Following the Bluebirds’ first loss of the season in all competitions, Brian Barry-Murphy gave his thoughts on the 1-3 defeat to Bradford City.
“I thought we created good chances." he began. "There were some clear cut chances in the first half. Rubin [Colwill] chips to the back post with Cian Ashford, Yousef [Salech] had a good header. But you need to give credit to the opponent sometimes. They defended really well in close situations.
"The first goal for us was really hard, it was like a rocket from outside the box. The second goal was difficult for us because it took the momentum away from the game. There were certain things I was looking for in the second half, how the players attacked and never gave in, and they were evident. That’s probably the most important thing for me to see."
Despite the defeat at CCS, Brian was keen to reflect on the positive aspects of the display and discussed the elements which City will aim to improve in our upcoming fixtures.
He said: “I was pleased with a lot of today's performance. Obviously we’re never happy with the result; we want to win and we have incredible support here. We played the game in a pretty aggressive manner, created a lot of good chances like we have in previous games.
"But there’s going to be a lot of ups and downs across the course of this season. Our players will take a lot more from today than they have from previous weeks and I think it’s very important that inside the dressing room as a group we can remain calm and focus on improving the players.”
The boss concluded by encouraging his players, and urged them to push on for the rest of the season.
“Some of these players have been through a very difficult year last year. There were games where they were losing heavily. I’m trying to make sure these players remember how good they have been, and how good they can be.
"Towards the course of the second half we’re never looking to take a backward step, which can be quite hard when you’re 3-0 down. You have the jeopardy of risking it becoming four of five nil. You try to teach the players to push no matter what, think about what’s achievable and not worry about failing. I liked the attitude of pushing forward to the last whistle.”