Carlos loves Town’s desire
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HUDDERSFIELD boss Carlos Corberan was pleased with the level of character - and the killer touch – shown by his side in their 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
“It is important to be clinical. It is important, when you have the chances, to score the goal. We did that,” he said.
“When your opponent makes a mistake, you have to use that opportunity. You have to have desire, but you also need to have that concentration, to make the most of these moments.
“The result was a very necessary one for us. more compact in a 4-4-2. We wanted to put Toffolo in a deeper position to extend his time because we know he’s a player that can play, but in the first minutes it was important for Harry to not go attacking a lot and to try and manage well the first few minutes.
“But the idea didn’t work well because with (Richard) Keogh on the right, (Naby) Sarr in the middle and Toffolo on the left of the line of three the team didn’t feel comfortable enough to attack and have the ball, especially because on the
“We needed the three points. The important thing was that we had the desire. In the first minutes of the game, Forest controlled things. But after that, we grew into the game. We started to grow in confidence and we defended better as well.
“We played well on the counterattack and that was what helped us to take the lead.
“In the second half we continued to be brave in attack and that was important. We right side we had Holmes who is not a specific winger.
“After the first minutes we saw that the solution to help the team feel more comfortable was to have Pipa short with Keogh and Sarr because it’s something the team has more of a habit of, and with Harry Toffolo left a little bit higher with Holmes on the left side to go a bit inside and create a relationship with Toffolo and O’Brien. We then had Rowe as a winger there [on the right], this worked better for us.” did not believe that the game was over, we continued to go for it.
“We got the second goal and we had the commitment to ensure they did not have many opportunities to get back into it. With the quality of the opposition here, we could never relax. When they brought players on, off the bench, they were quality players.”