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Xtra Time Web Des: SC East Bengal coach Robbie Fowler on Tuesday lambasted the Indian footballers after his side’s embarrassing 0-3 loss to Mumbai City in the Indian Super League 2020-21 on Tuesday at the GMC Athletic Stadium in Bambolim. It was the second consecutive defeat for SC East Bengal after having tasted defeat at the hands of arch rivals ATK Mohun Bgaan in the first match. The result saw SCEB trailing at the bottom of points table.

"I am devastated myself. I hope players are hurting as much as me. We have to go again in 4-5 days [vs NorthEast United FC]. We are still coaching players, in all honesty, some Indian players look like they haven't been coached before. We trying to get them to play in our system and the intricate passing we do. We have to learn pretty quick. We have to be better," said Fowler at the post match conference.

In the post-match press conference, the former Liverpool FC striker reiterated his point. "We will coach the players because, in all fairness, few of them have probably never been coached before and that is what we are doing. We will try and make our Indian players better and that takes good coaching and I don't think they had had that in the years gone by."