always considered boredom an intellectual defeat

It was a very hard defeat to swallow.

It's now about how we react to the defeat in our cup-tie on Saturday and then the three or four league matches after that. They will go a long way to deciding our top-six aspirations.