Guus Hiddink has explained his decision to replace Lacina Traore and has praised his side’s character after claiming vital point in the Russian Premier League on Sunday
Anzhi Makhachkala head coach, Guus Hiddink, has hailed his side’s character despite a 1-1 draw in the Russian Premier League against Lokomotiv Moscow at Lokomotiv stadium on Sunday.
The much anticipated league meeting between the two top Russian clubs ended in a draw, courtesy goals from Mehdi Carcela-Gonzalez and Dame N'Doye scoring for Anzhi and Lokomotiv respectively.
The Dutch tactician revealed that the Dagestani club showed true class to claim a point against the Moscow-based club despite playing a crucial group stage match in the UEFA Europa League against English Premier League giants,
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 FC, on Thursday.
The Makhachkala-based club moved up to the top-spot on their respective group table in the European tournament after their massive win against Brendan Rodgers' men.
However, they risk losing their place on the league table if Zenit St. Petersburg managed to get a win against Volga Nizhny Novgorod later this afternoon.
Hiddink revealed that he is satisfied with his team’s performance and assured the fans of climbing up the league table despite hectic schedule.
“I believe that the result was a fair reflection of the match. I am satisfied with it, because this game was conducted after the match against Liverpool. We managed to display quality game despite playing on a poor surface.”
“We are halfway through the tournament and we can say that in some way or another we stand above expectations. I am very happy with my team and the way our club is growing.” The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 Eindhoven boss was quoted as saying.
Reflecting on a tactical decision to replace Lacina Traore during the second-half of the match, Hiddink said that the Ivorian striker was tired after playing in the mid-week game against Liverpool and he wanted to save the prolific
striker for the next league meeting.
Hiddink went on to back the out-of-form striker, Samuel Eto’o, to start scoring goals after failing to get his name on the score-sheet since the first week of October.
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