Kilmarnock boss rues 'gift' goal that cost them Europa League tie in Bruges
dailyrecord.co.ukKilmarnock gaffer Derek McInnes admitted he was frustrated by the ‘gift’ goal that cost them in Bruges as they exited the Europa League.Liam Donnelly and Lewis Mayo got in each other’s way midway through the first half as the Killie defence looked to clear a routine delivery into the box.
But the end result was the ball falling kindly to Thibo Somers to slam home the only goal of the game and send Cercle Brugge through 2-1 on aggregate.Killie will now dust themselves down and prepare to start the league campaign away to Celtic tomorrow - before welcoming Norwegian outfit Tromso to Rugby Park on Thursday in the Europa Conference League.McInnes said: “What a gift for them.
It’s really disappointing. It’s unlike us. The one thing you can be certain of Cercle Brugge is the fact they’ll put the ball in the box.“Normally we are good at dealing with that.
We don’t stop the cross but we’re actually in a good position to deal with it.“All it needs is calmness, a big voice, a head to get rid and we get ourselves out of the box.
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