The Swansea City defender would have been as hurt as anyone having seen Newcastle score late to snatch an undeserved point at the Liberty but he said despite that goal spirits remained high in the dressing room.
โWe canโt let the goal put a downer on things,โ he told the Western Mail. โThe boys were still quite buoyant in the changing rooms afterwards.
โWe werenโt too down. Letting the lead slip hurts a little bit, but we can still take a lot of confidence from the way we performed.
โOur focus here is always making sure that we perform well. I think thatโs what we did.
โHopefully that performance can now push us on. Now we have to win at Plymouth (tomorrow night) to make sure this result remains a good one.
โItโs important that we donโt let conceding so late affect us. We just need to try and go again.
โIt was pleasing, but then itโs also sour as well because we couldnโt finish the job.
โWe are all about the 1-0 victories, especially at home. Thatโs what we wanted against Newcastle because a clean sheet would have made a big statement to the rest of the league.
โAnyone who watched the game will see that we made a big statement anyway, though. Itโs just a shame we didnโt get the three points.
โThe disappointing thing is that we only let it slip for one chance.
โWe knew they had that threat with Carroll and we needed to stop it.
โWe probably needed to do a bit better in that moment to stop him scoring.
โBut, other than that, we were comfortable and it was just like any other home game for us.
“We wanted to win to put the record straight.
โHopefully we have done that now anyway. I think the boys have got it out of their system.
โI know that result hurt us. We watched the video again on Friday and it was a big motivator for this game.”