Liam Manning, the manager of Bristol City, considers his team’s thrilling 3-2 loss against Ipswich Town.
Liam Manning, the manager of Bristol City, said his team got too “emotional” during Wednesday night’s 3-2 loss to Ipswich Town at Portman Road.The well-organized Robins caused frustration for the eminent hosts. They took the lead with a counterattacking goal from Anis Mehmeti in the 54th minute, and Nahki Wells shortly struck the crossbar.In response, Blues manager Kieran McKenna made four substitutions. Ali Al-Hamadi equalized the score at the half (62), but Tommy Conway’s unguarded header to finish (77) gave the visitors the lead again as the game became more open.Leif Davis’ free-kick was headed in by Conor Chaplin to tie the score at 80, Al-Hamadi’s penalty was saved at 86, and Davis scored a thrilling late goal at 89 to give Ipswich their sixth straight victory and keep them second in the Championship table.
Liam Manning, the manager of Bristol City, said his team got too “emotional” during Wednesday night’s 3-2 loss to Ipswich Town at Portman Road.The well-organized Robins caused frustration for the eminent hosts. They took the lead with a counterattacking goal from Anis Mehmeti in the 54th minute, and Nahki Wells shortly struck the crossbar.In response, Blues manager Kieran McKenna made four substitutions. Ali Al-Hamadi equalized the score at the half (62), but Tommy Conway’s unguarded header to finish (77) gave the visitors the lead again as the game became more open.Leif Davis’ free-kick was headed in by Conor Chaplin to tie the score at 80, Al-Hamadi’s penalty was saved at 86, and Davis scored a thrilling late goal at 89 to give Ipswich their sixth straight victory and keep them second in the Championship table.
Manning, whose team is now 13th in the standings following their fourth straight loss, stated, “My first thought is that we have to come away with something.””I felt that, for probably 90% of the game, the strategy was effective in keeping them off balance and gaining control of the space where we wanted it.
“Clearly, we performed incredibly well to move forward. What you then get, in my opinion, are crucial game momentum pieces.We had a few more half-chances before Nahki’s, and I believe that going two up affects the boys’ emotional states. It then shifts back after they make the final four adjustments.”We become very passionate and somewhat engrossed in the game. We ultimately give up and fail to complete the tasks at hand. That eventually came at a cost to us.”
“When you’re playing against a strong side like them with the attacking threats they have, you switch off and you get punished,” said the former Town youth team player and academy coach. We were simply overextended and we became disengaged.”There are lots of irate, irritated, and disgruntled people in the changing room. Yes, it’s difficult.I used to think there were a lot of advantages, but after the last few games, I can no longer say that. I felt that 90% of the performance tonight was performed at a very high level. I’m confident that if we continue to perform at that level, we’ll win games.”We just need to stop giving up soft goals in light of the opportunities we created and the goals we scored.”
“Clearly, we performed incredibly well to move forward. What you then get, in my opinion, are crucial game momentum pieces.We had a few more half-chances before Nahki’s, and I believe that going two up affects the boys’ emotional states. It then shifts back after they make the final four adjustments.”We become very passionate and somewhat engrossed in the game. We ultimately give up and fail to complete the tasks at hand. That eventually came at a cost to us.”
“When you’re playing against a strong side like them with the attacking threats they have, you switch off and you get punished,” said the former Town youth team player and academy coach. We were simply overextended and we became disengaged.”There are lots of irate, irritated, and disgruntled people in the changing room. Yes, it’s difficult.I used to think there were a lot of advantages, but after the last few games, I can no longer say that. I felt that 90% of the performance tonight was performed at a very high level. I’m confident that if we continue to perform at that level, we’ll win games.”We just need to stop giving up soft goals in light of the opportunities we created and the goals we scored.”
