"We can't afford to make the mistakes that we made, or not show the urgency that you need to show to shut players down and stop things from progressing."

“In general, I thought we worked hard and the boys showed good endeavour and good levels of intensity. Those are the things we spoke about needing to have when we play at home."

"It will be a really tough game, but one that we’re relishing and one we feel we can do well in."

"You can see the level in training, the size of the squad and there’s so many [players], it’s good competition for the spots, which is great."

“We owed the fans a performance and I think we gave them that, so it’s annoying that we couldn’t get that one over the line."

"We're disappointed to come away with only a point. We needed a reaction from the Preston game; we've got that today, I feel."

"We are looking for energy to want to play, an intensity to want to play. We have to refocus now."

“They’re professional boys and they take on a lot of information. We try not to make it too difficult to do that. They’re ready for this game."

"We should have got the win, I wish we got the win, but we’ve just got to keep fighting for it."

"In the second half we came out and I thought we took the game to them. We took the lead, and it should have been enough.”

Omer Riza spoke to the press after City’s 2-0 home defeat to QPR.

"It probably wasn’t our best game in terms of possession, the quality that we’ve shown in the past, but it’s a tough place to come."

"To achieve what they achieved over that block and to pick up the points that they picked up, we all know it was invaluable."

“I’ve had a good week of training and hopefully I’ll be back involved now I’m available. I’ve been out a little while, but it’s been good to get back in and be with the boys every day again.”