The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 manager was pleased to see his side bag all three points with a 1-0 win over Heerenveen, but admitted that his troops failed to dominate proceedings throughout the 90 minutes.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SC-Heerenveen-c40463 at De Grolsch Veste on Sunday, September 23.
The veteran English trainer admitted that his side staged a below par performance in the opening 45 minutes, but expressed his satisfaction after watching his side maintain their 100 percent winning record in the Dutch top flight.
“In the first-half, we did not create any clear cut opening. We had to get used to the playing style of Marco van Basten’s Heerenveen”, McClaren was quoted as saying to Voetbal International.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/VfL-Wolfsburg-c40881 boss went on to insist that the Friesland outfit gave his side a tough time on the pitch.
“It was a difficult game. After an uneventful first-half, we played aggressively in the second-half. I was hoping that we score another goal, but we failed to find the back of the net”, McClaren concluded.
The Tukkers commenced proceedings brightly at home, but they failed to grab the lead. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luc-Castaignos-c22500 all missed goal-scoring opportunities.
Meanwhile, the Friesland outfit had their best opportunity near the half-hour mark, when Jeffrey Gouweleeuw had enough space to try his luck. However, his effort went inches wide of the target, much to the relief of McClaren.
After the half-time break, the Enschede giants staged a better show, and consistently threatened the visiting side’s back-line. In the 59th minute, Felipe Gutierrez was brought down by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ramon-Zomer-c30552 inside the penalty
area, and the referee pointed towards the spot without any hesitation.
Dusan Tadic coolly converted the resulting spot-kick to give his side a deserving lead. Castaignos had a chance to double his side’s advantage later in the game, but the Heerenveen goalkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kristoffer-Nordfeldt-c21435, made a decent
save to keep his side’s hopes of securing a good result alive.
However, the match ended in a hard fought 1-0 win for FC Twente at the end of 90 minutes.
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