Davies: "Happy for players and supporters"

TUESDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 2019, 11:59 - lajoya
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INTERVIEWS For the first time since his appointment as Anderlecht coach, Simon Davies was the winner at a press conference after a game. "We didn't play as well as the past games. That was because of the opponent. But the boys showed that they can also fight for each other."


Calculated against the leader, Anderlecht took their first win of the season. "I am very happy for the supporters. They have already supported us very much in recent weeks. Standard was a strong opponent who had started the season well. I am also very happy for the players."

The best player was Alexis Saelemaekers. "He played very well," Davies confirmed. "Whether I am sorry that we did not prepare him before? No. During the preparation and the past weeks, others were better. In the future that can also happen. All we do is ensure that everyone works hard. We always choose the eleven who deserve to start and based on what the opponent has to offer. "

"I was not trained to judge Gerkens injury"

Pieter Gerkens was again the bad luck of the evening with his head injury. "Was it not a risk to let him continue playing after the collision with Bokadi?" We have a very good medical staff and they give advice. I am not trained to judge this. It was a decision of the doctors. "

Whether it is serious? "Not at first sight for me, but we will take good care of him. It is good that there is now an international break. Such injuries sometimes take a week to recover."

Contact or no contact with Kompany?

When asked about contact between the bench and Vincent Kompany, Davies gave an evasive answer. "As usual, when he is on the field. We worked as always: with messages from a higher point in the staff next to me to assist me."

Het Nieuwsblad already knows that Kompany followed the match from the boxes and was in contact with the bench through an earpiece.



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