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“Last year we lost a lot of games because the defence gave away too many goals. There has been a lot of concentration on being better organised in defence and the switch from defence to attack has not been very fluent. We have not counter-attacked well or had that element of surprise to put pressure on our opponents.”

On the penalty he added:

“As soon as the penalty was awarded I grabbed the ball and stood over the penalty spot and tried to gather my thoughts. Henry and Lehmann were trying to put me off but I focused on what I had to do. This was the moment I had to score and not for a split second could I allow myself to think about my miss in this fixture last season.”