Contrasting views as BB-M happy with the efforts of his side. Scott Parker less so of his team.
Brian Barry-Murphy
“It means a lot to us to play the way we did. And to bounce back from what was undoubtedly a very disappointing day for us on Saturday.
“I think it means a lot in terms of how we want to play. When you play a team in the Premier League you have two choices: you either step back and hope for the best or try and take destiny into your own hands.
“We were very aggressive in how we played our game and the lads were on the front foot right from the first whistle. Even when we conceded the goal we tried to be as good in possession as possible to take the game away from Burnley, and I thought we were.”
“Our pressing was really good tonight, probably better than it was on Saturday. Our defending of the box wasn’t good then so to see players of the calibre Burnley have brought on late is a testament to how we coped with that, and I liked a lot of what I saw from us at the end of the game.”
Scott Parker
“Fundamentally, it was a disappointing night really.
“Firstly, disappointing result, because we came here wanting to win the game. I think it’s fair to say performance-wise, we were way short, certainly first half, really, really short. And in terms of where we want to be, in terms of what we were, and what we are, we just felt a little bit short of our standards tonight.
“Second half, there was an improvement, but, you know, you give a team a two nil head start in the first half, we give ourselves a big climb. We had some good chances in the second half, but I think on reflection of the game if we’re all being brutally honest, we probably didn’t deserve to win tonight. So yes, disappointed.”
