Morten Hjulmand furious at Sporting's Champions League exit | OneFootball

admits that the Arsenal - Sporting match was "boring". After the game, speaking in the mixed zone, the Danish midfielder said that the Alvalade side had a few chances, but in the final stretch did not create “enough to win the game”.

“I think today was an even game. I think the impact of the first leg, which we lost, made it harder to go to the Emirates and win, especially since we don’t lose much at home. I knew it was going to be difficult here too, but even so it was a game with little intensity, no rhythm... no goals... boring, I’d say,” began the Sporting captain, speaking to CBS Sports.

Reinforcing that same view, Sporting’s number 42 added: “I think there were a lot of stoppages during the game, so we couldn’t get the rhythm we wanted. So yes, a bit boring if I were a spectator. 0-0, and the first game was 1-0... that’s not the way Sporting want to show themselves. We want to score goals, create chances, and today we didn’t do that.”

The 26-year-old midfielder reiterated the same point and stressed that the team did not have many chances to score in the closing stages. “During the game I felt there were a lot of stoppages, especially from set pieces, and that takes a lot of time out of the game and out of the rhythm as well. When we managed to find some rhythm, especially in the first half, I think we created a lot of chances to make it 1-0. But in the end, we didn’t create enough to win the game, to be honest.”

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