On his management of the encounter and his team’s performance:

«We played a good first half, but went on to produce our worst 2nd-half performance to date. I substituted Jairo because I was not satisfied and I introduced Klaus because I wanted a striker upfront. Rodrigues is dangerous on the left wing and Leovac left the pitch because of injury concerns. We didn’t have attacking options, a forward who could help us«.

On the new loss of points:

«I wouldn’t want to comment that now, it’s not the right time. I am disappointed with our 2nd-half display and with the performance of some players. All of them should have helped the team«.

On PAOK losing a game despite being superior:

«There are players standing out in each team. Ours are playing upfront: it’s our top scorer Mak and Pelkas. We need more from the players who are better than their man-markers. Some of our players don’t play like they should so far. This is my honest answer. It’s not always the coach who decides who plays or not, it has to do with the general function of the team«.

On Sabo and the position he featured in:

«He has featured before in this position. As for Korovesis, he wasn’t used today, as I wasn’t entirely satisfied with his previous performance«.

On whether he expects a destabilizing effect in the team after this defeat and his opinion about PAOK’s defence:

«There is always pressure following a defeat. I first want to discuss with my players why we didn’t play our football in the second half. That’s not a problem. Conceding goals from set pieces is a focus problem. We try to fix it and we need to work harder in order to improve in that area. We opted for a counterattacking game in the end of the encounter and it was normal as we were trailing. At that point, it’s not important if you lose by 2-1 or 3-1…»

On his conclusions after the encounter:

«It’s difficult to come to safe conclusions after a defeat. We played a solid first half and we need to start fresh, as there is a game ahead on Thursday«.