Blackburn boss Tony Mowbray explained his choice to bring Leighton Clarkson off the bench during a 1-1 draw against Bristol City in the Championship.
Bristol took the lead through Callum O'Dowda, and Mowbray brought on the 20-year-old midfielder Clarkson as his final sub in the last 20 minutes of the game.
The Liverpool loanee is hardly known for scoring goals, and some Blackburn fans were left perplexed by the choice of substitution given the team needed to equalize.
He said, per the Liverpool Echo: "We needed to impose ourselves which is why I put Clarkson on really, who's amazing in training when you watch how he passes that ball short and long.
"We just needed more control in the second-half and we'd gained control. Let's wait and see how the team looks as we move forward."
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