Earnshaw double frustrates Waddock

Last updated : 20 April 2006 By
Gary Waddock

"I still can't quite believe how we managed to lose that one.

"We were 2-0 up, playing good football and were in total control but then we just went to pieces and threw it all away.

"It's very, very frustrating because I thought we played ever so well in the first 75 minutes and I just couldn't see Norwich getting back into it.

"The players are all bitterly disappointed and, rightly so, because we should certainly have come away from this game with all three points."


Nigel Worthington

"In the first half I thought we passed the ball well and created a few half-chances which we didn't take.

"Then we got hit with one just before the break, which was disappointing and conceded a second soft goal in the second half.

"But from then on the character, resolve and will to do it from the lads was absolutely tremendous.

"The reaction of the crowd when we went 2-0 down was all part of football. It happens at a lot of grounds now that's the way society is. You live with it as a manager, a coach and a football player and you have got to be strong.

"We were calm on the bench, we stayed focused on what we wanted, and the players stayed calm and did their job. It was vital we all did that and we have come through in the end."