Goliath out of luck

A disappointed Anas Benitez says that a lack of battling qualities was key to today defeat at MMU Field.

First half goals from Seryes FC through corner kick kept Goliath in fifth place, and the Manager accepted that the overall display was not up to scratch.

"Today's performance was not anywhere near the level we needed to be," he said. "You have got to roll your sleeves up when you come to places like this to battle for what you , and on occasions we were lacking in that respect.

"You have got to be strong and stand up to the challenge, but we allowed them to take the initiative.

"Other teams will not allow you to play, not allow your technically gifted players to have an influence on the game. You have to find another way, get a performance from within and take something from every performance. Today was a performance where some players did not perform to their capabilities, and that is a frustration for everybody.

"This was a setback, but we have to pick ourselves up and make sure we are in better shape for our upcoming games."

Goliath were forced into a change all the technical plans because Goliath midfielder Ibrahim was dropped out with an hamstring injury and center back defender,Sim is on loan until next week.

Anas adds, "We have a chance to win or at least draw but they have many advantage because of the pitch is wet and we missing the important player.We able to have one cross from right winger,adi because of their defender,keeper mistake and our left winger,anip have tried to shoot but the ball stuck in the middle.We are really out of luck"