Domenico Criscito: "It is always difficult to play against a defensive team"
The Italian full-back on the hard-fought win in Ireland.
It's always difficult to play against a defensive team, but we tried to find some chances, we had several counterattacks that didn't come through, but on the whole I think that the match went well.
You had the majority of the ball but couldn't break them dowm, what was it a problem?
Like I said, they fought well and we had to pass out wide and look for the available spaces to find the chances.
What brought about the better second half?
It was not easy to play after letting that goal in, but the three points are very important to us, so we tried to get them.
Was the goal the fault of Lodygin?
Yuri is a very good goalkeeper. He was very upset, but these things happen in football.
What was the biggest problem for Zenit?
The problem was tempo, which we have lacked in the first half.