We have ourselves to blame - Monye - Sport in brief

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Despite leading 14-0 at the break, Quins conceded two tries before the second half was 10 minutes old and then fluffed two fine scoring opportunities close to the Toulouse line in the closing exchanges.

"We have a lot of belief at this club and it showed during that first half when we played ourselves into a really strong position," said Monye.

"But then we didn't look after the ball well enough and we left the door ajar. Lesser teams might not have squeezed through, but Toulouse are a different proposition.

"You cannot give them the openings we allowed. They were given two soft tries and we did ourselves damage more than any inflicted by our opponents.

"Even then, we regained the lead and could have won it at the end, but failed to take two decent chances."

Quins head coach John Kingston added: "Nobody would have complained if Harlequins had won that game but there is a very, very narrow line between success and failure at this level.

"That was far and away the finest rugby we've played this season, so we are frustrated. You can go away and analyse things, but if you drop a high ball, then you fail to spot a three-on-one overlap, then a player trips over as he is heading for the line, you don't need to do much analysing.

"There's no question our situation in the Heineken Cup now is very difficult. But if we can do the business home and away to Sale, beat Cardiff Blues here, then who can tell what will happen with the other results."