Pereira: I am not Guardiola, Klopp or Mourinho

Joao Pereira, in the press conference after the match, sharply criticised his team's performance in the first half. The coach said the team did not run, made many passing errors and played the first half as if they were almost still in the dressing room. Pereira said that with this first-half display they had lost the match from the start.

The Portuguese coach said there were two possible explanations for the poor performance. He said he either thought his own plan was not good enough, or that his players did not show the fight needed to win the match. Pereira explained that they made three changes in the second half and switched to a 5-3-2 system that they had only worked on once, adding that the game changed with the energy of the players who came on. He acknowledged that the tactics may have been poor, but stressed that he is not a name like Guardiola, Klopp or Mourinho.

Pereira said they showed a different tempo in the second half and, although they did not get the result they wanted, they competed on the pitch. The coach, who said they had lost the three points from the match, reminded that they had taken 12 points from nine league games and had a chance to surpass last season's nine-game return.

Pereira said that over their last three matches they should have taken at least four points but were content with only one, and stated that this performance was not enough for him or the team. Saying they were sad but had not given up, Pereira announced that they were focused on their next match, which they will play in three days.