City, who had been relentless in the opening 45 minutes, could have been further ahead but for a mixture of wayward finishing and some good last-ditch defending.
Manager Gareth Taylor tasked his side with keeping the same levels of performance up, but it turned out to be Stoney's United players who reacted better to their half time team talk."I take full responsibility for the first half," Stoney told BT Sport. "I think I got the press wrong so I had to change that at half time to make sure we pressed differently because I think they were picking us off."I think the players were incredible in the second half.
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