Martin Jol was disappointed not to win Thursday night's UEFA Cup first
round, second leg against Anorthosis Famagusta.
In a bit of a dead rubber of
a tie with us 6-1 up from the first leg at the Lane, chances came and went and
the home side cashed in when Pereira finished well from the edge of the
box.
The lead didn't last that long though as two subtitutes combined -
Gareth Bale's dart down the left, his cross dummied by Darren Bent for Robbie
Keane to drill into the top corner.
That's how it stayed and we progressed
into the group stages with a 7-2 aggregate.
Martin reflected: "You always
want to win games and it wasn't easy to be 6-1 up from the first leg and come
here, one day's preparations and it was a strange feeling, like a pre-season
game in that it was so warm.
"We played several different players and I felt
we could take that gamble.
"We lacked a bit of rhythm in the second half and
the only thing disappointing thing was I couldn't take off the likes of
Huddlestone and Zokora because we wanted to get something out of the
game.
"Gareth Bale is very good going forward and Robbie Keane is a great
finisher and we needed them both.
"I wanted to win and that's why I put Adel
Taarabt on, he can change things. We had the chances and if you don't take them,
you have to settle for a draw. At the end of the day we've won 7-2 on
aggregate and we're into the group stages."
Martin could afford a smile as he
talked about Famagusta's goal - Frousos blatantly handled in the box before
Pereira's fine finish.
"We wanted to keep a clean sheet but if you saw their
goal, I'd still consider this game a clean sheet!" he laughed. "They had
two goalkeepers on the pitch!"
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