Ryan Christie
RYAN Christie believes Cherries showed “a good bounce back” from their dismal defeat to Crystal Palace, despite another loss at Manchester United. Goals from Casemiro, Luke Shaw, and Marcus Rashford condemned Cherries to a 3-0 defeat at Old Trafford, their fourth consecutive loss since the restart of domestic football. Scottish international Christie started the contest, playing 76 minutes before being replaced by Siriki Dembele. Speaking after the game,
Ryan Christie said: “We know it’s a tough place to come and it’s hard to limit it to them to no chances. We limited them to very few in the first half. Again the result is the frustrating thing, but I think there’s a lot of positives to take from tonight and to come to a place like this and dominate parts of the game and create chances, it’s something we can definitely take into the next games. The gaffer asked for a reaction after Palace because we didn’t think that was the standard we set for ourselves that game. Albeit the result, I think we showed a good bounce back.”
Cherries are now without a win on the road since the comeback victory away at Nottingham Forest in September, a run of six games and a return of just two points. Although well aware of the result, the Scot believed the manner of Cherries’ performances bodes well for the future.
Ryan Christie added: “First things first, you want to win games or you want to pick up points, but obviously coming to a place like this, it’s just going to be tough. When you don’t do that, look at the performance and the gaffer mentioned that if we take performances like that into the games against the other 13 teams outside of the big six and we’ll for sure pick up points, especially when you look at these games that we’ve got at home. I think that was the frustrating thing after the Palace game. We felt like we’d all let ourselves down but all learn from it and tonight is a good show of what we’re capable of, what we can take into the games moving forward.”
Attention for Cherries now turns to their final cup competition, the FA Cup. Championship leaders Burnley visit the Vitality Stadium on Saturday, January 7 in the third round of the competition.
If the contest is not decided after 90 minutes, a replay will be staged at the Clarets’ Turf Moor home, with replays remaining in situ for the third and fourth rounds of the competition.
