Mignolet: "We completely give it away"
"I can't find an explanation for it at the moment. We are 0-2 ahead, then you have to play that out and control it. After the 1-2, Genk stepped up the pressure, but until then we hadn't experienced any problems. The 2-2 changed the whole match. We didn't keep the ball in the team anymore. We still had a few chances, but not enough to claim more. Then in the added time we get another goal against. We completely gave it away."
"Racing Genk changed four players at short notice and changed systems, but that should not be an excuse. With an 0-2 lead, you can't give it away and you have to finish the game. We have to keep working and learn to finish a lead and keep control. This should not happen again," he concluded disappointed. (EV)
Nicky Hayen: "Very sour and tough 1-on-9"
Coach Nicky Hayen reacts disappointed, "We didn't come out of the locker room well at the start of the game. We wanted to build too much from the back, which led to ball loss and two big chances for Genk. We got into the game better by building up carefully. This also gave us the lead in the first half."
"We started the second half well and Genk struggled at times. We then made that 0-2 and everything seemed to be going well. The changeover moment was for me the crucial phase. A lot of time is lost there so we weren't ready for that first ball after. We are very childishly switched off in that phase. The ball came too easily into the sixteen and we unhappily gave away a penalty there. We made it unnecessarily difficult for ourselves there, whereas before we had enough control over the game. After that goal we didn't play the way we did at the start of the second half. We panicked and swallowed that 2-2. With the 3-2, Hrošovský got too much space. That late counter goal is very sour and that leaves you with a tough 1-on-9," concluded a disappointed Bruges coach. (TM)
