Besiktas’ Portuguese Manager was pretty upset after the loss.

‘Of course, we are deeply saddened by this result because in a week when all the other top teams dropped points, we could’ve gained some ground. Actually, we didn’t play that bad and even managed to take a two goal lead in the first 45 minutes, but we couldn’t match their intensity and ran out of steam in the second half. Tiredness did not allow us to repeat the performances we staged against Fenerbahce and Dynamo Kiev.   
 
Unexpected injuries and foreign player restrictions also impacted our game negatively. However, we are a resilient team and will bounce back quickly as we have done in the past. There is no cause for alarm because the league is a long marathon.’