'Should have scored Three, Four, Five Goals': FC Goa coach Manolo Marquez livid with miss chances despite win

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FC Goa coach Manolo Marquez is content with the result but ripped into his players for not scoring at least 'three, four or five goals' against East Bengal on Wednesday (March 6).

The Gaurs came back to winning ways in the ISL with a 1-0 win over East Bengal. Noah Sadaoui scored the solitary goal of the match three minutes from the break to seal the victory for them.

But coach Manolo Marquez was not too amused with the performance and asserted that they should have been more clinical in front of goal.

"I'm happy because we won and this is the most important in football. But if today we don't score three, four or five goals, when will we score? I know that in this moment after a bad result, it's difficult and sometimes even you finish suffering one game that you can win easily," Marquez said after the win.

"But this was the reality. Even in one moment of the game, it was very bad luck, because for me Carlos (Carlos Martinez), who was if not the best, one of the best players on the pitch. Even if Carlos played very well in the minutes that he was on the pitch, but for me it's incredible the number of easy chances that we missed today. If the score is three, four, maybe it would be fair," he added.

Noah Sadaoui scored his 5th goal of the season. The Moroccan was goalless in the last eight games but finally managed to break his duck. Although Marquez admitted the importance of his goal, but believes they need both of his strikers to fire.

"I think that both Carlos and Noah today played very well. Carlos played a very good game, but finally he missed the chances. And Noah scored the goal. Finally, I know that people only focus on the goals, but in terms of how the team plays, we need both players, Carlos and Noah," Marquez said.

Goa's next assignment is an away trip to face Punjab FC and the Spaniard pressed the importance of scoring goals and killing the game so that they can play freely in the final minutes.

"The thing is that today we needed to score more goals to finish the game before so that we don't suffer in the last moments," Marquez concluded.