Marten de Roon commented on the 1-1 draw against Cremonese at the Gewiss Stadium: “We weren’t very lucid”.

Marten de Roon, what a pity, you took the lead and then conceded immediately afterwards…

“It took us a lot to find a goal, we weren’t very lucid, but then we scored from a set piece. Then you must hold out and defend well, you can’t concede the equalizer right after it, as then it becomes difficult to score another. I don’t know. Then we tried again, but we lacked the strength to punish Cremonese”.

You knew it wouldn’t be an easy game, as all the other teams are struggling.

“All games are difficult. All teams run a lot, play with strength and pour forward. All teams run a lot, play with strength and pour forward. It’s never easy. We must always be top of our game, today perhaps we lacked the final pass, our finishes were poor, and we didn’t do our best. We lacked something there”.

Did Atalanta fail there?

“Yes, because we defended well and conceded only a few threats. I don’t recall many threats except the goal we conceded or when Caleb [Okoli] lost the ball in the first half. They hadn’t many chances. We defended well. This has been our strength in the last few games. However, we conceded for the first time otherwise, we would have won 1-0, which is a good result”.