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PUZZLED ISMAEL LEFT ANNOYED

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The LeaguePaper Team
1 February 2026

VALERIEN ISMAEL couldn’t criticise the effort of his players, but rued the inability to take the chances created, particularly the headers in the second half from Yuki Ohashi and Mathias Jorgensen on the hour as they slipped to a fourth defeat in six to remain in the bottom three.
He said: “I don’t know why it’s so complicated.
“It’s not about the performance today, not about the desire, the mentality. What we have to complain about is we have to take our chances. “At some point you have to take the chance. When you dominate the game l...

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