Source: Team_Talk
Holloway gives credit to Barnsley
The Seasiders had every opportunity to win the match after utterly dominating the first half, but surrendered their record in controversial circumstances.[LNB]After taking the lead from the penalty spot Blackpool let Barnsley back into the game, defending a corner poorly before the visitors were awarded a penalty in the last minute.[LNB]Blackpool manager Ian Holloway said: "We have to give them credit. They had a game plan and they stuck to it.[LNB]"Some of the things we did on the pitch today were the best I have ever seen but it wasn't quite there in the end.[LNB]"I'm very upset about their second goal but then I suppose they could be upset about our penalty.[LNB]"When you have two injuries so early on in the game and you have to make substitutions it takes your options away and I couldn't change the team the way I would have liked.[LNB]"Our home record has gone but that's only six goals we've let in this season."[LNB]Blackpool's creativity was stifled by a Barnsley side happy to sit deep and defend for the first 45 minutes.[LNB]Neil Eardley flashed a shot over the bar just five minutes in and Jason Euell scuffed a shot wide seconds later. Further chances fell for Charlie Adam, Hamer Bouazza and Stephen Crainey but the home side just could not hit the net.[LNB]Blackpool finally took the lead on 71 minutes when Ryan Shotton was judged to have handled in the area and Adam's low drive gave goalkeeper Luke Steele no chance.[LNB]Barnsley dug in and on 83 minutes Adam Hammill fired a perfect corner into the box and Bobby Hassell rose above the static Blackpool defence to head the ball home.[LNB]Five minutes later Alex Baptiste handled the ball while going up for a header and Andy Gray despatched the penalty.[LNB]Barnsley boss Mark Robins said: "We had to weather the storm in the first half and I think we had to play quite defensively before we could venture forward ourselves.[LNB]"It's an unusual shape that Blackpool play and one that is very hard to deal with. They do a very good job with their attacking play.[LNB]"It's good to come away with three points from an away match, especially after what happened with us last week (leading 4-1 at Plymouth before the match was abandoned), and this is a massive win for us away from home.[LNB]"It wasn't until the second half that we managed to put an attack together but our determination paid dividends."[LNB][LNB][LNB]
