New York City FC head educate Ronny Deila has said he's pleased with the manner of his crew's overall performance, despite their beginning-day MLS defeat to the LA Galaxy.
The reigning MLS Cup champions played out a near game at Dignity Health Sports Park, but succumbed to defeat way to Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez's remaining-minute winner for the Galaxy.
In the cease, NYCFC just didn't display the attacking verve and incision that made them so ruthlessly effective in 2021. But for a season opener, Deila - who additionally refused to use his crew's early-season Concacaf Champions League exploits as an excuse - got here away with lots of positives.
“It’s the first recreation of the season so it’s usually a battle, not frequently each teams play thoroughly," Deila told newshounds after the healthy. "It changed into a number of fight and no longer so much accurate play but I think we controlled the sport genuinely well.
"I suppose it was very tight, excellent sport, each teams had been organized. We had our chances and that they had their possibilities, now not many however a number of them. I suppose we have been operating truly difficult, in a tough area, so I experience like we deserved something from the sport. It’s very disappointing that we didn’t get a factor.
"There wasn’t high-quality on the cease there, appropriate purpose from Chicharito and we simply should address it. There are a lot of positives, we should be higher with the ball, that’s the primary element. We want to play more and play quicker but I think it become difficult these days because of the pitch. It turned into very dry and particularly warm available so it’s tough to transport the ball as we desired.
"If we maintain games even like this towards hard competition we are able to get factors, we simply ought to take the effective things with us and improve and be extra powerful in the subsequent sport.”
Though equally disenchanted with the final outcome, Deila's statement turned into echoed via midfielder Alfredo Morales, who performed a key position in NYCFC's protective efforts with three tackles and nine recoveries.
“Obviously, we wanted to win this game. We performed a very good first 1/2, even though LA saved the ball," the 31-year-vintage stated. "They played a good sport but nevertheless we created superb moments, superb possibilities. A little greater precision within the final third and we ought to have scored in the first 1/2.
"We had the entirety under manipulate and on the end of the sport, they built some strain with the surroundings, with the stadium, with the fanatics.
