On the win…
Playing against Real Madrid, playing against Man City, teams that have been and are so good, with managers that have won so many trophies, it’s always nice to come out in both situations as a winner. But the reason why these teams won so many things is that they weren’t able to win once or twice, they were able to win every three days. So, we’re really happy with these two wins, but we also understand if we want to achieve more than this then winning once or twice – even against these big teams – is not enough to win anything in the end of the season.
On whether that was a performance of ‘potential title winners’…
I think if you want to win anything, and that’s what I just said, it’s not about what you are able to do, but it’s more about the consistency. Only a few teams maybe have won from City or from Real Madrid once in a while, but it’s not about winning once or twice against them. If you want to win anything, it’s all about consistency. These teams – like Madrid, like City, but I saw Arsenal yesterday and I saw Chelsea today – they are all capable of getting the same winning streak as we have, so let’s not get carried away by one or two wins.
It’s all about consistency until the end of the season, keeping the players fit, keeping them playing with this much energy. And like you probably saw today, I only had five defenders available. So to win something in the end, there’s such a long way to go and so many challenges to take. But it’s good that we are capable of winning against these teams in our own style.
