"At places like Liverpool and Chelsea you must have a game plan, defend well at one end and take the scraps that come your way at the other.
"If the game had gone on a few more minutes we would have reverted to our strengths.
"It would not have been pretty, the ball would have been hammered into their box at every opportunity, I make no apologies for that, it is what we do well."
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