GLOUCESTER director of rugby George Skivington praised his side's defensive effort. He said: “After missing so many tackles in our league fixture against Bristol, we've had a big focus on our defence in the last two weeks so I'm really pleased at how it went in that area.
“We knew Ospreys would go hard at the breakdown and they got into us early on and caught us on the counter with an excellent try.
“Despite it being only 14-13 at the interval, we were happy we were doing the right things but overall we weren't accurate enough.
“We are lucky to have secured a number of knock-out games at home so far this season and the more we bring to Kingsholm the better.”
Gloucester No.8 and Star Man, Zach Mercer, said:“I have had a chest infection all week but I knew I had to get out there as it's all we've got left to play for this season.
“If we can win this competition to add to our Premiership Cup success then it will still be a decent season with two trophies despite what's happened in the Premiership.
“Tonight we got the scoreboard ticking over but we need to be a lot better by taking our chances.”
