Football: Albrechtsen accepts the blame.MARTIN Albrechtsen Martin Albrechtsen (born March 31, 1980) is a Danish professional football player who currently plays for English club West Bromwich Albion. He can play in any defending position; on either fullback or in the central defence. He has played four games for the Danish national team. accepted full responsibility for the 'stupid' mistake which handed Colchester all three points. The centre-half fouled Mark Yeates Mark Yeates (born January 11 1985) is an Irish footballer who plays for Colchester United. He can operate either as a striker or a winger. He has three Under-21 caps for the Republic of Ireland. in the penalty area in the 67th minute, which prompted referee Keith Friend to point straight to the spot. Albrechtsen admitted he was at fault for Albion's second successive away defeat. "It was stupid - it always is when you give away a penalty," said the Dane. "I thought I had got the ball but he covered it well and I touched him and he went down. "It was bad defending and not very smart. "I blame myself for the penalty. I should have just stood on my feet and made him run to the byline. "But it's always easy to say that afterwards." Albrechtsen has found himself in the centre of defence since winning his place back in the Albion side during pre-season. He spent most of his early career playing at centre-half before being converted into a right-back by Gary Megson Gary John Megson (born 2 May, 1959 in Manchester) is a former English footballer and manager. He has recently been appointed as Leicester City's new manager. As a player, he is arguably best remembered from his days at Sheffield Wednesday, where his father Don Megson also played following his pounds 2.7million move from Copenhagen. And, speaking about Saturday's defeat, the 27-year-old admitted Albion needed to work on their defending. Albrechtsen added: "Centre-half is my original position but it's just a coincidence that I've played fullback all the time I've been here. "I enjoy it in the middle - but just not games like Saturday. We need to get back on track. "It's important we don't panic but we need to get back to basics because we can't concede three goals and expect to win a game. "We need to continue working hard on the training pitch, as we have done over the last few weeks, working on the defensive side. "Saturday wasn't good and we gave some sloppy slop·py adj. slop·pi·er, slop·pi·est 1. Marked by a lack of neatness or order; untidy: a sloppy room. 2. goals away. "Our defensive record has slipped a bit in the last two games. "We need to go back to basics and defend properly because at the moment we're not looking very solid. We've been sloppy in the last few games. I can't say exactly what's wrong." CAPTION(S): STUPID MISTAKE... Martin Albrechtsen. |
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