So now I have to crawl my way back.

所以我现在只能一步步往上爬了。

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Given the way the Scots were playing and the wet and muddy conditions, it quickly became obvious that we were going to have to crawl our way back into the game.

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You would figure a top five player like Robin finds a way at some stage during the match to crawl back into the match, but he wasn't able to.

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