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Watch Fulham vs Shakhtar Donetsk Live Streaming"Tuesday was the demonstration that when we played football like we can. We really put Manchester in a lot of difficulty.
"The first half could have ended 3-0 and we were very unfortunate to concede a fluke goal."
Leonardo admitted his side were unable to recover from the shock of Scholes' equaliser, both mentally and physically.
"It was inevitable that we would not be able to keep up the same rhythm in the second half," said the Brazilian.
"Unfortunately, we were unable to finish everything in the first half.
"I don't want to find any excuses for the defeat, but a team cannot impose themselves on the game for the whole 90 minutes against a physically strong team like Manchester."
Leonardo refused to blame his strikers for missing the chances that came their way, preferring to "talk about the possibility of going to Manchester and winning 2-0" in three weeks' time.
