Darren Fletcher
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Yeah, I think so.
I think you can't do that in the box when you're defending.
You can't climb over the top of someone and push someone to the ground.
He's not played the ball.
Sandro's waiting for the ball.
He's goal side.
I think in the Premier League and at any level, you can't fly in like that in the box.
It's a stonewall penalty.
Everywhere else on the pitch, it's a foul.
and I think we're unfortunate maybe not to get one first half as well with a handball, but to get two and not get one, or two instances that are close to being penalties and not get one in the game after they get a penalty, I think that's a bit disappointing.
What was the game plan today, Darren?
Because you started so well, you went ahead in the game.
The game plan was to press when we could, get back into a compact shape if they broke through into midfield and then get behind the ball.
We looked to pass the ball a bit better instead of trying to hit channels.
We felt that we could find pockets and if we got two or three passes off, we'd create chances and that happened.
I think at times we looked to press and stop them playing out from the back and if they did want to take risky passes, we'd be there to engage and win the ball back higher up the pitch.
I think our game plan worked well today.
City are going to get chances on the top quality side and
And we're disappointed in the two goals because one's a penalty and the other one's a, you know, we tried to clear it, it bounces off and they get a break and there's a few deflections.
But that's football, that's the level of performance we need from now until the rest of the season and we'll pick up plenty of points.