Valiants captain Ben Garrity scored in each half, with both goals coming from Ronan Curtis corners.
Bruce, who did the Ammies' post-match press conference as manager Karl Robinson served a touchline ban, said: "I thought overall there was not much between the two teams, if I am brutally honest.
"The only difference was set-pieces. Outside of that Jamie Jones barely had a save to make.
"From our point of view, we cannot give away goals so easily at set-pieces.
"One positive from today is that we had five or six guys playing from the under-21s, people like Tosin (Olopade) and Liam Humbles who really stepped up.
"We know we can get better, but it is still early days and everyone at the club is working tirelessly behind the scenes.
"Creating chances is something we have to look at as well but it was a very close affair and neither team created many chances today.
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