Al Nassr Star Admits: “We Deserved To Lose…”
Written By Jacobs Dunga
The striker reckoned his team deserved the result they got in their home game on Friday evening.
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Cristiano Ronaldo and his team could not fight back at the Al Awwal Park as they fell to a 0-2 home loss to visiting Al Taawon.
Al Alami could not bring up their A-game as they conceded twice to leave themselves without a single point in two league games.
Summer recruit Sadio Mane was obviously not happy with the outcome and admitted his team got the deserved result.
Speaking to the press after the game as revealed by National’s live blog, the Senegalese expressed his dissatisfaction with his team’s performance on the night.
“Today we deserved to lose. We did not play well. We have to recognise. We lost control, did not defend good,” he said.
The Knights have only scored once in the opening two games of the season while they’ve shipped in four at the other end of the pitch.
Meanwhile…
Steven Gerrard has started his Saudi Arabia adventure on the brightest note with his Al Ettifaq side picking two wins from as many games.
The Liverpool legend joined the side during the summer and immediately brought Jordan Henderson from Anfield.
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The Englishman has now led his side to consecutive victories in the league but has also been careful in order not to get carried away.
The players were pictured in the dressing room as posted by Wael Jabir on Twitter chanting the manager’s name after their 2-0 success over Al Hazm but the 43 year old was quick to remind his players with a two finger gesture that it’s only two games gone.
Robin Quaison and Vitinho scored in either half to secure maximum points in the night.
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