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00:00Bristol City head coach Liam Manning has said that his side are not down and out, despite being 3-0 down in their play-off semi-final, going into the second leg away at Bramall Lane.
00:11They will need something of a miracle if they are to get back into the tie against Sheffield United.
00:16There's a possibility they could get minutes, yeah. I think at a quarter of that stage of the season, the importance of the game is that, you know, when you look at it for so long now, I've had to manage such a tight squad, a small squad.
00:28You know, it's been challenging at times to do that, but all the way along we've had to take risks that, for me, are calculated and we'll be doing that tomorrow night.
00:37You know, I'm desperate to go into the game and give absolutely everything to obviously, you know, overcome a difficult challenge.
00:43But yeah, Pringy and Corns are obviously having an extra few days, you're in a better spot than what they were, you know, pre the home game.
00:49We're definitely not down and out. I think, you know, that has to be the mindset of everybody.
00:52It's funny, I was, you know, naturally you tend to look at comebacks and the history of comebacks and come back through loads and, you know, spoke the other night around, obviously, League One playoff a few years ago.
01:03You know, you go back to even the Champions League final, which we were laughing about this morning, 2005, which, you know, the Milan-Liverpool one.
01:10And despite the obvious deficits and disappointments at Ashton Gate on Friday evening for both him and his players, Manning made clear that there was still belief in the Robins' camp going into the second leg against Sheffield United.
01:243-0 down is a big scoreline to come back from, especially away from home, but Manning still had belief that his side could do it.
01:32Yeah, of course, you have to. I think it's one of those, you know, we can speak around the importance of the game and the opportunity, but of course, naturally, the bloods have worked so hard and, you know, fought so hard to get to, you know, to get here.
01:48Naturally, then, when, you know, probably the manner and the feeling and the frustration of the game and it kind of, you know, like I said, Chris, Sheffield United do deserve a huge amount of credit, you know, to, you know, to go and score three.
01:59It's not easy, you know, we've done it before. We've played against 10 men and we know how difficult it is, so, you know, credit to them.
02:05But at the same point, I think in terms of us and the way we go about it and the toughness that we've got in the group, like I said, we will keep fighting, we'll keep believing.