Jürgen Klinsmann
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I mean, already the fact that they play two legs in the Carabao Cup for me is wrong because all the amount of games they have in England, you know, they should have clear knockout games, you know, just one game only.
But the fact that they go there, Newcastle, and they have actually so many opportunities, as Greg said, I think there's just a lack…
a psychological lag within them, saying, OK, if we create chances and get opportunities, we're not going to turn this thing around.
After, obviously, they're 1-0 so early in the game, I think they keep playing, keep playing, they're creating and creating chances, but they're not...
really convinced that they can convert those chances and score three or four goals in Manchester.
Yeah, obviously, you know, you tell them, listen, even if you're down now five goals, I mean, you created so many chances.
You could easily score two, three, four, because maybe they lose a bit of concentration as well, Man City.
And so you tell your players, hey, come on, we've got to get out here with the heads up and we cannot just, you know, give away goals so easily.
You try to kind of motivate them and sharpen them up a little bit.
But obviously, you know as well as a manager that this thing is done.
So, yeah, best thing would be, come on, let's go to the pub instead of playing the second half.
Well, I think, you know, you go through those periods every year.
I mean, even in the years where you maybe you up, you know, five points in the league table and everything goes well in the Champions League and so forth.
But there are always these periods where the energy is maybe a bit lower than usual than it should be.
But you have to kind of pick those periods wisely, I would say, if you can, if you can.
Because now in the end of January, beginning of February, that's the perfect time.
to kind of give things a little bit away.