Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso praised his facet’s German effectivity after the Bundesliga champions dispatched Dutch facet Feyenoord 4-0 in Thursday’s Champions League rout. “It might have appeared fairly straightforward, but it surely’s actually not,” Alonso informed reporters after his crew cruised to 4 first-half targets to interrupt the Dutch resistance. He mentioned it took Leverkusen a while to come back to phrases with Feyenoord’s urgent sport however after that “the primary half was actually full.” The German giants had been 4-0 up by the half-time whistle, from solely 5 pictures on objective.
“Overall it was a really severe, very environment friendly efficiency from us, but it surely’s by no means straightforward,” mentioned Alonso, who twice lifted the Champions League trophy as a participant.
Leverkusen’s Dutch star Jeremie Frimpong described his homecoming as a “particular sport for me,” including: “We performed a great first half, had been dominant, and performed our sport.”
For Feyenoord coach Brian Priske, attempting to fill the sneakers of former supervisor Arne Slot who’s now accountable for Anfield, the 4-0 defeat was “not fairly.”
Asked whether or not the drubbing confirmed that Feyenoord was not but able to step as much as the Champions League, Priske conceded: “I feel that is the straightforward and logical conclusion, sure.”
“We bought destroyed in 4 key moments within the first half. They confirmed the standard we after all knew they’d… we needed to play the right sport,” added Priske.
However, he praised his gamers for displaying their combating qualities within the second half, even when he admitted that Leverkusen eased off after the four-goal first-half.
“They actually tried to point out the supporters that we had been attempting to die with our boots on. But after all, we’re not pleased with the end result,” he mentioned.
“It’s positively a tough time on this second, however I’m an enormous believer that that is the place you present your energy as an individual and in addition as a participant or a coach,” mentioned Priske.
“I’m going to stand up tomorrow and I’m going to do every part I can to organize the boys to be even higher.”
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