The Schalke manager is satisfied with his team’s stunning 4-1 performance against FC Kaiserslautern at the weekend.
Die Knappen kept their momentum after the stunning 4-1 win against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Twente-c39233 in the UEFA Europa League to claim all three points against FC Kaiserslautern at the weekend with the same scoreline. The visiting side secured a convincing
victory to remain in pursuit of the third place in the league standings.
The hosts took the lead in the third minute but Schalke found the net on four occasions after that, eventually finishing 4-1. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Raul-c30652 Hernandez and Jefferson Farfan scored for the away team as the
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Royal-95-c40387 Blues secured their second consecutive win in all competitions.
Stevens claimed that it was a disappointing start to the game as conceding an early goal is always crucial in determining the result of the game. The manager insisted that he was unsure over the outcome of the game when the home
side took the lead early in the match as his side has often struggled in away games this season.
However, the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 Eindhoven boss expressed his delight on the brilliant comeback by Schalke and admitted that the players played with great passion and devotion to win the game. He added that the team found the net at regular
intervals and made it impossible for the home side to get something out of the game.
“It looks like we have to go a goal down before we wake up. I did have slight doubts after the first goal that we could respond given the energy-sapping match against Twente. But I have to take my hat off to my players, they kept
calm and showed their qualities. We scored the goals at the right moments. It was a convincing win,” he was quoted as saying in an interview.
Schalke sit in fourth place on the Bundesliga standings table and have secured 50 points from the 26 games played thus far. They are still nine points adrift of leaders Borussia Dortmund with a total of eight games to go until
the end of the season.
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