ROONEY REACTION as Argyle move up to 13th
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- Last Updated on Saturday, 28 September 2024 08:51
- Published on Friday, 27 September 2024 22:58
- Written by ROSS REID at Home Park
Rooney said: “I am delighted for the lads. Friday evening live on Sky and we had a lot of young lads in there, and I am delighted for them."
Rami Al Hajj making his first Argyle start and substitute Ibrahim Cissoko - with two second half goals, scored for Plymouth, who soar to 13th. Substitute Victor Moses replied.
Rooney said: “It was a good performance for different reasons tonight, in the first half we controlled the tempo of the game.
“Luton tried to press us and when we played with composure and through the press we caused them problems.
“Second half we were a little sloppy and gave the ball away a little bit too often but our back four were excellent.
“I thought how we dealt with Adebayo, who is a very difficult player to play against, was good and Luton are very good at set pieces and I though how we defended against them was brilliant. We showed great character and desire to go and head the ball… and then the attacking players get all the praise when they score the goals.
“They were good goals as well. Rami, first start and great finish from him, and then Ibrahim came on and scored two, so all-in-all a good night.
“There were lots of things I was happy about. The conversation I had with the players in the week was the defenders will do a lot work to keep us in games and then the attackers get all the glory, which is exactly what happened tonight.
“What you are seeing is a real togetherness, everyone at the club, staff and the fans, everyone is buying into what we are trying to do. There’s a really good feeling around the club."
Luton boss Rob Edwards said: “Credit to the opposition. Both ends of the pitch they were better; they were more ruthless at one end and defended better at the other.
“I think we got into their final third 40 odd times, twice as often as they did but we didn’t make their goalkeeper work enough.
“We weren’t clinical enough at one end and then we didn’t defend well enough at the other and that’s not a good recipe to win a football match.
“They did those two things better than us and so they deserved to win the game.
“We looked like we could have threatened we looked like we could get back in it.
“It was really frustrating to come away without any thing, to lose at both ends of the pitch.
“We are trying. The lads are giving everything and trying to do the right things. I don’t want to come out making excuses. I have given Plymouth credit. They were better than us at both ends.
“I think we started the game well and they scored with their first attack.
“I think in that first half we had enough to score a goal or two.
“I am convinced we are going in the right direction and things will go our way soon.
“We had three off injured. That’s not why we lost the game at all and that's why I have given Plymouth credit."
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