Philippe Clément after OM-Monaco: “We have to win this match”
“What is your explanation for your team’s lack of reaction after the equaliser?
We played a great first half, with the ball, with good runs, intensity, good technical gestures, and without the ball, in discipline, in organization. But it’s a little early for us to play two halves like that against a team like Marseille, with its qualities, its experience, at the Vélodrome. On a group with young players.
What is your analysis of the goal conceded?
I have not reviewed the images. With a first half like the one we had, it could have been 0-2, 0-3, 0-4 if we had been efficient. You know that in the second half Marseille will come back very motivated in front of their supporters. It’s difficult to manage that, to take a but from the first minutes, but the team is growing to manage situations like these. Nine months earlier, we would not have stayed in the game. We should be proud of the personality we showed.
“When you see the two games against Marseille, it could have been 6 out of 6 points. It must have been 6 out of 6”
You managed not to lose, but you miss out on a good shot in the standings…
That’s why I’m disappointed. When you see the two games against Marseille, it could have been 6 out of 6 points. It must have been 6 out of 6 (Monaco lost 3-2 the first leg). But this is not the case, we must look forward.
You say you deserve the win, but in the second half you could have lost…
Yes, but because we weren’t efficient enough in the first half. When you see the whole game, we have to win this game. We have to kill him. Great teams, great players, they kill a game like that. But it’s still positive to try to create chances in every game and play to win.