NICKY BUTT DEFENDS THE DEFENCE

"The defenders have taken a lot of stick but the midfield
should take some of it as well. As players, we are all in
this situation together and it is the responsibility of the
midfield to protect the defence.

"All the midfield players gave the ball away too often on
Sunday but when we do it, we get away with it, when a
defender makes a mistake the opposition scores a goal.''