At the end of a turbulent Tel Aviv derby which saw Maccabi battle with 10 men before being held to a 0-0 draw by Hapoel Tel Aviv at Bloomfield, Dor Peretz didn’t hide his disappointment as he said at the end: “We arrived with a lot of motivation and so did they but it wasn’t enough on the night”. The 27-year old midfielder, added: “We didn’t play good enough football tonight and the chances we had and the number of shots on goal proved that. We need to play better football and know how to take our chances”.
Peretz, is aware of the fact Maccabi missed a chance to narrow the gap from the leaders even further, said: “We know that every match is super important and every point is massively precious but we remain positive as we need to move on knowing that journey is still long”.
On the departure of Oscar Gloukh and whether he was missed on the night, Peretz said: “Obviously he was a key player for us, but this club is strong enough and we will know how to manage without him”. Peretz admitted that the sending off of Enric Saborit midway through the second half, influenced the proceedings on the pitch, as he summed up: “Obviously after Saborit’s red card the we were in a tougher situation and the game was a different game to manage. But the journey is still long and we will continue moving on game by game.”
