“I’m sorry to have conceded two goals from set pieces”

Manual Pellegrinicoach of Real Betisunderlined during the post-match press conference against Real Madrid his disappointment with the defeat of the green and whites against a Santiago Bernabéu who continues to resist the Chilean in his long sporting career. “My … the evaluation is negative. It can’t be positive when we lose 5-1. At one point in the game, I think the score didn’t reflect what was happening. At 3-1, we conceded two goals from set pieces and with two absolutely lonely headers. We had two shots into the woodwork and a save from Courtois. In this area, distractions cost goals and they finished very well. There was a point where it was more balanced and the scoreboard didn’t reflect what was happening. “We need to review the mistakes we made.”

But have you seen anything positive? “Nothing. We are trying to have the personality to go for matches and, if we play equal with Real Madrid and they beat you, it is something logical. I’m sorry I conceded two goals from set pieces and we had three or four corners which ended up in the hands of Courtois. “You have to do a good self-criticism and continue to look forward.”

And the Betic coach was questioned. Are you angry about losing after making the match 3-0? “What annoys me the most is having conceded two goals from set plays, with a header alone in the area.. This completely unbalances the score. They started the game better, without having many chances other than scoring, and we finished much better. In the second half we dominated them, but they scored two goals early on and the game was pretty much over. We had no luck with either costume. This is the second time we have conceded five goals. Either we are very good or we are very bad in terms of defensive performance. We need to improve it.”

He was then questioned about the specific case of the party of Lo Celso. “I saw it very well. He gave a lot of dynamism to the offensive part, he shot at the post and put several good balls on goal. He had minutes and I’m happy with the 45 minutes he played today,” he said.