Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
As B suggests, conserving energy? Fair enough.

But if that lad's near post header had gone in with 5 minutes remaining we'd all have been sh*tting ourselves
True, but so long as that header doesn't go in, and we all sincerely hope it doesn't, then it's all cool.

One article I saw spoke of the Manchester clubs' incredible, almost unprecedented aggregate goals tally at the moment and what's caused it. I'm guessing it's simply that the cannon fodder they've played understand very well that these are not season-defining games for them and they'd be better off saving themselves for matches that are.