- Dec 13, 2005
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It was dreadful viewing. But they pressed us very high and we laboured on the ball.
So, two things but very much interconnected.
When fatigue sets in, players generally want more time on the ball. The one time we saw some great pass and move patterns, and one touch stuff was when Kane forced that great save in the second half.
But that was it. Everything else was slow build up, trying to play out from the back and with their press it was just painful.
I'm sure Poch didn't envisage that happening but when you start a match quite slowly as a collective it can be hard to break out of it.
I think we did look a bit fatigued, certainly on the ball, even though we defended resolutely when needed.
Need to be vastly improved for Sunday. And if we are, we could rip United apart.
I sincerely hope you are right.