| Kieran Richardson told Sky Sports
1: "To play for my country is a great honour and to score is
great. To score in the first four minutes is unbelievable a great
feeling. Before the game I was a bit nervous but I scored the first
goal and went on from there." "I felt a twinge in my
hamstring and he (Eriksson) took me off. He did not want to risk
anything.
Eriksson was delighted with Richardson's goalscoring
debut but less pleased that several players, including Sol Campbell,
suffered jarring injuries on a hard pitch he had asked to be watered.
"For a young player to score two goals was fantastic,"
said Eriksson, of Richardson's exploits, "and he played well
too.
"We practised free-kicks a little bit yesterday and he almost
did the same then. Today it was fantastic."
"The players are not used to playing on such hard pitches
and the injury to Sol Campbell was because of the pitch, We'll have
to wait until tomorrow morning to see if Sol is going to be ready
for Tuesday" |
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