Steve Cooper did not regret withdrawing Stephy Mavididi even though the change was greeted by boos by the Leicester City fans.
Cooper replaced Mavididi for the final few minutes of City’s 1-1 draw with Everton,despite the winger scoring the equaliser and posing the biggest threat to the Toffees’ back-line, continually beating James Garner. When his number was put up, the crowd responded with jeers.He’d run his race,” City boss Cooper said. “I can understand the fans’ frustration. I get that and accept it. He was excellent second half and we felt like our likely chances were going to come from that side.
The players knew that and I told them as well. When you play like that, there’s two things that can happen. You can go under and hide and the game can become even worse, or you can do what we did. First and foremost, we fought a bit more and ran a bit more, we won more duels and tackles. Yes, they were going to be a threat on the counter attack. But I felt like were pushing and showing the right intent in the game.
“Stephy in the second half had a big impact. They were deep and we weren’t creating loads of chances, but I felt like a chance would come from territory. We ended up getting set-pieces and scoring from one. After that, I thought we would go on and win.
“We were looking for that second goal, but only managed to get the point. When I look at it, it’s a game and a result that should have been better, but the way we played in the first half and the way the game panned out, it could have been worse. So we deserve no more than a point.”
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