Having watched his Bristol City team knock West Ham out of the FA Cup last night, manager Liam Manning was keen to play down the significance of the Premier League side’s attacking absentees.
“Not when you see what’s coming in in place of them,” Manning said, when asked whether the fact that Jarrod Bowen and Lucas Paqueta had succumbed to injury in the original tie gave his side fresh belief ahead of the replay at Ashton Gate, a response that really ought to have drawn more of a chuckle.
