“We feel you support us. Thank you, really,” the 32-year-old attacker told Sky Sports† He was clearly emotional after his goal 20 minutes before the end.
“It was so emotional for me because of the situation in my country. It’s very hard for me to think about football right now because the Russian army kills Ukrainian people every day,” Jarmolenko said.
He played his first league game on Sunday since the outbreak of the war, more than two weeks ago. After that, Jarmolenko was released from his club. “I had to rest because it was impossible to train, all I thought about was my family and my compatriots. I’m not quite fit yet, because in the last two weeks I’ve trained maybe three or four times.” Jarmolenko came on as a substitute in the second half.