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While it was an enjoyable evening for Manchester City, it was a night to forget for Tottenham as they were comfortably beaten.<\/p>\n
There was a catalogue of individual errors, and they were perhaps fortunate not to have conceded even more goals, particularly in the first half.<\/p>\n
Spurs boss Robert Vilahamn says the early goal by Shaw “killed momentum” and his side struggled to recover. <\/p>\n
“Mentally it’s really hard – you can see the self-confidence of the players is lost for a while before they come back into the game,” he told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n
“We just need to understand how good [City] are in the second half and that we don’t give away any more [goals].<\/p>\n
“It’s a mixture of quality as well. The mistakes is something we need to develop – we need to do better actions in some of these situations. <\/p>\n
“We need to find ways to not concede these goals so easily. Self-confidence is a mixture of performances, so it’s a mix of things.”<\/p>\n
Defender Molly Bartrip said the goal was the worst possible way to start against City and they were then facing an uphill battle. <\/p>\n
But she added it is on the players to “question each other” about why they are making so many errors, which she insisted is “not good enough”.<\/p>\n
“Our identity is going to be playing out from the back and it\u2019s something we want to do. I don’t think we will change our game in that way,” she added.<\/p>\n
“Of course, there\u2019s a time and place for it. If we’re not doing it well, then we have to start going longer and stretch the game.<\/p>\n
“But we are conceding goals way too easily and it’s something we need to address.<\/p>\n
“We have to start analysing it and questioning each other on why these goals have gone it. It’s obviously not good enough.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n