Alan Pardew: “We had a gameplan to take the game to Man United and hit them on the break. We put a lot of pressure on them, on the break in particular."
To "hit them on the break" you sit back.
Or am I thinking of another sport?
Alan Pardew: “However, we came away with nothing and after the way we played offensively we are disappointed with that.
“We hit the post at 3-3 and hit the bar as well.
“My frustration is with my team because defensively we should have done a lot better.
“Regardless of it being Man United and the history and tradition of the place, and their late finishes, we should have taken something from the match, 100%.
“We have come here against an experienced side and probably lacked a bit of experience in that midfield in the second half, but we have to defend better.
“That back four has been together for a while with our goalkeeper and my expectations of them would have been greater. I was disappointed with the goals they conceded, especially the last one.
“I just felt for the whole game we had a goal in us.
“Whatever the score was, I thought we could score again. I said to the players at half-time, ‘you have to expect Man United will score’.
“The key moment was probably from Sammy Ameobi. He came off the bench and I thought his effort was in, but it hit the inside of the post and went into the goalie’s hands.
“I did think to myself then it might not be our day.”
Well it was in the final minute - so perhaps Pardew was going to be right on that one.