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Reading FC Women’s manager was keen to stay positive despite her team’s heavy defeat against Brighton & Hove Albion Women.
The humbling loss on Sunday brought an end to a run of five successive wins in the Women’s Super League for the Royals.
But Chambers stayed proud of her side’s achievements over the last few months despite a ‘disappointing’ performance at Brighton.
“The performance was very out of character today (Sunday),” said Chambers.
“I thought it was a very disappointing performance from everyone.
“We didn’t turn up, we didn’t show any hunger, desire, our usual work ethic, but fair play to Brighton, they pounced on that and managed to get the result which they deserved in the end.
“I think overall the performance was lacklustre and not what we pride ourselves on at all.”
Brighton went into the contest out of form with no wins in their last seven, while Reading’s unbeaten run stretched back to October.
However, Chambers gave credit to Brighton for their dominant display that capitalised on Reading’s below par performance
She continued: “We knew Brighton would come out fast, obviously with the run of games that they were on they knew at some point they needed to fight.
“I just feel disappointed as I don’t feel we turned up today.
“We work on set pieces everyday so to conceded the number of chances we did shows how far off it we were.
“I’m not a manager that’s deluded to think that we were going to go through the rest of the season without losing a game, but to lose in the manner that we have is really disappointing.
“Looking back, it’s been a magnificent few weeks. I said to the girls that we cannot allow this one game to define what we’ve achieved.”
The Royals now have a two-week gap before their next fixture, when they face West Ham in the FA Cup.
“We’ve got to make sure though, when we step into our next game we show how much today (Sunday) hurts.
“We cannot go into our FA Cup and play how we did because if we do, we won’t pick up another point this season.
“When we’re all back we’ll look to bounce back and build on what we’ve created.
“There’s no hiding that March is going to be a tough month for us, we can’t carry anyone who wants to hide from that.
“We all need to pump our chests out, be ready for the battle ahead and make sure this doesn’t happen again.”
