Van Persie admits frustration over form

Robin van Persie admits he is disappointed not to be scoring more goals and reaching top form in South Africa.

The striker was brought off in Holland's 2-1 win over Slovakia, as his country progressed to the quarter-finals of the World Cup.

But in four matches so far, the Arsenal man has scored just one goal, and is annoyed at his own form.

He said: "I am not scoring and that eats away at me – at every striker, I think. I've had a few small chances. I just want to score.

"But one thing I learned in England is that you can miss chances or have a bad first touch, but as a striker there will always be another chance."

The 26-year-old added that he felt he deserved more of a chance in the Slovakia game to stay on and make an impact, and was clearly bothered by his manager's decision to take him off early.

He said: "I wanted to finish the game. I thought they would take risks in the last 10 minutes and I wanted to exploit that. I could see spaces opening up and I wanted to use them, so I was a bit shocked when I had to go off."

His Netherlands team-mate Arjen Robben understands van Persie's struggle, but believes it is no disgrace to struggle to score regularly in a World Cup.

He said: "It's difficult for Robin to get free. You are tightly marked at a World Cup, we shouldn't make a big deal out of it."

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