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Ghana assistant coach Akwesi Appiah claims his side put in much work to deserve a 2-1 defeat to South Korea on Tuesday night at the Jeonju World Cup Stadium. The Black Stars conceded in stoppage time thanks to a Koo Ja-Cheol goal off a rebound to hand the 2010 Fifa World Cup quarter-finalists their first since July last year against Uruguay. Ghana, without the services of six key players, went down in the 12th minute goal when Ji Dong-won headed a corner into the Ghana net through the hands of goalkeeper Kingson. Striker Asamoah Gyan atoned for a first half spot-kick miss and drew level on 65th minutes after being teed up by captain Sulley Muntari. Appiah believes the score line did not tell the story. �The match was very competitive but I think we didn�t deserve to lose ,� Appiah said in a post-match interview. �Looking at the way we played they (South Koreans) know we should have won but football doesn�t tell the truth and it�s just unfortunate that they got a goal in the last two minutes,�� He added.