"'Which way do you want to die?'," Graham Potter told Swansea players before their FA Cup game against Man City in 2019, the Welsh side's captain Matt Grimes recalled in an interview with the Guardian.
"It was: 'They can either beat you with you laying on your back, tickling your belly, or they can beat you if you give it a right good go'.
"Because if you sit in a 10-man block, they’ll break you down and beat you anyway, so you might as well make a fist of it while you’re doing it.
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"That’s how he sold it, we were all on the same page and in the end we ran them really close."
It was a really inspiring team talk from Graham Potter.
Swansea lost the game 3-2 but it was a very close contest. The Swans led 2-0 at the half-hour's mark but a contentious penalty and Aguero's offside goal resulted in a defeat to the Potter's side.
