Nikolic: We made a lot of simple mistakes

Lokomotiv head coach Marko Nikolic on the defeat to Krasnodar (0:5) in the Gameweek 18 of the Russian Premier League.

- Krasnodar is a quality team. You can not give advantage of two goals at the beginning of the match. We had a lot of simple mistakes at the start of the game. If you look at the statistics, they had 15 shots, we had 13, the ball possession was the same, but the difference in score is huge. In the fourth and 11th minutes, we made big mistakes - and the score was 0:2. Krasnodar is a fast and high-quality team that used empty space and played on counterattacks. The result is very poor, the mood in the team is bad. We need to cope with it and prepare professionally for the match against Khimki.

- There have not been such heavy defeats in the Champions League. Why was it harder to play against Krasnodar than against Bayern?

- We made four or five simple mistakes. In the first half, Krasnodar scored from every moment. Krasnodar is a quality team. You have to play with one hundred percent concentration.

- Did the penalty miss affect the game?

- We did not score a goal and could not get the goals to equalise.

- What is the physical condition of Lokomotiv?

- The condition is normal. Footballers play every match. Today everyone who was healthy came on. We tried our best.