00:00Well, I thought everything we demanded of the team was right up there really.
00:24The main focus was a reaction from the weekend where we were bitterly disappointed with the overall performance and what we produced at Brighton.
00:37Tonight was getting back to what we need to bring to a Premier League game of football really and I thought we did every bit of that.
00:46We started the game really well and then you go 2-0 down again at that point you need a reaction and the team produced that.
00:54It was a big point for us really. Of course, as always Matt, there's an improvement for us as a team.
01:01But overall a massive point for us and more importantly is the character of this team in adversity have stood up and got a result.
01:15You made a bright start, didn't you? On the front spot and aggressive.
01:20Yeah, it was. I thought we started the game really well. I just thought our general demeanour, our general body language,
01:26the things I questioned at the weekend, not only questioned, it was the reality.
01:33I didn't see that in the team today and we've reacted in the right way.
01:37It's definitely a stepping stone and good learning for us to understand what you need to bring to a Premier League game of football.
01:43Points in the Premier League are difficult to get and you need to bring a certain level every time you step on the field and we did that tonight.
01:52I was absolutely delighted for Jayden, absolutely delighted because you're right, he's had a tough few weeks.
02:04I thought he was absolutely excellent when he came on. I thought he was sharp, he brought a composure, he brought a level of quality which he's finished and showed that.
02:13He was brilliant. If there was a message to him, things change, performances change and the quality of a player never changes.
02:25Sometimes form, sometimes the way someone plays at certain moments can always dip a little bit but the true quality of someone will always come and rise.
02:36Tonight, I'm so happy for him really.
02:40What was the mindset in the case of trying to go and get the win?
02:44It was tough at the end. We're playing against an absolute mammoth football club with huge, huge quality and I think you see that from what they're bringing off the bench.
02:55We're coming through a really tough moment in terms of the physicality of where we are.
03:01We've had four or five games now in a real short space of time with injuries and the depleted squad and I felt we see that back end of the game really.
03:10It was becoming tough. We managed the game well and we get out of view with a point which was big.
03:18You said that the squad looked stronger tonight, didn't it? Did Maxi back on the two guys?
03:21Yeah, it did. I thought he looked stronger. I thought Hannibal coming back in as well literally landed only 48 hours ago, one training session yesterday.
03:30He decided to bring him in. I thought he brought every bit what we needed in terms of energy, in terms of his commitment.
03:36Maxi as well was a big positive. So, yeah, it's looking a little bit stronger now, mate.
03:42Q Hartman back on the bench as well. Has that situation been resolved?
03:47Yeah, no, like I said to you before, the main thing around Q was just in terms of just managing this situation where it's been a big change for him coming from Holland
04:00and coming out the back of probably not playing a lot of football and then into the big wide world of the Premier League
04:05and probably just needed some oxygen really over the last few weeks and he's in a good place and he comes back,
04:11he can come back on the bench today.
04:14Hi, Scott. Obviously with United's managerial change and decision this week, how difficult or not difficult was it to plan for what Dan Fuchs were going to do this evening?
04:24Did they shape up how you thought they would?
04:26Well, of course it wasn't easy because there's no evidence to go on what it was.
04:34The general noise around Man United and what it should be and how they should play.
04:39The formation probably suggested to me that that's the way Darren was going to go and obviously that's the way he did really.
04:44So, yeah, like I said, we prepped for that way and probably put more emphasis on my feeling was that we're going to go back four.
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