Latics manager reflects on the 2-1 defeat against Sunderland

Leam Richardson | “Our lads gave everything and we will quickly move on to Wednesday”
Latics manager reflects on the 2-1 defeat against Sunderland
Richardson: “We have to keep improving, and we’re all making small steps forward. We certainly won’t get emotionally attached to results because we know we’ve got another game on Wednesday.”

Leam Richardson spoke about the importance of quickly moving on and responding in the right way after they fell to a 2-1 defeat against Sunderland on Saturday.

Charlie Wyke’s first-half strike had given Latics the lead against his former side before second-half goals from Elliot Embleton and Dennis Cirkin handed the Black Cats all three points at the Stadium of Light.

Speaking to Latics TV, Richardson was naturally disappointed after falling on the wrong side of the result, though he expressed the importance of his side coming together and bouncing back against Middlesbrough on Wednesday.

“It was disappointing,” he said.

“I thought the first half was very evenly matched, and we controlled the game in certain areas.

“We were very worthy of our goal in the first half, and in the second half, they had a 15-20 minute spell where our distances weren’t great and we never got to grips with them.

“They scored two goals in our box which is unlike us, but we had a few chances at the end where we possibly could’ve nicked an equaliser.

“The lads gave us everything all the way to the end, and there was only one team who were looking likely to score at the end.

“We won on Tuesday, and we will learn (from) today. Our lads gave everything and we will quickly move on.

“It’s the same messages. We have to keep improving, and we’re all making small steps forward. We certainly won’t get emotionally attached to results because we know we’ve got another game on Wednesday.”

Leam Richardson | “Our lads gave everything and we will quickly move on to Wednesday”