I thought the performance was generally poor yesterday. We had them on the ropes after 10 minutes, then didn't finish them off, and the game ended as a fairly ugly, scrappy spectacle. Second half performance was poor at both ends. The first goal conceded was calamitous goalkeeping, we had very few chances upfront too, and seemed content to cling on rather than batter them, a dangerous tactic which almost backfired when they had a free header from 10 yards, that Mignolet stopped rather than saved. Brendan wasn't great either, deciding to make a sub prior to defending a corner, which is madness and he's long enough coaching to know that. It could have been very costly.
Yes we won, but after the first 10 minutes, the game was a good opportunity to boost up the goal difference. Instead we stumbled over the line, and it didn't have to be the struggle it turned out to be.
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