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I wouldn't say I was proud of it, I thought it was suicidal and was only ever going to end with a loss. I do however believe I understand why he did it, and I think he ultimately sacrificed the game in order to push his underlying message of 'we must be brave regardless of circumstance.
We are very unlikely to face such an uphill battle ever again of circumstances stacking against us. 2 sending's off, 2 key players injured, 2 goals marginally ruled(correctly) to be offside and we still stuck to our principles and pushed forward. It was akin to watching the front line troops in WW1 climbing out of their trenches running into no mans land. There was only ever going to be one outcome imo, and I believe Ange knew that as well. I honestly think he's sacrificed the 3 points for a valuable, even crucial learning opportunity.
Couldn't agree more. The team spirit was off the chart and the crowd gave it everything. We took something very important from that loss and other teams will have seen how we reacted to extreme circumstances. The alternative, to retreat and hunker down, would most likely also have led to a loss, but we'd have taken zero positives from it.