Adam Kovacsik: We controlled things until the sending off

The Videoton keeper was disappointed to come away from Budapest with only one point.

"We made a dream start to the game and I cannot remember a quicker goal in my career from a team that I play for. There are one or two from the past that spring to mind. It was good to see that we were playing so well at that point and also hit the post and created chances. There was also a dangerous header that we had, which went close. I think that had that gone in, it would have settled the game despite what happened after. We controlled things up until the sending off. The manager did not make any tactical changes at half time as things were generally OK. He highlighted that we needed to win the game and battle for each other. We went out for the second half and conceded a goal inside 5 minutes, which should have been cleared in the build up. The home player scored a good goal. Ujpest did not have too many chances in front of our goal. The second goal was similar with the cross being played back and we did not concentrate in the middle. Then on 91 minutes when the referee awarded a penalty, which I should add was correct, I did not have time to really think about the impact on the result. All I did was focus on trying to save it. I looked at who would take the penalt and tried to work out which side he would place it. Luckily I went the right way. However, we cannot be pleased with the point especially as we had played so well up until the sending off. We need to concentrate better as we hit the post and also lost our heads" - commented keeper Adam Kovacsik.

Author: David Rechnitzer

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