Thoughts on the win?
It’s a massive win, under very difficult circumstances because we put ourselves in real problems, especially with our decision making and ball possessions, the spaces we were attacking, and the timing of it and the efficiency of it. But the team showed huge character, not giving up, to continue trying to do the right things. The way they fought, the way they understood how they have to manage the game in certain moments, with the way we defended, because we didn't concede anything, it was phenomenal. In England you say ‘win ugly’, I think from my point of view today we won ugly, and I’m extremely happy to see a team that has this capacity to find a way to win and show the character that they showed today.
Gabriel scoring more and improved his English?
I think he has grown so much, especially as a character. Obviously, his English is better, the way he is presenting himself, the respect that he earned around the boys. Those performances have been really consistent throughout the season, defending and now scoring really important goals for us, which is an add-on that you hope to have in your centre defenders but it’s easy to find.
Is the pressure getting to the players?
No, I think when you have to pass the ball from A to B under pressure or under no pressure, I think this is an excuse, today we were just sloppy at times, imprecise and that led to a game that we didn’t want to play in in many moments, but we recognise that and sometimes it happens, to play here against this team is not easy at all, and we found another way to win the match today.
