City need to learn to 'trust' themselves - Struber
Struber: "We conceded a little bit too much respect for them"
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Bristol City should learn to trust themselves more after their EFL Cup exit to Fulham says head coach Gerhard Struber.
The Robins conceded two early goals inside 21 minutes to lose 2-0 at their Premier League opponents and exit the competition in the second round.
However after making a formation change and substitutions in the second half, City were more threatening in front of goal through Anis Mehmeti and Fally Mayulu.
"These are games where the boys can realise how quick a game can be in decision making, how quick they play, how quick they play out of a pressure zone and how they score," Struber told BBC Radio Bristol.
"We felt a massive opponent with massive quality and after the goals we conceded too much respect for them.
"We changed the shape a bit in the second half and this helped us to [be] better in possession and we also created one or two other good chances.
"We can learn to trust ourselves much more that also against an opponent on this level. We can create something and we can [put] them under pressure."
City lost attacking midfielder Josh Stokes to an injury in the 14th minute on his first start of the season and Struber said initial indication is the injury is "not good".
"His reaction was not good and everything I know right now looks more a bad injury," he said.
