Taylor won't lay blame on ref

Last updated : 22 October 2002 By VillaMAD
Taylor said: "We have to stand by the ref's decisions. It was a straight ball over the top of Steve Staunton and then it got a high bounce over Alpay, and from that time on their was a mix-up and the ref saw it as a pull back by Peter Enckelman.

He also commented on the poor attendance at Villa Park - just over 22,00 is Villa's lowest League crowd for eight years - and their were cries for his head from the Villa fans during and at the end of the match.

"They wouldn't be happy would they? We've had a poor start to the season and you'd expect that reaction. I don't like using the word crisis," he said.

"We have to take the criticism that will come our way and stick in this together. There will be a lot of criticism but you expect that.

"These are the same people who were cheering my return. It's an emotional game. If the results are not going your way they call for the manager's head.

"Irrespective of how we performed today we deserve to have earned more points this season. We had chances to score today but we have not been able to put the ball in the net."

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