Pellegrini: We can only apologise after a defeat like this

Here's what Lorenzo Pellegrini had to say following Thursday's 6-1 defeat against Bodo/Glimt.

Pellegrini was a second half substitute as the Norwegian champions romped to victory in Bodo.

What are your reflections on that game?

“For me there's not much to say. What needs to be said has been said in the dressing room and that's how it should be.

"All we can do is apologise to the fans and make sure that tomorrow we get back into training and work harder than ever - because we have some important games coming up."

Has this defeat knocked the team back a bit?

“It depends how you look at things, really. Sometimes with children you need to use the stick in order to make sure the lesson is learned. Today we took a knock and we deserved it. Now we need to focus on what we have to do in order to ensure a dip like this doesn't happen again."

Are you worried?

“No, I'm not worried. I am obviously very annoyed. I'm not sad, I really annoyed. From tomorrow morning we need to really work hard. We have big games ahead and we want to win them."