Larionov: “There is no need to divide hockey players into ours and yours, everyone plays for Torpedo.” If I start pointing fingers, it will be a mistake.

Head coach “Torpedo” Igor Larionov after losing the match against CSKA proposed not to divide the hockey players of the Nizhny Novgorod club into foreigners and Russians if one of them makes a mistake.

On Tuesday, Torpedo lost to CSKA with a score of 1:3 in a home match of the KHL regular season.

— Silaev was not in the lineup today. What is this linked to?

“Unfortunately, he’s tired.” I don’t want to reveal details, it’s a medical headquarters. It happened yesterday, they gave him some rest.

— How would you rate Phillips’ performance? Plays very well with the puck, but makes mistakes without it.

— You can always find mistakes in one or two players. We made few mistakes today, but the opponent took advantage of them. As for the performance of the defenders, it was a good match, but not exceptional. 28 blocked shots is a very good indicator.

— It’s strange to see mistakes from outsiders who should be moving the team forward.

— There is no need to divide hockey players into ours and yours, everyone plays for Torpedo. Therefore, there should not be more demand from some and less from others. Every player must meet the standards we set. If I start pointing the finger at anyone, it will be a mistake. I won’t say we lost the match, but we don’t get any points from this match. Individual errors always occur and we must eliminate them, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Larionov’s words.

After 21 matches, the Nizhny Novgorod club has scored 23 points and ranks seventh in the Western Conference standings.

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