http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/VVV-Venlo-c40915, and the Tukkers' boss was all praise for the Venlo outfit, who made life extremely difficult for the home side.
FC Twente Enschede claimed a narrow win over VVV-Venlo at De Grolsch Veste on September 2 to keep their 100 percent winning record in the 2012/13 campaign intact.
Steve McClaren, the Tukkers head coach, was all praise for the Venlo outfit, and stressed that Ton lokhoff will be very proud of his side’s performance.
“http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ton-c35408 Lokhoff can be very proud of his players, because they made us work extremely hard today”, the English trainer was quoted as saying to the media.
The Enschede giants were heading into the match on the back of a 4-1 win over http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bursaspor-c38700 in the return leg of the UEFA Europa League play-offs on August 30.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 manager revealed that he knew the match against VVV would be a tough nut to crack, but he urged his players to try their level best to claim all three points.
“We knew it would be difficult after a tough match on Thursday, but I told my players that ‘Make sure you find a way to win’, and they managed to achieve exactly what I wanted”, McClaren added.
Although, the Tukkers enjoyed lion’s share of ball possession throughout the 90 minutes, they only managed to score a goal at the stroke of full-time whistle through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Leroy-Fer-c22126, and that too from the spot.
However, the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/VfL-Wolfsburg-c40881 boss admitted that his side staged an impressive show, and deservingly claimed all three points at the end.
“The team showed great character. In the second-half, we played a lot better. I am obviously very happy with the win. Even though, we failed to put the match to bed earlier, at the end, the result is all that matters”, McClaren
concluded.
Following the win, the Tukkers keep their position at the summit of the table intact. The Enschede giants will lock horns against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Willem-II-c40945 Tilburg in their next league encounter at Koning Willem II Stadion on September 15.
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