“Victorious goal van Dyk? It was a great relief. Alysson Becker did his best to keep the opponents not scored before. They had a few points to compare the account in the second half, and, unfortunately, one of them ended in a goal – but they were not them, who scored, but we ourselves. To be honest, I expected to add two minutes, a maximum of three to four minutes, but suddenly added seven-despite the fact that both teams did not take time at all. It surprised me. But okay, it even helped us because we scored before the compensated time. And, of course, it became a relief, because after the goal “West Hema” and with how the second half developed, it seemed that they could score the second faster.
But our fans and our players thought differently – from the moment when the score became 1: 1, we started playing again, went to press again, and the fans at that moment were particularly loud. Even then, Luis Dias had a moment, then the moments after contraressing, which led to the corner – and we saved this standard just for an important moment. Because in modern football, standards are of great importance – and today it has been confirmed again.
Let’s see what will happen next week when we play with Lester. Because now this is the most important thing that the club is concentrated. There are two victories for the title. I think the first 32 matches showed us how difficult it is-not only to us, but also to any Premier League team-to win the match. Competition is now the strongest for the whole time. Therefore, it became incredibly difficult to win. You can say: there are two victories. But they still need to be obtained. So all the attention is for it.
The experience of Alyson, Van Daic and Salah? It is very important. It would not only be fair to talk about them, but as a coach you always want players who have reached a lot in their careers, went forward to the most clavial moments of the season. Because at the end of the season, the importance of moments is increasing more and more. And today, all three played a key role – not only they, it is in important episodes. I think Alysson played the best match of the season today. Virgin scored his head that brought us three points. Mo was again very important in the first naked and in general in the first half was very active – I saw again Salah, whom we saw most of the season.
West Hema also has players-this is why the Premier League is so strong this season. They are now in 16 or 17th place, but I can name one or two players who could safely play us today in terms of quality. That’s the essence of the Premier League.
In the second half, they began to use these strong players more. They have more, but Lucas package and Mohammed Kudus were just wonderful today, especially after a break. Perhaps because we led 1: 0, and after one or two dangers we became a little more cautious, not so actively went to pressing. And they began to risk more, many players added to the center of the field, and at the same time they were threatened through the jerks of Van-Bissaki, Bowen and others. So it was on both sides.
Of course, we should pay tribute to “West Hem”, but you see it not only here – I watch it in every match. I watched the game “Crystal Pelas” yesterday: after 20 minutes they kept and could score the third, but it was canceled through an offset, and as a result they lost 2: 5. These are the subtleties in the Premier League-they make it very complicated, but also so popular.
The absence of Darwin Nunes? Yesterday he went from workout – he felt bad. So today was not in the application.
Exit to the Champions League? I think this is the main goal of the club – because two years ago they felt how difficult it is when you do not get to the Champions League. So yes, really. When I came, I was told: look at the players, give them your opinion so that we can work on this project for the second and third year – but first you need to qualify in the Champions League. We all understand that even a team that goes 16 has great players. And the teams from the first eight are just incredible.
Therefore, getting to the Champions League is becoming more difficult. Honestly, if you asked me this question at the beginning of the season, I would say, “Oh, cool.” But yesterday I did not open a bottle of wine – now we have whole more than just qualification in the Champions League.
Celebrating with fans after the final whistle? I think because we won a match that may have argued for the first time in the whole season – we deserved victory. And when you win at that moment, with such support, the stand, it deserves special gratitude. So I tried to show them how I appreciated them – throughout the season, but especially today.
The prospect of winning the Premier League title on Enfield? If you have to win it 15 kilometers from here – I don’t care. Wherever it happens. We know that we need to win two more matches – and every time I come back: out of 32 games only 2-3 we won confidently, the rest – because of very hard work. So we only need to focus on this. This week we have to improve again – again, again, again, to increase the chances of winning the next game.
We play with Lester, and who can say anything, but I saw that for the first time in 11 matches they scored two goals and got the result. So they probably have confidence. We know how hard it was in each of the previous 32 matches. So this is my only focus – to win the next match. ”
Source: Sport.ua