Early this morning, Feyenoord lost to Aston Villa 0-2 in the Europa League. After the game, Feyenoord coach Van Persie accepted an interview with the media.

Van Persie said: "I think we are more dominant in pressing, more courageous, created a lot of opportunities, rarely losing the ball easily, and we actually played a better game than Aston Villa, they just took more calmly when they were in the ball."

"If you see what intensity we are playing and we play beautiful football, then positive feelings will prevail, and our data is close to the level of the Premier League."

"Our players have had a lot of one-on-one matchups with Premier League players, which is a great experience, and overall we did a really good job in this. What I saw was a very good Feyenoord, sitting here after a 0-2 loss, which felt a little strange. I had nothing to ask the guys, I never stressed that we had to win, but if we played like this, attack like this, then the opportunity would come and the victory would follow."