00:00Old Trafford, how do you reflect on that and the role, please?
00:03Yeah, I guess the two big spells in it, I guess they're excellent
00:08and unbelievably unlucky to be 2-1 down at 56 minutes.
00:14And then just not enough emotional discipline to be able to get ourselves back in with a chance.
00:21Ended up jumping out on things and just lost our way a little bit from that moment
00:26and you don't need to be out of place much here for it to get difficult.
00:30So, yeah, but like I say, to be 2-1 down, the events that happened in that 10-15 minute
00:39spell
00:39to go in complete control, creating chances, good shape without the ball
00:45and then suffer, obviously, a slip.
00:48Lose your number nine, handball slash massive deflection.
00:54Obviously, it was a big blow for us, changed the momentum a lot.
00:58Two sides to that is obviously Man Utd's lift they get from,
01:01obviously, we're struggling a bit against us for a while and then they get a big lift.
01:05But then the bit of the game that I need to make sure we get better at is that spell
01:09from there,
01:10how we, you know, for it to go to three so quickly and the nature of the third goal.
01:16So, it wasn't a lack of effort from the players at all.
01:19Very proud of them, thought they gave absolutely everything.
01:23And just a bit of understanding of the level that we're at and how quickly it can get away from
01:28you
01:28if you start to come out of shape and off-plan.
01:32So, yeah, lots to unpick, as you said.
01:35Yeah, you mentioned the misfortune with the goals.
01:38Obviously, the first is a slip, but what do you make of the second goal and the AR looking at
01:44it?
01:44Because I think if it's on target...
01:47Yeah, it's a strange rule, I guess.
01:50A difficult rule to ref as well, I think.
01:53Because obviously, imagine if the shot is headed somewhere near the post,
01:58like who makes the call as to whether that is on target or not then.
02:04You know, even when my team's not involved or I watch football and sometimes you see a goal
02:09and you think, hmm, that shouldn't stand.
02:11And I think that felt like one of them today.
02:14I can accept it, of course, and the game transpires to be what it is after anyway.
02:21But the goal scorer makes a blatant handball.
02:25His shot ends up in the goal.
02:28So you would expect that to be enough for it to be disallowed.
02:33But I understand that it is the rule at the moment.
02:35So we accept it.
02:37Same as the result today.
02:39We gave everything.
02:40We came.
02:40I asked the players to commit.
02:41They did.
02:42They gave everything.
02:43We caused Man United some problems.
02:45We came up short.
02:46So we commit to what we do and then we accept the consequences.
02:50So same with the refereeing decisions.
02:53No problem.
02:53We move on.
02:54We get ready for Friday.
02:56It's a reminder of the division you're in.
02:58But, you know, you're feeling pretty positive still about the start.
03:01You've made the business.
03:02Yeah.
03:03No, today's result won't touch the morale and the togetherness and the plan.
03:08That is a newly promoted side lost to Old Trafford.
03:11We get no points.
03:12It's probably happened 90% of the time since Man United.
03:16Man United have existed.
03:19So the nature of it and how it got away from us, we need to do better with.
03:25But proud of what they gave for a long time and shown that we can cause teams some problems.
03:29We can play some good stuff.
03:31We can defend resolutely.
03:33We just need to make sure we put it together for a bit longer than we did today
03:36and make sure we handle setbacks better.
03:39Okay.
03:39For all of us, Gary, just following on about the session goal, I appreciate you use the rule.
03:44Uh-huh.
03:45Is it one of those things where the regulations just tie themselves in knots to move rational
03:50observes that would look like a reason that's been allowed to stand?
03:55Yeah, I don't know.
03:56I don't know when that rule was brought in or how or the wording of it, obviously.
04:01It was weird.
04:02I was stood there and I thought, oh, we're fine.
04:05That's definitely getting disallowed.
04:06And then I thought, ooh, I wonder what happens if Maguire's shot's not going in and it's
04:12an own goal because it has to be the goal scorer.
04:14So it actually came to me that it might get given before it did.
04:19I do think it's a really tough rule for officials.
04:23So I don't think we need tough rules for officials.
04:25I think it's tough enough.
04:26I think if we can keep it as clear cut for them as possible, it will be helpful.
04:29But obviously not Michael.
04:32Like I said, I'll answer the questions on it.
04:35Of course I will.
04:36But to be honest with you, my focus is on from 2-1, what, where and how did we not
04:42quite
04:43get ourselves back into it enough is my main focus.
04:47But yeah, the decision is the decision.
04:53Yeah, we're hopeful it's not serious.
04:55It was like a landing and like a jarring of it.
04:59So it was a bit too painful for him to carry on.
05:02It was a blow, of course.
05:04But we're hopeful that it's not going to be anything too serious.
05:07So I'm hoping that when we get in tomorrow and he's checked, he's feeling a bit better.
05:11Same again on Tuesday.
05:13There'll be some more checks.
05:14So obviously it could be anything at this stage.
05:17But we're initial signs we're hopeful.
05:25No, we're trying to do a couple of bits if we can.
05:28No confirmation from me on positions.
05:30But we are trying to do a couple more if we can.
05:35Yeah, let's see how the next couple of days unfold.
05:37But we are trying.
05:39Is the story important that Anis is available to anyone who wants to stay, but without Anis?
05:45No, I think all the players at this football club are, you know, they're all welcome to stay.
05:50Anis is a great lad.
05:53Works his socks off, has quality.
05:56So no, nothing really from me on Anis or anyone else.
06:00If they stay at the football club, we'll use them and we'll get the very best out of them.
06:03So that's the same with Anis.
06:08Yeah, no, he wasn't in contention, to be honest.
06:11Hasn't done enough, really, in training.
06:15His pre-season's been a bit disrupted, so it would have been a massive risk.
06:19So it was good to get him half an hour.
06:22He showed some bits of quality.
06:24He hasn't been with us long, so some of the stuff that we do, he doesn't know that well yet,
06:28which we can fix quickly.
06:31But yeah, I was pleased to get him out there.
06:33I was really pleased with the first hour-ish.
06:38And then we need to get better at responding to the setback.
06:42Daniel.
06:43Hi.
06:44Hi.
06:57No, yeah.
07:02Yeah, no, we watched the hole, of course, but we didn't, I didn't, you know,
07:06that's a similar game plan that I've used before.
07:10It gave us a real good base in the team.
07:12We weren't sure what United were going to do.
07:13It was a tough game to prep, obviously, because they've been quite consistent with what they did,
07:19but then the loss at Hull and Rashford, we thought, would come back in.
07:24We didn't know what that would do to the shape of the team,
07:26but the tactical prep and where we were with it gave us a real good foothold in the game for
07:33a long time.
07:34And then, unfortunately, the game gets away from us, not for tactical reasons,
07:39more for a couple of, you know, to come to Old Trafford and be successful,
07:43you need to play well and you need the moments to go in your favour.
07:48Three big ones that didn't, and then we weren't able to wrestle our way back.
07:54But it is tough to wrestle your way back from that.
07:57You see big sides that, you know, you watch big teams once there's a goal scored away from home,
08:02a second one, the momentum can get going.
08:04Again, we have to find a way to be better with it, but not an easy test for the players
08:08today.
08:09To perform the way they did, to find themselves 2-1 down, was a real big test for them.
08:15And we came up a bit short, which I'm OK with.
08:18We'll work on it and we'll get better.
08:19So, from that emotional aspect, you talked about how do you come and balance behind them
08:23doing last weekend, you know, what they might be in the year going to do with that spirit.
08:28But how do you come and balance them?
08:31Yeah, they don't touch us.
08:32We're not sort of result-orientated in our reviews.
08:36We review what we set out to do.
08:39The players are an unbelievable group.
08:41So, whether we win against Sunderland, whether we lose at Manchester United,
08:45we just come in and we get ready to go again.
08:47So, there'll be a load of noise outside, which none of us pay any attention to.
08:51We get ready to work and we'll fully commit to every game.
08:55So, Friday, Liverpool, reset.
08:58This game will be well forgotten and see what we can do.
09:01Thank you very much, everyone.
09:02Thanks, guys.
09:03See you later.
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