Sheffield Wednesday manager Henrik Pedersen believes his side did "all they could" in their 1-0 home defeat by Wrexham.
Sam Smith poked in the winner for the Welsh club in the 58th minute from Issa Kabore's low cross as Wednesday suffered their sixth straight Championship loss.
Despite the challenges on and off the pitch for Wednesday, Pedersen was more than satisfied with his players' efforts.
"It's been a difficult week, with Barry [Bannan] going and the transfer window closing," said Pedersen to BBC Radio Sheffield after the game.
"We wanted to keep all of the energy on the performance, and in training yesterday it was great.
"We wanted to bring this energy on to the pitch. When I look at the 94 minutes, I think the players did all that they could to match a very strong Wrexham team who are fighting for the top six."
The Owls are now 34 points adrift at the bottom of the table and are away to Blackburn Rovers on Tuesday evening.
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