GAMES The rebirth of Anderlecht remains, for now, a one?hit wonder, because in the league we again saw the uninspired Anderlecht of recent weeks. The team had a brief better spell in each half during which it, especially after the break, could and should have scored through Camara and Sikan. Once again a major disappointment, because La Louvière never threatened at all. The purple and whites have now gone four league matches without scoring.
Anderlecht started well and created a few openings through Ilic, Bertaccini and Sardella, but after the quarter-hour the purple?and?white candle went out. Anderlecht could not sustain the tempo, grew sloppier and the forward movement gradually disappeared. La Louvière managed to get more into the match, but the visitors didn't fashion any chances. Fall headed against the post, but had committed a foul.
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Continue reading After the break Anderlecht continued to toil and only registered a first chance on the hour when Verschaeren failed to direct his shot on target. Not long after, substitute Camara had an excellent chance to make it 1?0, but Peano saved with his knee. From that moment Anderlecht again sank into a succession of errors and mainly got stuck on La Louvière players.
They simply lacked the pure class to create an opening and then finish it. Coosemans was completely untroubled after the break. In the closing stages substitute Saliba forced his way through. The Canadian teed up Sikan, but he smashed his shot into Cvetkovic instead of the net. They simply lack the necessary class to fashion enough chances against such opponents and then to convert them. Anderlecht could drop out of the top six next weekend and, if they do not recover quickly, it will be a question of when rather than if.
