In the match of the 10th round of the Ukrainian Premier League, Zirka lost 2: 4 at home to Shakhtar.

The head coach of the hosts Roman Monarev noted that his team had a chance to take away points from Shakhtar and complained about a few minutes in the end of the first half.

"We kept the tension until the end of the fight, and I'm grateful for this to my players, and also for giving these emotions, this heat, this football," Monarev said at the post-match press conference.

"Unfortunately, after a goal scored, we failed three minutes and went on a break with a score of 3: 1, which, of course, can not rejoice. We go to the break with a score of 1: 1, then the game would be quite different ".

"Our plan for the game was to get Shakhtar into an open game without the center of the field, not to let them conduct positional attacks, quickly pass through the center and force them to do it".

"They kept Manchester City in mind, that's understandable. Today they least wanted to spend a lot of energy, but I think we forced them to move. With a score of 3: 2 we had moments, and the fight was, and was heated. We could take our glasses with a lucky coincidence ".

His next match Zirka will spend on the road against Alexandria on Saturday, September 30.