Standard was also unable to slow down Club Brugge. Despite an early goal from Bokadi, the people from Liège were defeated 3-1 against an authoritarian blue-black. For Standard it is the first defeat under coach Mbaye Leye.
Club Brugge – Standard in a nutshell
- Key moment: We could call Standard’s non-whistled penalty the breaking point, but that would be a gross lie. After the 3-1, the belief of the people of Liège had completely disappeared.
- Man of the Match: The Jupiler Pro League is Noa Lang’s playground. The Ajax mercenary does what he wants and is involved in sixteen goals in his seventeen matches. Club Brugge will soon be putting six million on the table with a smile to highlight the purchase option.
- Remarkable: Standard has to wait a little longer for a win in Jan Breydel. The Rouches last won in 2013, a 0-2 in which Batshuayi and Buyens scored the goals.
View the goals from Club Brugge – Standard (3-1)
Bokadi early goal does not hurt Club
Both teams started on the top match without one of their seasonings. At Club Brugge, De Ketelaere got surprisingly more rest and Standard did without Amallah. The Moroccan was struggling with a foot injury and / or transferitis.
The spectacle value of the first half did not suffer. Long got a nice opportunity early on, but it was on the other side that the ball flew in. Klauss headed through a free kick and Bokadi fumbled it past Mignolet. After a minute of sweating during the intervention of the VAR, the defender was allowed to fully celebrate his fourth of the season.
The home team was not particularly impressed. Gradually there was more precision in the Bruges attacks and the possibilities of Standard to counter melt like snow in the sun. On the contrary, the people of Liège themselves got caught. Mignolet kicked out quickly, Lang juggled past Raskin and an apparently reborn Vanaken was allowed to slide in the equalizer.
Happy friends! Leye and Clement on the sidelines
Long lays Standard over his knee
With the calm on the horizon, Club Brugge released the accelerator for a moment and so the Rouches felt like the equal of the leader for a few minutes. Just before the break Dost put them brutally on the ground. The Dutch prize shooter was where he should be when Bodart slipped a shot from Rits.
In an attempt to avert his first loss as a coach, Leye threw everything on the attack with Muleka at the start of the second half. That gamble went wrong. Mata spun around Bastien on the right and served Lang 3-1. That blow resonated with Standard for a long time. The visitors were happy that they were not completely dizzy by Club, which meant somewhat.
The rest of the game was wasted effort. Okereke’s 4-1 did not count because of offside and fifteen minutes before the end, Standard was rightly deprived of a penalty after an involuntary hand play by Dost. In the meantime Bastien, Muleka and especially substitute Carcela had cooled their frustration on some Bruges calves and shins.
An imperial Club Brugge just keeps on winning and is already fourteen points ahead of the first so-called pursuers. Standard knows what losing is again and can soon lose his fourth place.
Vanaken is completely back and shows it with a panna
Clinton Mata cleverly controls the ball with his heel
Carcela warms up with running shoes, later put on the football boots
Vanaken: “Never feeling that things could go wrong”
Hans Vanaken, like everyone else, saw a dominant Club Brugge. “We also had that feeling during the game. We started the match well, only the first ball falls wrong again. Then you find out again, as has often been the case in recent weeks. The reaction afterwards was simply very good.”
“We did not start to doubt ourselves, because we had already recovered a few balls well with our pressing. After that we kept up that pace and we felt that they could not keep up”, Vanaken expressed the enormous confidence in Bruges. “We felt it would be over and over. I never had the feeling that things could go wrong.”
The midfielder himself is approaching his best level again. “If you haven’t played football for four weeks, you want to play matches to get rhythm. Last week I got 60 minutes, in the midweek 75 and now 90. That feels good. If you can score and play a good match, then gives that confidence. “
The title does not seem to be able to slip away from Club Brugge. “That is said a lot. The difference is now fourteen points. If we can keep that until the play-offs, it looks good. We should not lie about that, but we have to show this every match. Then the chance is. very big that we become champions. “
Klauss: “We were running backwards all the time”
Joao Klauss had a taste of defeat with Standard for the first time. “I am disappointed with the result and with our performance. We didn’t make the game ourselves like we did in the last game. We used the long ball too often and kept running backwards. That’s not our game.”
“We certainly did not show too much respect, but it is just a top team. They are very strong and keep the ball well. That was difficult for us”, the Brazilian striker looked for reasons for the defeat. “We like to have the ball and then make the game ourselves.”
Klauss is impressed by the level in the Jupiler Pro League. “It’s a very good competition with many good players. If you look at Dost, for example … He also comes from the Bundesliga and now plays here.”
Clement: “Seen almost everything I want to see from my team”
Lang: “Now week in week show that we are the strongest team in Belgium”
Vanaken: “Maybe after today I’ll get back to the rhythm”
Carcela: “After the equalizer, Club imposed their game on us”
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