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

admits that the Arsenal - Sporting was a "boring" match. After the game, speaking in the mixed zone, the Danish midfielder said that the Alvalade side had some chances, but that in the closing stages they did not create "enough to win the match".

"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 do not lose much at home. I knew it was going to be difficult here too, but even so it was a low-intensity game, with no rhythm... no goals... boring, I would say," the Sporting captain began, 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 could not 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 how Sporting want to present themselves. We want to score goals, create chances, and today we did not do that."

The 26-year-old midfielder repeated 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 too. When we managed to find rhythm, especially in the first half, I think we created a lot of chances to make it 1-0. But in the end, we did not create enough to win the game, to be honest."

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