The 48-year-old tactician has admitted that his troops staged a below par show in the opening 45 minutes that led to his side’s 3-4 defeat at the hands of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chris-c9006 Hughton’s men.
Swansea City head coach, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-c25261 Laudrup, has expressed utter disappointment over his side’s 3-4 defeat against Norwich City at Liberty Stadium on Saturday, December 8.
The Danish trainer has admitted that his troops did not deserve to bag all three points following a below par performance in the opening 45 minutes.
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Whittaker-c34215. Sebastian Bassong doubled his side’s advantage in the 40th minute, while Grant Holt made
it 3-0 at the stroke of half-time break.
After the half-time break, the Swans staged a better show, and Michu managed to pull one back in the 51st minute. Eight minutes later, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jonathan-c18993 de Guzman reduced the deficit to one goal.
However, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robert-c31222 Snodgrass restored the visiting side’s two-goal advantage in the 77th minute. Michu netted his second of the evening moments before the full time whistle, but it was not enough to bag even a point for the hosts.
And Laudrup insisted that his side never deserved to emerge victorious following a poor first-half performance.
“We did not play well. It was a great reaction in the second half, but, obviously, when you give away three goals, it is difficult. It was a great second half but I do not think we deserved to win after that first half”, the 48-year-old was quoted as saying
to the media in the post-match press conference.
The 3-4 defeat ended the Swans six-game unbeaten run in the Premier League, and the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 player admitted that a slip up was always on the cards after performing brilliantly for the past few weeks.
“It's a lesson for us that we have to be at 100 per cent. You can't always play well but in recent weeks we have played http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 and Manchester City and we conceded an average of three chances in each game. Norwich had six in the first
45 minutes, and three of them were goals. So either Norwich are better than those teams or we did not play very well”, Laudrup concluded.
Swansea City are currently placed eighth on the league table, and will lock horns against Tottenham Hotspur in their next league game on December 16.
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