The Dutchman added two more goals to his tally in the Europa League win over Sporting, but was disappointed not to have netted a third
Bas Dost has lamented missing out on a hat-trick in Wolfsburg's 2-0 Europa League win over Sporting Lisbon.
The Bundesliga side are on the verge of a berth in the last 16 of the European competition, after the Dutch striker scored twice in the second half at the Volkswagen Arena on Thursday.
Dost now has 10 goals to his name in his past six outings in all competitions, yet the 25-year-old was disappointed not to score more.
Andre Schurrle's cutback pass for the former Heerenveen star in the 69th minute was his chance to seal a treble, but Sporting goalkeeper Rui Patricio was up to the task and kept it out.
"Not everything works out for me. I could have scored a third," Dost told reporters.
"The good thing is that my first attempt results in a goal. I know that I am able to do it and I am happy that it's going well for me at this moment."
Dost then went on to hail Wolfsburg's defence, which kept a clean sheet ahead of the return leg in Portugal on February 26.
"The way we defended, you cannot defend any better. We did very well.
"Sporting did not have a chance. In the first half they should have scored with the header but that's all.
"This is also a compliment because we did better than against Leverkusen and Hoffenheim.
"If you defend this well in the next game we will not have any problems."
Schurrle, meanwhile, hailed Dost's performance against the Lisbon side.
"When he is in front of the goal he is clinical," Schurrle said.
"He has got a great right foot. So it is easy for him to score.
"At the moment he is doing very well. He stands at the right positions and scores the goals very clinical. He is very important for us."
