The coach gives his viewpoint on the victory over GD Chaves

Rúben Amorim considered Sporting CP's 2-3 triumph over GD Chaves a fair one, and expressed his pleasure with the way the team played in the Liga Portugal fixture.

“Above all, we are a team that start strongly, and that has been our way of playing. We scored, we opened up the game and then we maybe could have kept the ball more and stretched Chaves more, but we started to complicate things a little bit with the ball. We always had the game under control, we continued to create opportunities and I think we should have gone into the break in the lead," the coach began by saying in his post-match press conference.

"In the second half, defensively we went back to how we are normally, we continued to create opportunities, had the ball and then when we scored we withdrew a little more withdrawn than usual -and that creates space for the opposition."

“It was a fair victory, which turned out to be a bit of a reflection of the season: The game was under control, then there was a cross, a goal and we didn't know what might happen. We have to improve because we want to have two or three goal leads. The first half was good and we created opportunities, and the second was more consistent and secure."

Amorim also commented on recent performances, saying that “This month, we played SC Braga and we played very well, against FC Porto in the Taça da Liga we also did well until the sending off. We didn't play so well at home to FC Porto in the league, but we were the more dominant team, even if we were less consistent in some details. The truth is that we only played badly last Thursday.

"Today, the way we started off and the way we played reflects our style, but it also reflects the way we always create problems for ourselves by not killing the game off. There are good and bad things, like us conceding two goals -one from outside the area, another off a cross late on in which we weren't tracking back. Above all, we have to look at the way we played today, which showed our characteristics, whilst last Thursday we were suspicious of everything."