He still named Russia as the best team at the tournament and disputed the notion that "over-confidence" may have affected their performance in the wake of a 4-1 thrashing of the Czech Republic in their Group A opener.
Russia took the lead against the Poles when Alan Dzagoev sent a looping header into the net from captain Andrei Arshavin's inswinging free-kick after 37 minutes.
"It has been Russia in terms of football, the way we play."
But he conceded: "At 1-0 I did think we would get more space, but that didn't happen. We lost the ball too fast then they had the counter-attack. The field was too open, we left too many spaces."
"Our first game was 4-1, and then this second game was like an away game, and there was this beautiful equaliser," he said.
"Both teams worked very hard, Russia had more possession, and playing away it was very hard."
"Arshavin was the sharpest with the ball, so I was not going to change him. Every time he got the ball something happened so I left him on the field," he said.
