‘STUPID’ PLAY
CASTAGNE LEFT FRUSTRATED AS CITY LET SLIP TWO-GOAL LEAD AGAINST BRENTFORD
LEICESTER City “stupidly” gave up two points in their Premier League opener as old habits cost them, full-back Timothy Castagne said.
City led Brentford 2-0 with an hour played at the King Power Stadium, but conceded twice to start their campaign with a draw, writes Jordan Blackwell.
The second of the Bees’ goals came inside the final five minutes, with Josh Dasilva bending in a fine shot.
Last season, only Southampton conceded more equalising goals than City, while only Leeds and Watford conceded more goals in the final 10 minutes of home matches. Dasilva’s goal ticked both boxes.
That added to the frustration for Castagne, that one of last season’s woes again proved costly.
He feels confident City would have secured a big victory if they had not lost their way on the hour mark. Castagne told LCFC TV: “It’s just stupid from us because I think we had the game in our hands.
“Then we start losing the ball and we don’t play like we did in the first half.
“We gave stupid goals away with too much space. We just have to manage it.
“If we played like we did in the first half, we keep the clean sheet and we maybe score some more goals. That’s on us.
“We were starting to give the ball away too many times. (Brentford’s first goal) comes from a space we don’t fill and it’s too easy for them.
“After that, they get confidence, we start to, not crumble, but we don’t play anymore.
“After that it gets tougher and tougher for us. We can’t get in these situations.
“We did it so many times last season and at some point we need to learn and get better.”
City controlled the game for the hour, with Castagne opening the scoring in the first half from a corner, and with Brendan Rodgers’ side dominating possession.
Belgian international Castagne added: “We started well and I don’t know why we didn’t keep it up.
“If we want to do something this year, we definitely need to take a look at that.
“Today needs to be a big disappointment for us. That’s the only way to get in our heads that we can’t do that again. We have to look at what we did wrong.”