Only 18 seconds after entering the game as a substitute, Hajduk's striker Hugo Almeida scored a goal to Lokomotiva.
"This is the fastest goal in my career so far" said Almeida after the game. He earned a big applause of the supporters in the 80th minute, after a master move that got him into a chance to score, but Lokomotiva's goalkeeper saved his goal. Ten minutes later, he scored for a lead on the assist of Said, which unfortunately was not enough to take all three points. Lokomotiva scored in the 93rd minute and saved a point at Poljud.
"It was a tough game, but it's football. I'd rather we won and I didn't score. The first day I arrived, I said that I came here to score goals. I'm glad I did, but I'm not glad we didn't win. Our fans support us, today they applauded us instead of whistling. We are trying to win each game, but unfortunately we did not succeed in it against Lokomotiva" said the double scorer, who after the match earned ovations from the stands.
"We were expecting all three points, especially after Rijeka and Dinamo didn't win their matches. Now everything remains the same on the table. It's not easy, but we have to keep on creating a winning mentality" said midfielder Toma Basic after a draw against Lokomotiva and continued:
"They've played defensive game. We were creating our chances and it didn't look bad although we could have played faster in some situations. Lokomotiva defended well and the ball wasn't entering the goal. All teams find themselves in such situations sooner or later, we will quickly get out of this, we now turn to the match against Inter, it will be a tough one" said Basic.
