LIAM MANNING praise for reset, refocused City
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- Last Updated on Tuesday, 02 April 2024 11:13
- Published on Tuesday, 02 April 2024 08:24
- Written by ROSS REID
Manning said: “Before the Leicester game we talked about resetting after the international break and an eight-game 'season'. We’ve started well with the first two results now we've got an extremely difficult game next Saturday (at Sunderland) so let's not get too carried away.”
Half time substitute Nahki Wells scored City’s 57th minute winner as Argyle slumped to 21st, one point above the Championship relegation zone following five straight home defeats without scoring.
Manning said: “Nahki is a terrific character; I am delighted for him that he came on and got the winner for us.
“In the first half we obviously expected them to come at us, you know with the home fans creating an atmosphere and getting behind them.
“And obviously their set up was a bit more aggressive and front-footed. For the first 20/25 minutes we weathered the storm a little bit, which sometimes you have to.
“We changed it from a five to a four 20 minutes in, which allowed us to get a bit more pressure. For the last 15 minutes of the first half we came back into it and were more in their half than ours.
“I thought we did a good job of seeing that through then shifting the control back to us.
“We made the three changes at half time which I want to stress none was performance related.
“I thought the energy in the second half was going to be really important.
“It’s nice to have the experience and quality that we have got to make changes during the game.
“The physical demands in this league at this stage of the season are huge.
“I think the international break came at a really good time for us.
“You sometimes need that time to consolidate and reflect.
“I think having that two-week international break allowed us to reset, refocus.
“We took confidence from the performance on Friday.
“It was a different challenge today.”
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