‘Everybody grows when we release handbrake & start playing’published at 23:02 BST 2 October
23:02 BST 2 October
FT: Aberdeen 2-3 Shakhtar Donetsk
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Aberdeen manager Jimmy Thelin: “I think in the first half we were on the back foot a little bit. Shakhtar are a good team and in the second half we were not happy with how they scored the goals.
“We scored two goals against them and when you do that you have to be more stable to get a point or win the game. We have to learn from this now.
“The positive thing was we were connecting with the fans, showing some desire, passion, and personality on the pitch and fighting for Aberdeen football club.
“We have to build on this now and learn from this. We always have to go out on the pitch to show how hard we are fighting for them.
“We did that today, the fans pushed the players to the last minute. We have to have that mentality every game. Now we will see the strength of character we have as a team in another important game on Sunday.
“Of course we are disappointed to lose the game but proud of how the players pushed to the last minute and tried to get an equaliser.
“When we release the handbrake and start playing then everybody grows. We have to stay at this level of performance that we ended the game with.
“We have to believe in ourselves and show the fans they can believe in us.”