Manuel P
ellegrini summed up the defeat against Bournemouth perfectly but it doesn’t make it any easier to swallow.
After showing signs in the first half of what this team can become they strolled through the second giving a totally slovenly and lifeless performance.
And Pellegrini nailed it in his post match presser saying: “I was happy with the first 45 minutes. I thought the team was playing well, we weren’t having too many problems defending and we dominated most parts of the game.
“We scored a goal and had other chances, but I think maybe in the second half
“I was happy with the first 45 minutes. I thought the team was playing well, we weren’t having too many problems defending and we dominated most parts of the game.
“We scored a goal and had other chances, but I think maybe in the second half the team was lacking trust in keeping that lead and trying to score another goal.
“It should be your best moment because when you are winning 1-0 you have more time to prepare [your attacks]. The other team must give you more space, but we made some mistakes for the goals.
“The first was one player against four, and the second is from a set piece so I feel that we need to work very hard to recover that trust as a team and as individual players.
“In football, a lot of times you miss some chances, but you must keep playing in the same way.
“At half-time we talked about not to work at just keeping the 1-0, but to carry on with the pressing to try and decide the game in the second half.
“But we couldn’t do it because we stayed on our own side too much and made some mistakes in defending.
“We knew before that we need time when you have a new manager, new players and a new style of play, but most of all, we need to forget about last season, recover the trust in each player and what they can do, and that’s what we must work on in the next week.”
Pellegrini was absolutely right to have a go at the so called fans that walked out near the end of the game. Those fans are an absolute disgrace. You should stay and support your team til the end through thick and thin in my opinion, or don’t bother coming.
Surely one of the jobs of management is to instill that trust?
Nine new signings and a new manager . What trust are talking about exactly .