Goals from Ismaila Sarr and Troy Deeney capped a disappointing afternoon in Hertfordshire just prior to Christmas, and our Spanish playmaker wants to see better in the reverse fixture against Nigel Pearson’s side.
“Yeah, that wasn’t a very good day for us… neither the performance nor the result,” says Mata, in an exclusive interview in the latest edition of United Review, the official matchday programme at the Theatre of Dreams.
“They have been doing well under their new manager. I always thought they had a very strong team physically and they are difficult to beat.