Cleverley questions quality of Argyle's summer signings

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-nced game but a team who were much more effective attacking one box and a bit of a toothless team attacking another box.

“We have to look at that, we have to try and tap into the confidence of the players and at 2-0 the game was pretty much done. We shared a goal apiece late on.”

Asked what he has said to his players at halftime, after conceding so late on, Cleverley replied: “We have got a fragile group at the minute so you don't want to affect that in a negative way.

“So try and take some confidence from the level of control and personality we showed in the first half but then be a little bit more free in the final third, take the shackles off, there is nothing to lose.

“We didn’t see that change second half even though we had some really dangerous openings. | think that’s all they are staying at at the minute is openings and not chances.”

Argyle goalkeeper Conor Hazard had made a couple of good saves late in the first half but he was powerless to prevent an unmarked Radulovic slotting home a cross from Charles to make it 1-0 on the stroke of halftime.

Cleverley said: “It’s the way it has been going, key moments. It's not like it was their only chance of the game. | felt like they had a couple of big ones just before that.