Van Crombrugge: “It was not played out in the last ten minutes. Our second half was not at the level of our first. We lacked intensity in the passes and in our movements. It’s not physical , that can’t be an excuse. It’s at the mental level. When things go too easily, it gets into people’s heads. It’s up to us to prevent that from happening. It’s a good lesson today. today.”
Cullen: “We have to bounce back directly from next weekend. We are obviously disappointed, because we controlled the vast majority of the match. We should have scored the second goal to make the break. Instead, we left the Standard in the game, in the way we play too.”
Refaelov: “We had a lot of chances, we did some good things, but we had to kill the game. I’m very disappointed. The tempo we put in the game was too slow, especially in the second half We should have taken cover, had that killer instinct, that’s what we lacked. We left Standard in the game and we let them believe it. On the potential penalty phase, I feel that Dussenne is pulling my jersey, but it’s true that I add a little.”
Kompany“We produced some play, but it’s the result that influences our feeling. We had a lot of chances and we didn’t concede many. We just have to score more, but we can also create more chances. occasions, we had the space to do it. Football is like that sometimes. Everything was enough today to win, so we are disappointed.”
Raskin: “It was a difficult game, we knew we were going to have to fight and work together. This goal does us a lot of good, we will be able to build on it. Coming here, we knew they were confident , unlike us. This goal rewards us, because we missed a lot in the last gesture. We still have to do better in the game, but it’s an important point. We now need consistency, we will continue to work as we did it. We will have to fight together.”
Emond: “It’s always a pleasure not to lose a Clasico. We fought until the end and this goal does us good. They were more dominant than us, we played with our weapons, we knew that they were in good shape. We are trying to get back in shape, that’s why this point is good for us. Physically, I will need 2 or 3 games to get back in shape, but the most important thing is is the team and I’m happy to help the team.”
Elsner: “We worked a lot on the mental aspect, not giving up when you take it, never giving up. That’s what we saw today. It’s the Standard we want to see: of the grinta, we believed in it until the end, we were aggressive when we lost the ball. The mentality was there. We had a lot of good ball recoveries, but our technical accuracy threw everything in the trash “We’ll work on that. Emond was often on the move, he helped the team a lot. It’s important to have a player like that with a lot of heart in the team. Cafaro was just in the balls what he had, it’s up to us to feed him more. He will probably need a few games to be at the top, but I have a lot of hopes.”
