"The goal from the beginning was to achieve victory, and indeed the team was able to impose its superiority and put pressure on the opponents in the first half,” said Lopez.

"Getting the three points represents an important motivation at this important stage of the qualifiers."

“The goal in all the matches that the Qatari team plays is not to lose points, and to make every effort to achieve positive results, as the difficult journey requires dealing with all matches with the utmost seriousness.

"We must work very hard to gain the points that will enable us to take one of the two qualification tickets from this group, as we now have a difficult match against (Islamic Republic of) Iran (on Tuesday)."

Kyrgyz Republic head coach Maksim Lisitsyn was disappointed with how the goals were conceded, especially given how competitive his Central Asian side were at the start of the match.

Still without a point and with DPR Korea to come on Tuesday, Lisitsyn is contemplating making drastic changes to ensure that Kyrgyz Republic start picking up points.

“Some moments were how we wanted but in some key moments, we lost concentration and conceded the goals, that is what happened in the game,” said Lisitsyn.

“We knew that our opponents would try to play their quick game, we did our best to neutralise that but still we conceded. 

“The main goal now is to recover our players quickly. The upcoming game, we'll try our best to show a better performance. The way the standings are now, we have to take risks to ensure that we get more points.”