However, a 19-13 defeat to Gloucester ensured that would not happen, after Billy Twelvetrees' first-half try handed the English outfit the advantage.
Ross Ford crossed over for Edinburgh while Sam Hidalgo-Clyne added the conversion and two penalties but his opposite number - and former Edinburgh scrum-half - Greig Laidlaw kicked 14 points.
Solomons was left to lament a slow start from his charges but the South African was also quick to point out there was no lack of effort on the night.
"I think we were mentally up for it but I think we didn't have one of our best performances," he said.
"In the first half I don't think we played particularly well. So we lacked possession, we lacked territory and we were punished by turnovers, players losing ball in contact, and some of our kicking was wayward. We weren't great in the air.
"In the first half we allowed them far too much momentum.
"For me, what was important was that we showed some resilience and stuck in and came back in that second period when we got a little bit of a momentum shift.
"But I don't think it was a question of the players not being up for it at all."
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