Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk coach Myron Markevych applauded goalkeeper Denys Boyko for keeping the Ukrainian club in their semi-final tie against Napoli on Thursday.
Boyko made six saves at Napoli's Stadio San Paolo, including two one-on-one stops to deny Gonzalo Higuain in the second half, as Dnipro ended their trip to Italy with a 1-1 draw.
The 27-year-old goalkeeper kept Dnipro's bid for a maiden European final well and truly alive, with Yevhen Seleznyov striking a late equaliser for the visitors.
"I would avoid the truth if I said that we have all failed. This is not so," Markevych told Dnipro's website after the match.
"And the hardest to come. Good that we did not give a goal to Higuain but the flanks failed. Both with [Jose] Callejon and [Dries] Mertens, who came off the bench."
After David Lopez headed a corner past Boyko in the 50th minute of the first leg, Seleznyov struck with 10 minutes remaining, tapping Artem Fedetskiy's right-wing cross into the net.
There was a suspicion of offside as Seleznyov got behind his marker at the back post, with Napoli's defenders all raising their arms in protest, but Markevych argued he had yet to see a definitive angle.
"From above it can be seen better," he said.
"Of course, Napoli outplayed us today. No need to be a great expert to see it," the 64-year-old said.
"But in Kiev, we will play differently."
