Sergen Yalçın: We were pressured by a 10-man team

Beşiktaş extended its unbeaten streak to 3 matches following the Göztepe defeat. The Black and Whites, who emerged victorious from the Kayserispor and Kocaelispor matches, have collected 7 points during this period.

The Black and Whites, who suffered both of their league defeats away from home, returned with a point from the Galatasaray away match following the Kayserispor away game.

Galatasaray fans unfurled a banner for Sergen Yalçın, who recently lost his brother, before the match. Yalçın said, "I would like to thank the Galatasaray fans and the community. They opened a banner regarding my late brother. I was very moved. Humanity is more important than anything. May they be well, may they exist. Humanity is more important than 3 points," he stated.

Evaluating the match after the final whistle, head coach Sergen Yalçın noted the following:

"The game plan looked sound at the start. We planned very well what Galatasaray could do. We played a very correct game. We found an early goal. We found the goal. With the red card, the game seemed to become easier. At 11 against 10, I explained some things to my players, I told them that the ball should stay with us. We were pressured by a 10-man team. We left a match where we barely gave away any chances with a 1-1 draw. We gave away 4-5 chances. We lost 2 points. If you make such a fatal mistake, you concede a goal.

The goal we conceded lowered our morale and whetted their appetite. After it was 1-1, Rafa had chances. We are leaving having lost 2 points, it's sad. We were the side that lost 2 points. We are very sad about that. It was a difficult match that we could definitely have won. We actually did many things right, but the penalty for a single mistake was heavy. We are sad. There is nothing to do. We will concentrate on the upcoming matches. Our players fought well at certain minutes. Sometimes the game was with us, sometimes it was with them. It was a good derby.

We don't actually have such a game plan, but there is an old habit. It is not easy to get rid of habits. We had no intention of sitting back. We didn't talk about such things, we didn't think about them. These things develop automatically within the game. We cannot intervene in everything from the sidelines. The players need to solve some things on the pitch. If you can't solve them, trouble begins. We will fix it in the future. We will fix it in training. I am satisfied with the team's performance, their adherence to the plan, and their desire."

News Source: 12punto