Ghana’s head coach, Chris Hughton, refrained from singling out individuals for blame after the Black Stars‘ 2-2 draw against Egypt.
The four-time Africa Cup of Nations champions experienced a pulsating draw against the North African side, with Mohammed Kudus scoring a brace in his AFCON debut.
Despite Kudus’ efforts, the Ghanaian team was unable to secure all three points, as errors from the players allowed Omar Marmoush and Mostafa Mohamed to capitalize and equalize for Egypt.
In a departure from placing blame on specific individuals, Hughton opted to downplay the errors, stating that they are a part of the game.
“As a coach of a group of players, you feel frustrated because in performance…mistakes in the game are part of the game and you hope you make less mistakes than the other,” he said after the game.
“Sometimes teams can make a lot of mistakes and the opposition doesn’t capitalise on them. Unfortunately, through the mistakes we made today, the opposition was able to capitalise on them.
“But we have to accept [it’s] part of the game. You have to try to limit the amount of errors or mistakes that you make. And of course, the team that limits it the most is a team that has a better chance of winning.”