Although it seemed like it early on in the game, and in hindsight far more obvious, that we were in their heads before the ball was even touched.
Nketiah's blatant dive in only the second minute, Gabriel was trying to wrestle with Kulu on one run shortly after that to get into his head, and the persistent attacks on Sonny all showed that they were desperate to do anything just to throw us off our game. Teams tend to only do that when you know the other has the upper hand and you need to try to do anything to level the game in your favor. They knew the game was ours to take and once it went 2-0 they essentially gave up any hope.
They might claim that it shows a sense of fight from their side, but it was all the actions of a team terrified from the very start.
Nketiah's blatant dive in only the second minute, Gabriel was trying to wrestle with Kulu on one run shortly after that to get into his head, and the persistent attacks on Sonny all showed that they were desperate to do anything just to throw us off our game. Teams tend to only do that when you know the other has the upper hand and you need to try to do anything to level the game in your favor. They knew the game was ours to take and once it went 2-0 they essentially gave up any hope.
They might claim that it shows a sense of fight from their side, but it was all the actions of a team terrified from the very start.