Bristol director of rugby Pat Lam told BBC Radio Bristol:
“We generally believed that we could win this game but, ultimately, we couldn’t apply enough pressure.
“We did some great stuff on defence, turned ball over, put the ball up, but the lineout we lost all momentum – our game really thrives on building pressure on the other team and getting scoreboard pressure and we certainly had opportunities.
“We end up losing the game by six points, two tries were conceded with 13 men, that made it difficult.
“When you’re playing a team like Leicester you need scoreboard pressure and line-out pressure and we couldn’t do either. But that doesn’t take away from the effort the boys put in.”
Leicester head coach Geoff Parling told BBC Radio Leicester:
“Good, gritty win against a good team in a difficult place to come. Really proud of the guys, some frustrations at the end, spoke to Ches [Ollie Chessum] afterwards because I thought we could have iced it earlier which is a sign that the team is in a great place.
“Really proud of what we’ve done – we’ve had three games in 12 days again. Really proud of the team, 10 guys away at the start of the week, no excuses we just got on with it.
“I’m really pleased with what the group is putting out, not just on game day but also during the week and in training.”
Bristol: Jordan; Rees-Zammit. Moroni, Williams, Ibitoye; MacGinty, Randall; Genge, Oghre, Kloska; Rubiolo, Batley, Luatua, Harding (c), Ivanishvili.
Replacements: Gwilliam, Woolmore, Chawatama, Caulfield, Owen, Marmion, Bates, Grondona.
Sin bin: Moroni (31), Jordan (34)
Leicester: Steward; Radwan, Kata, Bailey, Hassell-Collins; Searle, Whiteley; Van der Flier; Blamire, Heyes; Henderson, Chessum (c), Wainwright, Carnduff, Cracknell.
Replacements: Moli, Vunipola, Hurd, Stooke, Moro, Van Poortvliet, Wand, Hamer-Webb.
Referee: Luke Pearce
