Impact captain Davy Arnaud shares his thoughts on Saturday's 2-0 loss in Kansas City.
On the atmosphere at Sporting Park…
It’s a great atmosphere. The difference here is they’re right on top of you. It’s a phenomenal stadium and when its full and they’re loud like that, it’s very tough. Conceding not even five minutes in, in an already tough place to play makes it even tougher on you. It gives them some confidence, which they already have. They’re a very good team, especially at home. It gets the crowd into it even more and from that point it’s difficult on us. At the end of the day, you have to give it to them, they played well tonight. They were the better team tonight. But, like I said, we didn’t make it easy on ourselves conceding so early.”
On Sporting Kansas City's pressing...
They swamp everybody. Wherever they lose the ball they press right away. Whether it’s Patrice or the center backs or the left back or if the ball goes back to Troy (Perkins), they press. They press all over the field. That’s their system and the way that they play. It works very well for them, its tough to play against.
On Kansas City’s style of play at home...
They’ve been working on that pressing style for several years now. All the players understand that’s how they’re going to play and they work very well at it. They’ve been doing it for a long time and you can tell.
If you’ve watched any of their games here, you don’t have to have played here. You see how they play, it’s very clear. They’re tough and when a team presses like that and they’re that organized and they’re pressing for 90 minutes, that can be tough to break down. You have to be very good on the ball and make them defend a little deeper than they want too. But they did a good job sticking to their game plan tonight.
