Sid Lowe was in San Sebastian, and his report has landed. While he makes his way back to his penthouse suite at the Hotel Maria Cristina, let me thank you for reading this MBM. Nighty night!
Erik ten Hag gives his verdict to BT Sport. “You do not always get what you deserve. That’s always football. The first leg, you get a penalty that isn’t a penalty. Today we win. So I’m happy with that. Some other things like the performance from Garnacho, Donny back in the team, we made a really good goal. But of course we are disappointed because we didn’t score the two goals we need. Antony was not available, Anthony Martial was not available, Jadon Sancho was not available, so it’s thin, and I am really happy with Garnacho’s performance. He was a threat, he scored a goal, he was reliable in defending, so I hope he can keep this going. It was a great attack, Bruno, Ronny and a great finish, it was really enjoyable. [After the second-half changes] we were too rushed, too erratic, we didn’t work good on the ball any more, we needed balls in the box but that process didn’t work well. We had to take risks, but we kept a clean sheet. Of course we are disappointed, we want always to be number one, but we have some positives to take from San Sebastian.”
