Source: PA
Holloway proud of Seasiders
Blackpool manager Ian Holloway was proud of his side's effort as they went down fighting in a 1-0 defeat to high-flying Manchester City.
The Seasiders, who began the year in the top half of the table were sunk by a first-half Adam Johnson goal at Eastlands.
"We threw just about everything we had at them, which I wasn't sure we were going to do in the first half," manager Ian Holloway said.
"We looked a bit hesitant early on, and we don't normally look like that, but maybe it was a hangover from the other times we've played away against one of the top teams and got a bit of a pasting.
"I think putting Matty Phillips on at half-time gave us some hope and some belief because he's not scared of anything.
"He ran with it and turned someone inside out who got taken off straight away. Then he did it to the new bloke and I wondered if they had any more left-backs."
