"Quality below average, other wise we would have finished it"

INTERVIEWS No victory for Vincent Kompany on his debut as head coach. After the game he spoke calmy to the press and was clear in his analysis. "Actually we had to win, but in the last five minutes I felt that things were about to go wrong."

"A team that believes in it to the end can always achieve a result. Hats off to Mouscron", Kompany opened his press conference. "I will come back to this with players. We were good in the games, had the scond ball and the pressing was good. We imposed our game for a large part of the game. Not with the number of chances we wanted."

"This shouldn't happen again"

For the last five minutes, Kompany felt that things were about to go wrong. "It was a perfect pass that was headed in perfectly. To reduce the risk, you have to go to the penalty area with a lot of players. The guys who weren't there will feel it," said Kompany.

"But was it not from that phase, or from another. I told my players that I want to defend them if they keep playing. But they got scared and I don't want to see that. I want to use this situation to learn from it. This shouldn't happen anymore."

"Enough quality at the front"

Anderlecht also relinquished the victory against KV Mechelen in the final minutes. Although the situation was different for Kompany this time. "Actually there is a blance. We were supposed to lose against KV Mechelen. Today we had to win."

Kompany saw better Anderlecht today than in Mechelen. "Today we looked into the depth more often. Maybe not alwasy with enough quality, but then we were ther ti pick up the second ball and continue the attack. In the end you depend on the shape of the day and the quality. I believe we have enough quality up front to make a difference. I also believe that it is a collective event."

"I don't want to see fear"

Enough positive things, but no victory. Anderlecht had 76% possession of the ball, the first half hour even 82%. "And that's not because we just tapped the ball around, but because we alwasy conquered it quickly. Also the switch, conquering the second ball, the pressing and intesity were good. But I think the quality was below our level today. Otherwise you will finish that match."

"My message to the boys was: use this as motivation for the coming weeks. Next week there will be Ostend. Take that match with all the courage and energy. I want to see zero percet fear. I am here to get the fear out of the team. The players should play football with pleasure."