Harry not blaming the pitch? Im not surprised. Its clear we were not prepared for it.
"We trained yesterday and I saw too many people worrying about boots, worrying about the surface and I had a nasty feeling going into today's game".
Surely he should have been finding this out a couple of weeks ago on a similar pitch and not the day before k/o????
Yesterday we were found out because our players were trying todo things on that pitch that you cannot do (like turn at pace). Our boys were slipping so often it was clear to see we were not prepared for the pitch.
Pastic pitches are a joke given all the regs of the CL on pitch sizes, stands etc, how can they justify playing on plastic?
Anyway we saved our skins but we are seriously lucky to be in this position today. Harry is a great manager, but I hope he learns from this because thats the only thing he is slightly lacking compared to the top top managers - i.e. that meticulous nature that covers every eventuality.
"We trained yesterday and I saw too many people worrying about boots, worrying about the surface and I had a nasty feeling going into today's game".
Surely he should have been finding this out a couple of weeks ago on a similar pitch and not the day before k/o????
Yesterday we were found out because our players were trying todo things on that pitch that you cannot do (like turn at pace). Our boys were slipping so often it was clear to see we were not prepared for the pitch.
Pastic pitches are a joke given all the regs of the CL on pitch sizes, stands etc, how can they justify playing on plastic?
Anyway we saved our skins but we are seriously lucky to be in this position today. Harry is a great manager, but I hope he learns from this because thats the only thing he is slightly lacking compared to the top top managers - i.e. that meticulous nature that covers every eventuality.