A Great Game For The Neutral - Slade

Last updated : 07 August 2013 By Covsupport News Service

Leyton Orient manager Russell Slade felt his side's 3-2 Capital One Cup victory over Coventry City was a great game for the neutrals.

Slade told the East London and West Essex Guardian's Simon Mall: "It was a great game for the neutral. Some times our defending tonight was uncharateristically not the greatest but we managed to dig in and showed great spirit which is what the group is about if I'm honest. We hung in there and managed to get the winner.

 "The first 25 minutes certainly belonged to Coventry and they deserved to get their noses in front. But we hit back quickly which was important and then that seemed to settle us down a little bit and then we finished the half slightly on top. It was encouraging to go in with a 2-1 lead but maybe a bit fortunate. 

 "In the second period, credit to Coventry who came back even though we were down to ten men but the penalty save was key for me and that seemed to galvanise us. From then on, people rolled their sleeves up and that spirit we've got and focus and commitment came out.
 

 "I felt there was only going to be one winner in the last ten minutes. I'm glad it was within the 90 minutes because we didn't want an extra 30 minutes that's for sure."

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