EdersonsSmiley
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I don't think we ran out of steam in this game, we just realised there was no point in pressing Marseilles.
Pat Nevin said it in the radio commentary that about 20 minutes in we realised if we didn't press, Marseilles just kicked the ball back to us anyway, and there was no need to run ourselves into the ground.
As soon as Marseilles came out to play, we were full of energy to pick them off on the break.
It's not necessarily the pressing but just the general speed of play. I thought second half was much more like the first half of Porto and West Ham.