Taras Stepanenko believes that Shakhtar players have a lot of things allowed to create Manchester City.

Shakhtar midfielder Taras Stepanenko answered journalists' questions after losing to Manchester City (0: 3) in the Champions League.

"There were a lot of mistakes, the loss of the ball. Therefore, with a class of performers like Manchester City, they often ran ahead and created many moments.. They won deservedly. In principle, such a game was expected, but still it was a bit too much to create. Nothing to work on. There are three more games. Lyon played 3: 3 with Hoffenheim, so everything can be. And Manchester City showed a very strong game, plus we also lacked some leading players. The result is logical, "began the midfielder.

“Has Shakhtar become weaker compared to last year? Do you count how many players, compared with the squad, were absent in today's match. Some went to other clubs, some were injured.. This also needs to be considered.. From that line-up today there was not a single player attack. But we do not complain. Sometimes it happens when someone falls out, or the coaches introduce young people who must replace those who played before.. Therefore, there was a lot of loss of the ball in simple situations, especially in the first half. It is an experience, somewhere - nervousness, it happens.. But in any case, you can not hang your nose, because it is Manchester City. We need to draw conclusions and move on.. I repeat, we haven't lost anything yet.. Nothing tragic happened. We work on ".

"The second goal? When you play in the zone, you need to attack the ball. But I have already watched the replay, with the standard three players at once Manchester City ran from the second line. I went to the ball, I wanted to attack, but I could stay in the zone. Indeed, there is my mistake somewhere. I do not argue. I did not expect the ball to fly by. It was possible to stay in the zone, maybe I would play this ball somewhere. Somewhere made a positional error ", - quotes Stepanenko TV channels Football.

On football. ua available goal video and match review for Shakhtar - Manchester City (0: 3).

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