“That’s the hallmark of this team over the last three years. When everyone thinks we’re dead, we have the ability to turn it around. It feels good, we’re happy. Today, I think we deserved more than this result, but that’s football. Football isn’t fair, you have to score goals. I think we deserve this point. You might think that two points from two matches isn’t much, but when you consider the results we got last year at Rennes and Lille, we’ve actually picked up one more point from those two fixtures. We’re trying to stay positive, it’s clear we need to improve and perform at a higher level. But I think today the team showed its ability to fight until the very last minute.”
“The positive thing about the start of this season is really the mentality. The energy from the players coming on, we’re counting on everyone a lot. I think that over these first two games, we’ve seen that it’s given us that extra something to pick up those two important points. We know we’re a long way from being at 100 per cent. At the start of the season, we’re playing against title contenders. These are top-class teams, Champions League sides. It’s tough, and as soon as we’re not at 100 per cent, that shows in the result. We’re making small mistakes, which are normal at the start of the season, but we need to work on them to improve.
We need time, and we haven’t necessarily had the time to train as we’ve had to play some very important matches right from the start of the season. These are important points. They’ll count for a lot at the end of the season, when we’re tallying up the points against our rivals. We’ll carry on like this to keep improving and get back to our best form. The second goal? I know that towards the end of the match, there’s always a bit of space at the far post. I tried to find that space, Viti put in a great cross, and all I had to do was get my head to it. It’s great, no matter who scores the goal, we always try to give our all on the pitch. We saw everyone was happy, everyone celebrated that goal. It was a very difficult game and this point is very important for what lies ahead.”
