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⚽ All the news ahead of Sunday’s action ⚽ Sign up to Football Daily | Email EmilliaEnzo Maresca blamed his side’s lack of desire and the way they were outgunned in duels for a third successive Premier League defeat.He said: “Today I think [the problem] has been general. It’s not about one player. In the first half we lost all the duels, all the contacts. Against this team, that is fighting relegation, if you don’t match them… it’s something we need to understand. In this kind of game, if you’re not able to win duels and second balls like in the first half, you struggle. Continue reading…
Enzo Maresca blamed his side’s lack of desire and the way they were outgunned in duels for a third successive Premier League defeat. He said: “Today I think [the problem] has been general. It’s not about one player. In the first half we lost all the duels, all the contacts. Against this team, that is fighting relegation, if you don’t match them… it’s something we need to understand. In this kind of game, if you’re not able to win duels and second balls like in the first half, you struggle.
“You need desire and intensity to win second balls and duels. You require intensity or you struggle and we didn’t match their intensity. The second and third goals are copy and paste, lost duels first in the middle of pitch then at the edge of the box.” Liam Delap scored twice as Nottingham Forest earned a much-needed 3-1 win
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