Im fairly pleased with the lads for their effort and feel we were extremely unlucky to not at least get a point for the second time this season. Perhaps the home defeat was more painful but you rarely see a team have that many shots at the Etihad.
It was just one of the nights what that the top teams have unfortunately, don't play very well but still grind out the win, the second half we murdered them but you always thought in the back of your mind that they were more likely to get a goal on the counter due to the cruel nature of football.
Obviously very disappointing to lose two on the bounce, albeit in very different fashion and to completely different teams, I don't think the performances were bad in either games. There is positives to take in terms of the football we provided, I don't think you can put either performance in the category of 'Zombie football'. The goals conceded were very poor and that has to be cut out.
We should really be at the 50 point mark now, the team just has to keep going and focus on this Norwich game which is certainly winnable, ideally we can get it done before the final day meeting with Man United. The players who come in did well and although we have a particular target to be met I can understand Clarke's thinking. We have to see if the players can handle the Premier League going into next season, I have to say I was concerned to say the least with the changes starting at Man City of all places and overall went a lot better than I expected.
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