Manchester City

Manchester City boss Gareth Taylor speaking to Sky Sports: “It was [close] but we make a poor start, to give away a simple action for us, a simple goal and we know when you come up against this team you don’t need to give them a head start we did that.

“We showed good character finding a way back and I thought the margins were quite tight. Too many duels we lost against a team like them, physicality, we need to be better in that sense. That always gave us an issue.”

On conceding early goals: “Individual errors. It’s not what we want of course and teams are gonna put us under pressure – that’s part of the game, we have to deal with it.”

On whether concentration is a part of that: “Concentration is a big part of it of course it is. You’re at your most vulnerable when you’ve just scored. I think that’s throughout the game up and down the country you see that.”

On getting back to their best: “I think the team need a bit of help, support and we are trying hard on the training ground to improve that every time but we bounce back – that’s what we do. I think the life of a footballer is tough, not always winning every week, we’ve done that a lot and we need to try to get back to that, the more we try to get players back and we start to find our confidence again and we get that by supporting each other and working hard on the training pitch.”