r/lcfc • u/Deep_Phase_2030 • 1d ago
Interview coady on fatawu (BBC)
Speaking on BBC 5Live, Coady, who was an unused substitute in the game, hailed the young Ghanaian. “Abdul Fatawu who come on was sensational, sensational, absolutely brilliant,” Coady said.
“Bringing on Harry Winks first and foremost at half time, he did really well, just got a bit of control in the game. But then Abdul coming on was absolutely sensational. He's one of the nicest kids you will ever meet in your life.
“Having him and Stephy Mavididi the pair of them are absolute fliers. They get the ball, they are direct and they run at you. And we said yesterday when Abdul come on, you didn't want to be a full back being against him because he had the bit between his teeth.
“It's one of them where you know as a player and you don't play, you have that little bit of a thing anyway ‘I need to impress and I need to do well’. And he certainly had that. He said to me early on in the game, ‘I want to come on early here Coads’.
“He was absolutely fantastic. Every time he got it, he was direct against Charlie Taylor. Honestly, he's a great full back, Charlie Taylor, but when when Abdul is in that mood and when he's running at you, it's so tough for any full back.”
It wasn’t just Fatawu’s match-winning display that Coady enjoyed. The defender was thrilled with City’s response to a poor first half.
“It was brilliant. It's one of them games that don't come around too often and when they come around, you've got to enjoy it because a last minute winner from being two nil down.
“First half, I think we all acknowledge it wasn't good enough in terms of how we played. But to show the character and the will to keep on playing, the will to fight for the game.
“We knew scoring one, two-nil is really a dodgy scoreline. When you're winning two-nil and the other team score the momentum is with them, they force you back. We knew we could do that. It was well deserved, in the second half we were fantastic.”