Roy Hodgson

Yeah, I must say I thought that we'd started the second half well.

We sharpened up a little bit, passed the ball a little bit quicker and we were certainly asking lots and lots of questions against a team that was defending well, of course.

I mean, they had something to hold on to and defend and they were defending it well.

But I honestly thought we would find a way through.

But the second goal makes it very difficult because then they've got something even more to hold on to.

and as a result you're going to find yourself with even more of the ball, even more possession, but when you get near the goal there's going to be very little space in which you can work.

Not really.

I mean of course it is an issue when you don't win a home and you know the expectations are mounting all the time and we obviously aren't as good at dealing with those expectations as we'd like to be.

It's a bit of a deja vu situation.

Many games that we've played here and not won, either losing by the odd goal like today or drawing.

It's not because the team has been in any way outplayed or come across an opponent which has proved much too good for us on the day.

It's come about simply because we've not been able to turn such a lot of possession into goal chances and goals.

Our priorities never change.

Our priorities from the start of the season have been to stay in the league.

A victory today would have given us a great kick forward in that respect.

This, of course, has given us a kick back because we've lost at home.

But we don't suddenly start changing priorities.

The priority is definitely to stay in the Premier League.

But if we can get to a cup semi-final, that would be a very nice thing to do too.

I appreciate your time.