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LOPETEGUI: "THE RED CARD CAME WHEN WE WERE AT OUR BEST"

20/02/2022

"We put in the effort, solidarity and hard work, and played more in their area than in ours," he noted

Julen Lopetegui, Sevilla FC coach, offered his thoughts on Sunday afternoon's draw away at RCD Espanyol: "It was a complex, difficult game against a side that took us to the limit. We had some good moments and some not so good moments. The red card came when we were at our best. We put in the effort, solidarity and hard work, and played more in their area than in ours".

"We had chance, we had corners... We played more in their half. We tried to get the three points even though we were down to ten men, but that's difficult, of course", he continued.

Lopetegui finished by talking about Martial: "We'll have to wait and see. He felt something in his leg. Once again we have to bemoan these situations but we can't just sit back and moan, we have to focus on what's coming up. The only thing that exists now is Thursday, we've got a very tough second leg against a side who've come from behind in many matches at their stadium".