New boss Van Persie 'not traumatised' by 9-1 loss

Robin van Persie promised that he and his Heerenveen players would "keep playing our ain game" and would not beryllium "traumatised" aft suffering a grounds 9-1 conclusion astatine AZ Alkmaar successful nan Dutch league.

It was only nan erstwhile Netherlands, Arsenal and Manchester United striker's 4th lucifer arsenic a head aft being appointed caput coach of Heerenveen successful May.

"This is tough," said nan 41-year-old, who scored 50 goals successful 102 world appearances.

"You'll brushwood a number of bumps successful your career. This was a very large bump. We learned a fewer much lessons from this lucifer than we usually would."

Sven Mijnans opened nan scoring for AZ aft conscionable 4 minutes but Luuk Brouwers equalised for Heerenveen midway done nan first half.

Former Tottenham striker Troy Parrott, 22, soon put nan location broadside backmost successful beforehand pinch his first extremity for AZ since a £6.7m summertime move from northbound London.

Things quickly turned sour for nan visitors astatine nan commencement of nan 2nd half arsenic Republic of Ireland beforehand man Parrott added a further 3 goals successful conscionable 8 minutes.

Van Persie past watched his broadside concede a further 4 goals successful nan last 20 minutes to springiness AZ Alkmaar their grounds triumph successful nan Eredivisie, moving them up to 2nd spot successful nan table.

It was besides nan first clip Heerenveen had conceded 9 goals successful nan convention and leaves them 12th successful nan table, pinch 4 points from Van Persie's first 4 games successful charge.

"This is portion of football. I person not been traumatised by this and neither person my players," said Van Persie.

"Even erstwhile things aren't going your way, pinch 3 goals successful speedy succession successful nan 2nd half, it's important to support doing nan things you agreed on.

"We'll support playing our ain game. That's what I judge successful and what we judge in."