The team showed that they are a team. I see this dressing room growing week by week. That is crucial. We are paying a lot of attention to that. I know you need a really strong dressing room where everybody fights for one another, where everybody is available for the team.
You don’t win trophies without that. Everyone sees in the last few weeks this team sticking together in every sense. Players coming in, playing out of position and doing a job for the team.
What was your take on the second half?
We played to create in the second half, not just sitting it out. If you look back, we had the best chances in the second half. You can also see the physical levels of the players growing, they are becoming stronger and stronger. That is the work we need to continue, we are by far not at our maximum. We still have a long way to go. We need to get more players fit and we need to continue to work. But if the mentality stays like this then we will take more points.”
Some solutions to be found in midfield?
I am a glass-half-full man, I don’t want to be a half-empty guy. I don’t want to look at the problems, I need to find solutions. It has not been easy, we had a few in the first few weeks. The players are giving me good solutions.
What was your view on the red card?
I didn’t see the images back. Jose told me he lost the ball, wanted to win it back but the other guy is a split-second faster and tackled through. He tried to avoid contact when he saw it in that split-second so, I want to see things back to have a clear opinion. We’re going to make an assessment in the next few days.
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