Heerenveen 5-1 AZ Alkmaar: Gertjan Verbeek disappointed with his side’s poor show – Eredivisie news
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AZ-c38571 boss, expressed his disappointment with the demoralising loss and admitted that his troops
failed to put pressure on the hosts defence.
The home side dominated proceedings right from the kick-off and put consistent pressure on the in-form AZ defence. The hosts' aggressive intent paid off early when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bas-Dost-c7339 broke the deadlock in the 14th minute.
Six minutes later, AZ scored the equaliser through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brett-Holman-c8047 before hitting the back of the net.
The outfit from Alkmaar lost their concentration with the equaliser, and the Friesland outfit started to dominate in front of their home crowd.
In the 31st minute, Rajiv van la Parra restored the home side’s one-goal lead, and things got from bad to worse for AZ after the beak, when Filip Djuricic found the bottom right corner moments after the restart.
Two minutes late, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Esteban-Alvarado-c12908.
Verbeek was far from pleased after his side received a 5-1 hammering at the hands of Heerenveen. He admitted that the home side staged a dominant show while his side struggled to perform at their best.
“Heerenveen showed more passion, they were more aggressive and they started brighter. So we were underdogs from the first minute. After we scored the equalizer we got into the game and even after Heerenveen’s second goal we were still in it”
“But after two goals shortly after halftime it was game over for us. I was sitting on the bench hoping that the game would be over as quickly as possible”, Verbeek said.
The tactician then went on to reveal that he saw confusion in his troops, which he had never seen in the earlier games.
“I saw more confusion amongst my team against Heerenveen than I have in all games so far this season put together”, Verbeek concluded while talking to the media.
AZ still occupy the top spot in the league table at the end of this weekend’s action, as their nearest title challengers http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 Eindhoven also failed to record a win.
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