Neil Warnock was in surprisingly upbeat mood despite Cardiff City's 3-1 defeat at West Ham United.

Another defeat on the road for the Bluebirds, with the gaffer asked about Joe Ralls' penalty miss, his side's defensive mistakes and the upcoming January transfer window in his post-match press conference.

Here's everything that was said...

Neil, did key things go wrong at key moments tonight?

"Yeah, but I thought it showed we can win games away from home. I pulled Manuel aside in the technical area and said 'how can we be losing 3-0 to you?' and he said 'I don't know'.

"And I don't know. A mad 10 to 12 minutes.

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"If the penalty goes in, you could sense the crowd beginning to feel it wasn't going their way.

"But we couldn't get it. I wouldn't criticise Rallsy. He'll get some stick from the fans I know but I think it takes some guts to take a penalty. I couldn't take on, I couldn't even watch. So I won't criticise someone who misses the penalty."

Will there be a discussion over who'll take the next one?

"Oh Victor will take it, he was second and asked (Joe) if he wanted it, so he'll take the next one if we get another one.

"Because I thought we should have got another one, the rabbit hug or whatever you call it on Morrison - the referee had a great view of that one.

"But it took a long time to get one penalty, so we're not going to get two I don't think!"

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And Victor missed a few chances of his own?

"Yeah, he's learning all the time.

"He's played well but then he's cost us a goal just because of the quickness of the game. It's not like Spain and he knows it's a mistake that shouldn't have cost us but it has.

"He's still learning but he's a very very good player. He's got a great future ahead of him, we're lucky to have him and he'll learn from these mistakes. You could see how disappointed he was."

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Did defensive errors cost you?

"Well I don't know how you can legislate for two players going up for the same ball. Or how you can legislate Antonio going across Paterson in that position.

"There's not much more we can do. We work on all these things in training, so once again it's frustrating. And it's not just been tonight, it's been all season and you'd think we don't talk on it or work on it. We've never worked harder, but probably we shouldn't bother, it might work better than that!"

Neil, you're off to look at potential signings now?

"Yes, we all are, four or five of us. We've got to, haven't we?

"It's an important part, January and I'm hoping we can get three or four to help the lads that are here.

"Because we've shown that we compete. More than Everton really tonight, we looked a decent side after that first 10 minutes when we weathered the storm.

"It would have been interesting if the penalty went in because that would have changed the whole complexion of the game, with the crowd and everything and the half-time team talk.

"It's another disappointment for me, but I'm afraid I'm still going to get them at my age."

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And what about strengthening the defence?

"Well I thought I've never seen (Felipe) Anderson as quiet this season. He ripped Newcastle to pieces and yes he lost Bruno once but I thought Morrison and Bamba did well tonight, I can't remember the strikers doing much at all.

"I thought Bennett had his best game of the season, so in answer to that - no. I thought the back four did alright.

"If I didn't get another defender, it wouldn't worry me.

"More important we've got to have someone up our sleeve if something happens to Gunnarsson and we've got to have a striker as we can't ask Paterson to do it, even though I thought it was his best game. I thought he controlled it well tonight and played some good balls for the wide lads."

Is is France you're going to?

"We're going all over Europe. You'll be looking at all those games now won't you!"

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Are you interested in Jermain Defoe?

"No."