"It was important to start the season well. When they got the penalty and then scored it I thought 'here we go again' as there were only six minutes left," the Norweigen told the club's official website.
"For us to come back and win the game shows that we are a different team and better prepared this year. Hopefully we can keep going from here now.
"We knew we needed to make a good start and we were aware the press and the people around us were talking about it. We should have killed the game off before they made it 1-1 but the fact we still won the match says everything about the character in the squad."