ISL 2018-19: John Gregory, of Chennaiyin – I'm waiting for a champagne and a thank you note from John Abraham

Chennaiyin forced Jamshedpur to a draw 0-0 and ended his hopes of qualifying for the Indian Super League qualifiers (ISL) 2018-19 Saturday at the Marina Arena. The result helped NorthEast United confirm its place in the playoffs for the first time in its history.

The home team head coach, John Gregory, felt badly done by the referee in the match and was disappointed that his team did not win the game.

He said: "They had three keys, which, in my opinion, was ours.You can call on everything during the game.He threw it three times against us and I have it really reviewed by suggesting that he had made three fundamental mistakes, sometimes in these situations, we feel hard, trying to bring out some points in the game. Officials, players and teams have to work together. They could be a little more polite to the coaches-street street, we have to be civil too. "

"I'm disappointed not to have won.I had a very good chance and I thought it would have scored.We never wanted to deny a team the opportunity to participate in the playoffs." I'm waiting for a John Abraham Champagne affair in a week with a thank you note.The four qualified teams deserve to go there.It's a season of 18 games and you can not do it with Luckily, NorthEast can now really relax … players get some rest against Kerala Blasters ".

"We really defended well and there was a positive impression in the team, there were a lot of good things going on in the field, Jamshedpur throwing everything into our box, but we played well."

During their disastrous season, Gregory said, "It's horrible for me, having to suffer some of the defeats we suffered despite having played very well in a lot of games." The opposition would suddenly hit and we would not capitalize. It was hard for me throughout the season to try to keep everyone motivated, Thoi Singh was our top scorer, but you normally expect your strikers to be the scorer. difficult times and I think he did not pause after playing a lot, I'm entirely responsible for the result.

"Today's performance gave me a huge advantage even though we did not get three points – if we had played that way all season, we would have finished in a respectable position. unusual for them in ISL and completely different for them.But I thought the break was a good thing because our form was inconsistent.I thought we could work during the period and bring in new players.But we ended up losing Inigo Calderon We had missed Dhanpal Ganesh and Henrique Sereno.

"We have to score goals to win games, we have not been prolific last season, but we could score and we could defend them, now we have to get back into that form and, hopefully, play well. AFC Cup and Super Cup, "he signed. of.