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‘We were a bit naive, but it’s about learning’

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Our under-21s slipped to a 6-2 defeat against Cheltenham Town in the Checkatrade Trophy on Tuesday night - but Freddie Ljungberg believes that it will be a valuable learning experience for his side.

We showed flashes of quality and dominated possession in stages, but ultimately going down to 10 men in the seventh minute cost us the game.

We spoke to Ljungberg after the final whistle - and this is what he said:

on the manic start to the game…
We were a bit naive and that’s why we play this tournament, for us to learn.