Laudrup urges players to work harder

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Thursday, April 9th 2015 03:56 AM

Doha: Lekhwiya coach Michael Laudrup was in a cautious frame of mind despite seeing his side hand Bunyodkor a 1-0 defeat in the AFC Champions League on Wednesday to move into second place in Group A. Vladimir Weiss scored the only goal of the game with a fine individual effort in the 43rdminute to take Lekhwiya up to second in the group behind Iran’s Persepolis while Bunyodkor languish at the bottom without a win from their four games so far. Lekhwiya are now two points behind the Iranians and two clear of third-placed Al Nassr from Saudi Arabia, but the former Denmark international refused to relax as the battle for a place in the Round of 16 heats up. “I’m happy to win against Bunyodkor again and we should have got a bigger victory but we didn’t take advantage of our dominance in the match,” said Laudrup . “We had a great performance but we missed the last touch. “The win will give us a big push as we are now in second place in the group. However, things are not determined yet as all the teams in the group still have a chance to advance to the knockout stage and we should put more effort to achieve our target.”