Ivory Coast manager Sabri Lamouchi believes that his side deserved at least a draw against Colombia in Brasilia earlier today.
The Elephants conceded two goals in the space of six second-half minutes to leave themselves in a perilous position, before Gervinho's fine individual effort gave his side some hope.
The African side were unable to pull another goal back, however, meaning that their Group C campaign will go down to the wire.
"My players did not deserve to lose, a draw would have been more deserved," Lamouchi is quoted as saying by BBC Sport.
"It was a very experienced Colombian team who waited for us to make mistakes, unfortunately we made some and were hit in a hard way."
Ivory Coast face Greece in their final group game.
