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6th October 2016
11:37pm BST

"It's not so much about the performance, it's about the result," he was defiant. "If we're sitting here next year and we play terribly all the way through and get 1-0 results, everyone's going to be happy. "We got the result, that was the main thing."That trend continued.
"We've won tonight, that's the main thing. "It doesn't matter how we've performed, if it was a knockout tournament, we'd be through to the next round."It doesn't mean the players weren't looking at it themselves, he's just not about to start spiking about it in the media. The Stoke bull did reveal that there was a bit of soul-searching to be done after the opening 45 minutes, not that he really wanted to divulge too much.
"It was almost like they were the home team in the first half," he said. "We had a few choice words [at half time], we said what needed to be done, and I think we did that in the second half. I prefer when we press higher up the pitch, you get more chances. "I'd rather be on the edge of their box rather than sitting on the edge of my own 18 defending against the full back and then when we do get the ball, it's a long way to go. "We said a few things between ourselves, and then the manager said a few words and Roy [Keane] did. We'll keep what's said in there, it got the reaction it needed."He saved his descriptions for Seamus Coleman and that wonder goal of the captain who Walters is full of admiration for. https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/784122655762944001
"Seamus got the goal, it was like he was playing a computer game," the big man laughed. "I got a touch, then it went back, then I think their centre half set him up for it. I just said to him, 'the best ones are when you run them into goal, better than a 30-yarder.' "It was fitting that he got it - the captain really stepped up to the plate and I'm delighted for him."
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