Slavisa Jokanovic: I like when my footballers play aggressively and sacrifice themselves

— We were able to win, losing the match, and we can be happy with that. On the other hand, the team didn't show good football for most of the game, especially in the first half and the beginning of the second one. We made a lot of mistakes and played slowly. Today we earned three points, but usually such a game is not enough to deserve a win. We need to keep working hard and improving our play.

— Sergey Yuran said that more skillful players had come on the pitch in the second half and managed to make the difference. Why didn't they start from the very beginning?

— Skillful players were on the pitch in the first half too. However, they just didn't show the football that we expected from them. I think that today's starting line-up was optimal. Most of the guys played in the derby against Spartak, when we scored three goals. We practically faced no problems in defense and the penalty was rather an unfortunate coincidence. I agree, skillful footballers came out as substitutes. However, the most important thing is not skill, but concentration, desire and high motivation that are needed to be shown regularly on the pitch.

— During the break you replaced Saba Sazonov for Milan Majstorovic, who received a yellow card five minutes later himself. Will you discuss this episode with him?

— I replaced Saba not only because of the yellow card. I saw that he got nervous throughout the first half. In addition, he will miss the next game due to this card, and we had to give Milan more playing time. As for Majstorovic's yellow card, I don't think he was too brutal in that episode. I like when my footballers play aggressively and sacrifice themselves. Milan played well and I hope that he will continue to be the same.