| Fadhil Yunus |
DPMM FC head coach Steve Kean highlighted that his side showed improvement compared to their previous outing prior to the visit to Albirex Niigata (S) despite a 4-0 defeat in the Great Eastern-Hyundai S League at the Jurong East Stadium in Singapore on Friday.
While there is no running away from the hiding they received, Kean was pleased to see his side creating chances and pointed out better statistics compared to the Home United game.
DPMM FC forward Adi Said, who deputised for the injured Rafael Ramazotti, carved most of his side’s chances but failed to convert any of his attempts.
“The result was not good but we’ve got especially in the first half three or four great chances,” said Kean in a post-match interview.
“I think on reflection if you’re looking at the stats, the shots that we had, it was a much better performance than our last performance (against Home United).
DPMM FC head coach Steve Kean said that his side improved against Albirex compared to their outing against Home United in May. – S LEAGUE
“I think there’s improvement even though the result was not good but I was proud of the boys. They kept playing and they kept on trying to score,” he added.
Kean indicated that the score was not entirely reflective of their performance after seeing his side slipped to a sixth defeat in seven matches.
“It was a harsh result for us, the result looked as though we were not in the game but I felt that was not the case,” the former Blackburn Rovers manager added.
Meanwhile Kean’s opposite number Albirex Niigata (S) head coach Kazuaki Yoshinaga has seemingly appeared to put the impressive victory over DPMM FC well and truly behind him.
The runaway S League leaders have won 10 of their last 11 matches but Yoshinaga refused to rest on their laurels.
“I am not interested in the statistics, and I am not going to count the number of games we have been unbeaten. Whatever’s past is past,” said the Japanese tactician.
“I was pleased with the performance although there were certain things we need to improve that we will work on for the next game (against Warriors FC),” said the head coach.
Yoshinaga also added that their opponents lacked a target man following the absence of Brazilian forward Rafael Ramazotti.
The Gegar Gegar men will be returning to league action against Warriors FC at home on July 2 while Albirex Niigata (S) can put some distance from one of their title rivals Home United with victory next week.
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