FC Midtjylland. starlet Paul Onuachu has insisted that his Danish team did not take their foot off the pedal in the 2 - 1 loss to Breidablik of Iceland in the Atlantic Cup on Friday.

Introduced at the start of the second half, it took Paul Onuachu less than two minutes to level the scores, only for Elfar Adalsteinsson to score what turned out to be the match winner seven minutes later.

“We did not underrate the opponents. We had so many chances in the second half to win but unfortunately we lost.

“I guess the best team won,” the 19 - year - old attacker said to allnigeriasoccer.com.

FC Midtjylland, who lost their first game in the Atlantic Cup to Slovan Liberec, will next lock horns with Spartak Moscow on Tuesday, February 11.

The Jutland outfit won the tournament in 2012.