[Devongone]

I do think losing in the last few minutes becomes a thing teams do, just like winning then. The old Liverpool team used to be famous for winning games in the dying minutes - they expected to score. Like SaltergateBorn I do think the more you fear conceding the more likely you are to do it. Managers always complain their team or a player is losing concentration, I don't believe it. I think they become too aware of making a mistake, do things they wouldn't normally do, let the pressure get to them ..... and then there it is, the fatal error in the 95th minute. Italian teams could almost always close out games efficiently, they did it in practice, they did it in games, it was second nature. Once it becomes what you do, I reckon you just do it.