Jamie Jackson was at Turf Moor tonight and his report is in. Thanks for reading this MBM. Nighty night.
Vincent Kompany gives his verdict to Sky Sports. “We had five guys who started the first time for the club … we had chances … we knew it was going to be tough … we have to take the positives … you can’t feel good with a defeat but I’ve seen enough to show we’ve made progress since the last time we played them … this is the worst we’ll be this season, this team can only get stronger … it’s a mentality thing … it has to be the worst we will be, because we are focused on progress … I don’t know who in my squad will end up at the top level but I think some players will … results come because you do the work in the background and we have done that here … we were dangerous but not dangerous enough and against the best team in the world it is difficult … I felt we got something out of this game and something to build on.”
He also addresses, with statesmanlike grace, the booing of the knee at kick-off. “It’s not something new … it’s not something that has happened for the first time … so of course I can’t be happy with it, and I’m not … the colour of my skin should make it clear why … but in the end the amount of people who booed is a lot, lot less than it used to be, and there are a lot of people who clapped … so I believe in time and working together that these people are part of our family, no matter what, and we have to change their mentality … it’s a fraction of what it used to be … not good enough, but progress. Like this team.”
