MAnuel Pellegrini positively valued the point achieved by his team in Bilbao: “Es a movie that we have seen for the other sidehaving many chances and not being able to finish. I think we had chances, but It’s just 1-1. They were superior in the first half, they had many chances and did not score. We didn’t find the ball, but in the second part we balance it and we even had 0-2, but the result is fair. Thursday’s game took its toll. It was at home, I value the point a lot in a difficult field. This match I lived it many times from the other sideseeing how we went without winning after creating many chances.
The changes: “We couldn’t find the ball, they didn’t let us go out and we lost easy balls. We had more control with Pablo and Iker in the middle. There were also more chances, we defended, we got up front and we gave a better image. The second half was more balanced. It was difficult to reach at three in the morning and prepare for Sunday’s game…”.
Message at break: “It was one of the easiest instructions I had to give: let’s do everything differently. We didn’t have the ball, nor did we reach the goal; we had to do it differently. We achieved it with Iker and Pablo, with Assane he also brought more danger from the right. The game “it was balanced knowing that it is a very difficult rival with players like the two Williams with great performance.”
Pablo Fornals emotion: “Pablo came from that area, I’m sure it affects him more, although it has affected us all greatly because the images are dramatic. “We have to be supportive and collaborate with everyone to cushion a little everything that is happening.”
Commitment: “We are a different team. If we put together a team with Guido, Isco and William Carvalho… Now we have more back-and-forth and power players. There are five or six important absences and we are competing. We have to know how to adapt the characteristics of the players. players”.
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