Emma Hayes reflects on tonights match and missed penalty

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00:00 Who would you like to kick off the season with?

00:15 I don't think there's an easy defeat, just so we can make that clear. But we all know

00:22 it's a game of tight margins. We started the game really well, then conceded a poor goal.

00:32 I thought that affected us a little bit in the way we passed the ball. I didn't think

00:38 we were very dynamic with our movement in the first half. But second half, yeah, I think

00:44 we should have had a penalty. I've seen it a couple of times. I think the linesperson

00:50 from where she was should have called that, to be honest with you. She was in line with

00:54 it. But these things happen.

00:57 Second half, I thought we dominated, but low xG until the last 10 minutes of the game.

01:04 So for all the ball possession, lack the quality until I think Jelena Kankovic's chance, she

01:13 should put that away. But it's an unbelievable save in the follow-up from Keating. I thought

01:19 we limited City to chances. Yes, you're going to give away some transition pieces, but actually

01:24 I didn't think that was a lot. Their high xG chance come off the goal and they too didn't

01:30 create too much. I thought we limited Hemp and Kelly throughout the game. Bonasior was

01:35 always going to be a physical influence. But yeah, I think the disappointing thing from

01:41 us was our final third play. I think that was what was disappointing. If we crossed

01:47 the ball, it was poor execution. It might have been the right decision, wrong execution.

01:53 And at times, sometimes the right execution, but the wrong decision. So I've never known

01:58 these games to have a lot between them. The error falls in our way today, against us today,

02:05 and they capitalise on that. And they defended well, as they have done this season with 11

02:10 bodies behind the ball. We have 60% of the ball, but didn't put the one or two chances

02:17 that you only get in these games away.

02:19 You mentioned the poor goal there. Erin looks really disappointed.

02:25 I'm not going to. Erin's been unbelievable this year. So that's not on Erin. These things

02:30 happen. I know she'll be disappointed and she will be a leader about it. But Erin's

02:37 been unbelievable for us. We lose as a team and we haven't lost the game. We lost a goal.

02:45 So we still have to put the ball up the other end. And we can see why this totally would

02:51 have been a nil-nil game, to be honest with you. But listen, this happens. It swings in

02:54 their favour today.

02:55 Why do you think your team haven't been able to be clinical at final third?

03:11 One of the reasons I just mentioned, like I said, you only get a couple of big chances.

03:18 You take away their goal. They only get one, maybe two others. That's how it goes. Just

03:24 to score or execute, I felt we had the chance to do that late on, but it took us too long

03:29 to do that. We were comfortable in possession, but didn't do enough with it in the right

03:35 areas. I just felt we were off with that. For me, there are always football problems.

03:42 How many times do we get the ball in the good areas on the right and shank it out of play

03:47 or put it into the goalkeeper's hands? We're in good positions. How many times do we get

03:52 beyond? Do I be early second half and then we hit the ball too deep? Sometimes it goes

03:58 in your way. I felt our execution wasn't at our top level today.

04:04 Were you surprised how early they started to draw? I think you played about 25 minutes

04:11 and it was basically a tap-in-the-fence trip.

04:14 They've had three trips to London in 10 days. They're human. I think a draw would have been

04:25 a fair result. It's not football, is it? It's about taking your chances. They got one really

04:32 big one and took it. We got one, maybe two big chances and didn't take it. We didn't

04:38 get a penalty. That's the story of the game.

04:40 The penalty is the real issue tonight, isn't it? That would have given you the impetus

04:47 you needed and possibly a point perhaps three later on.

04:51 The player's got a cut all the way down the inside of her ankle. Greenwood doesn't take

04:55 the ball. She clearly takes the player out.

04:57 The referee does nothing. She doesn't even look like she's given a decision one way or

05:02 another. You're saying it's the line's person who really should have given that decision

05:07 but the referee was inert in that reaction.

05:10 It doesn't matter. It's gone now. I can't do anything about it. Yes, I think it's a

05:14 penalty but I'm not going to focus my energy on it.

05:17 Did you speak to her about it, the referee office?

05:20 What was there to speak about? I'm not an aggressive person. I can't get anything

05:27 back from it. I don't put my energy into things I can't control.

05:31 Emma, can I ask you about where you are on the table? You said in one of your first answers

05:37 that it's a swimming man's city today but you're never on points and goals. How do you

05:42 assess how close it is right now?

05:45 It always has been. I've never felt it any different way so I don't pay attention to

05:52 it. I always just focus on the performance. Preparation, then the performance, then the

05:58 recovery, then the preparation, then the performance. I don't spend time looking up or down in a

06:03 league. It's like wasting time. I just know that we've dropped three points. Opportunity

06:12 today.

06:13 Gareth said that he felt that Man City were a bit soft in the defensive moments like Soprich

06:19 and Amalot. He feels they're more determined this year. Do you agree with that?

06:25 Yes, I'd agree with him on that. I don't think they were scintillating by any stretch of

06:31 the imagination. We gave them a goal and as I said I wouldn't have been surprised if this

06:35 was a 0-0 game today. It's been a long block from January till now. We've dropped points

06:46 at home. It's not the end of the world but we have to regroup after international break.

06:52 I hope we can get Milly Bright back soon. I really hope we can get Kat McAria. I feel

06:58 that will give us some other options. You do lose football matches. We don't lose many.

07:09 So yes, of course it's disappointing but it's part of it. You can't win it again.

07:15 Man City dominated the first half in the midfield and the gap seemed too big. Why was that?

07:22 I don't agree with that. I felt we were dominating the game. We gave up a goal and I felt that

07:27 affected our confidence a little bit. For 20 minutes after the goal I felt they were

07:33 on top. Then I felt we were on top again. I think it's a game that ebbs and flows. I

07:40 think the goal changed the state of the game. You've got to realise we were in possession

07:46 of the ball there. We turned it over and they scored. I think that affected the momentum

07:51 a little bit. Probably a little bit disappointed in us from that perspective. But we recovered

07:57 and we dominated the second half just without the quality in the right moments. For me that

08:04 was a bigger concern than the midfield in the 20 minute period.

08:08 You said you didn't take notes of records but 33 young games unbeaten at Kings Meadow.

08:17 That's amazing. But lost today, do you care about that?

08:21 I don't. It's not the sort of thing you're going to put on my tombstone is it? I'll be

08:32 remembered for the medals we get at the end of the year and my focus is on that rather

08:36 than how many fans were here or how many wins we've had here. That's great. It might fuel

08:42 ego to a certain extent. For me it's not interesting.

08:45 Obviously we don't want the tombstone any time soon.

08:49 We'll finish with Jonathan.

08:50 I've paid for my grave so you don't have to worry about it.

08:55 You don't lose a lot. How long does it take you personally to get over it? What sort of

09:05 emotional reaction do you want to see from your players? Do you want them to be upset

09:08 about it or angry about it or just brush it off?

09:10 They're all going to get on a plane or train or bus or whatever and go elsewhere so we

09:15 don't have time to dwell on it. They're going to play for their countries. I think in terms

09:20 of a process, yeah of course it's not fun to lose a game but recovering from any game

09:28 and any night game takes a couple of days. I think where we've played a game every three

09:33 days I've sort of felt like adrenaline, crash, a little bit tired, fresh again, game day.

09:42 So normally it'll be about Monday. Monday I'll be on top form. I'll have the weekend

09:51 enjoying different things.

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