Steve Bruce

Well, I think the first half in particular, we didn't do enough, certainly with or without the ball.

And, of course, two free kicks.

And I've seen Connor do it many times.

Whether they are free kicks, we thought we were harshly done by with Big Joe.

We thought that was a foul.

And whether it was a foul on Jack, it looked a bit soft to me.

But the way he's executed it and then the ball in for the second goal, it's made it a difficult evening for us.

I don't think so.

I mean, look, you know, Connor's very, very good.

I've seen it many times, and when he shifts it like he does, then, of course, you know, he's got the accuracy and he puts enough power on to score.

The second one, I think our defenders should be defending that better.

Too many stood and watched it, and unfortunately, even within two minutes in the Premier League, the game's gone, and...

We've had a big chance just before half-time and just after half-time when Heaton made a couple of good saves, but overall it was a difficult evening for us.

I was OK in the second half, but we opened ourselves up, of course, and when you do that, you always run the gauntlet, but we had a few opportunities and we were better second half.

Well, he's your captain and he's been playing very, very well, but it's part and parcel of the game.

Last week, our defenders were excellent against Bournemouth, so you always miss going to miss your big players, but it's part and parcel of it.

We had to do a bit more.

We were too passive in the first half, certainly with it.

We had a few opportunities where on the counter-attack, but I felt as if we should have held on to the ball and created a bit more and had a bit more possession than what we did.

We surrendered it too quickly in the first half.