WORCESTER City handed Kidderminster Harriers their second pre-season defeat in the space of a week after Stuart Watkiss's men went down 2-0 at St. George's Lane on Tuesday evening.

Watkiss billed the match as the most important friendly of Harriers pre-season -- and it also proved to be one of the most disappointing after his side came unstuck against their lower-ranked rivals.

But the Aggborough boss refused to read too much into the defeat, saying: "Obviously there are things we need to wrk on but that's going to be the same after any football match.

"If the Sky Sports cameras were to have been there keeping note of the stats then I suspect our share of possession throughout the game would have been at least 80 per cent.

"As far as the result goes, that's just what pre-season is about.

"We managed to beat Wolves, a team we're certainly not as good as, yet we were beaten by Worcester.

"It's not something you can afford to take too seriously in terms of the scoreline."

Despite their possession it was a game in which Harriers created very little.

Ex-Nottingham Forest and Albion man Des Lyttle fired Worcester ahead by capitalising on hesitation in the Harriers defence to get on the end of a free kick after 23 minutes.

Fresh from competing his move from Boston, Kidderminster striker Lee Thompson was lively throughout the second half and went close with a rare chance for the visitors just after the break.

Once again one of the main plus points to emerge from a Harriers point of view was the performance of rejuvenated frontman Iyseden Christie.

The burly forward, who caused problems for both Wolves and Walsall's defences in the previous friendlies, displayed some excellent build up play, even if his final touch deserted him on occasions.

Worcester, however, continued to look the most threatening side and made sure of their victory with little over five minutes remaining.

Pacey winger Leon Kelly got the better of Wayne Hatswell and made no mistake with a decent finish past John Danby.

Surprisingly, Harriers, who fielded a strong line-up, decided against giving any of their newly-signed youngsters a run-out with Watkiss not making any substitutions.

In that respect, allowing his starting 11 to get a vital 90 minutes under their belts was the main positive the manager could take out of the match.

HARRIERS: Danby, Hatswell, Jackson, Burgess, Evans, Blackwood, O'Connor, Sheldon, Fleming, Christie, Thompson.