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“The way we cut them open at times was a joy to watch and we were thinking that, if we got one, it could be any score. But in any game, if you don’t take your chances, if you’ve got someone on the ropes and they swing a wild left hook and it knocks you out, you lose the fight.”

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With each passing performance, Keane’s reputation for working with the players at his disposal grows unavoidably weaker. Yet, by the same token, with each passing performance, Keane’s dealings in the transfer market become retrospectively stronger…

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Paul Jewell told the BBC after the match: “I said to him at half-time, ‘Go out and get another goal!’ and he said ‘I think I’ll get two more…’, and he’s been proved right. Obviously, he’s going to get all the headlines, but it’s not just a team effort, it’s a squad effort.”

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“It feels like a defeat when you concede a goal that late, and in the manner that it was conceded; with a deflection. It’s difficult to come out and be positive, because you feel so sick.”

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“If anyone else had come onto the pitch, he would have gone past them as well. It was a great goal and it should do bundles for his confidence…. and his price!”

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“I don’t really want us to be hanging on, but that’s the way we are at the moment. However, winning games will breed confidence. I thought we should have killed the game off at times, but we gave the ball away and made errors. But that will go the more we win games.”

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“I can’t fault the players’ effort, they were outstanding and I couldn’t ask for more in terms of workrate and energy. They put so much into the game when Arsenal had the ball that it was difficult when we had the ball to try and create.”

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“I want my full-backs to get forward at the right time and, even a couple of times before the goal, I’ve thought: ‘Go on, have that bit of belief…’ and this time he’s hit it and it’s gone in!” Jewell told the Press afterwards.

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“We have more than capable players and with one or two additions we’ll be OK…..and I have the names in mind,” said the new Town chief.

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Speaking to the BBC after the match, McParland said “We looked at Arsenal on DVD’s and we saw that they hold a high line, a very high line. We knew we’d have to hit them on the counter attack as we knew we weren’t going to keep the ball, because they are a fantastic team. To be fair, our boys did fantastically.”

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