Chris Wilder offers verdict on Sheffield United's dramatic victory at Bristol City
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00:00What size performance do you have?
00:03No, you can't speak to a doctor before,
00:07you go through the highs and lows,
00:13and you go through the preparation.
00:19It isn't enjoyable at times,
00:25for yourself personally and the coaches,
00:29and the pressure to get a result.
00:32But you're right, when you do get those moments in the game,
00:39in the season, in your career,
00:42they're a little bit special.
00:45I didn't think it was a smash and grab,
00:50it was a tight game against good opposition,
00:53we just needed to raise our levels at half-time,
00:56and we still couldn't really,
00:58we couldn't really get to where we wanted to be,
01:00we made some changes,
01:01obviously disappointing that Kiefer came off the pitch.
01:05We are where we are with Rhian not being involved,
01:08and young Ryan,
01:10so we've been wanting to get him on the pitch as well,
01:13him and Marshie,
01:14it's been a little bit disappointing for Marshie,
01:15because he's not getting that opportunity,
01:17but Ryan had that opportunity,
01:19so getting back in the game,
01:21I thought we showed all our character,
01:23I hope we started to play in the last 20 minutes,
01:25when we were 1-0 down,
01:27it took us the last 20 minutes to start playing quickly,
01:30playing with more intensity,
01:32and more drive,
01:33more quality,
01:34and I think that if I knew the answer then,
01:38maybe I wouldn't be sat here,
01:39but I'm still here,
01:41and I give the players an enormous amount of credit,
01:43so I'm going to deal with myself and all the coaching staff,
01:48they put themselves in that hole,
01:49through decision making,
01:52and the detail of everything,
01:54we had so many times,
01:55especially first half,
01:56where the detail could have been a lot better,
01:58and we would have got in,
01:59they found a slide,
02:01and a great run,
02:04and a definite penalty,
02:06and then,
02:08whatever it was,
02:09poking the bear a little bit,
02:10get us going,
02:12so what I will say is,
02:13I think you've seen the team,
02:14that has gone right to the end,
02:16and even when the bear boy gets sent off,
02:18and goes 1-1,
02:20we're quite easily,
02:21like Peter said,
02:22it's not been our day,
02:23we're not been really at the levels,
02:25where we want to be,
02:26which you're not always at the championship level,
02:28but when you have that opportunity,
02:30it opens up,
02:31the players are extremely brave,
02:32and we stood in it,
02:33and we tried to go for the winner,
02:35and we got a memorable winner,
02:37and memorable scenes for the supporters,
02:39that have made an incredibly long journey,
02:41down there on a Tuesday night.