"I don't know if Shakhtar would have won this match if it wasn't for our mistakes," Chornomorets midfielder

Chornomorets Odessa midfielder Artur Avagimyan commented on his team's defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk (1:4) in yesterday's rescheduled match of the 12th round of the Ukrainian championship.

"It's difficult to analyse everything at once, but we conceded such goals... We bring ourselves goals, on an even place. I do not know whether Shakhtar would have won this match, if not for our mistakes. The Pitmen's goals speak about their high class.

We have prepared well for this meeting, made certain changes in the squad. However, the match had barely started and we were already losing. Soon we equalised, but then we conceded again. And it is difficult to play with Donets when you concede unnecessary goals. Marlon scored the third goal at the end of the first half - again our mistake. I won't say that the first half was equal, because Shakhtar's advantage was visible, but I didn't see any goal-scoring chances created by our opponents," SportArena quoted Avagimyan as saying.