It was a well-accomplished away performance
On keeping Blackburn quiet…
“Blackburn are a team that can be dangerous going forward and I feelthat, as well as our good offensive performance, we had a gooddefensive performance. On crosses they can be extremely dangerous butwe kept [Roque] Santa Cruz quiet. I am happy we didn't concede and thatwe always looked fluid going forward. It was a well-accomplished awaygame.”
On the midweek trip to the Ukraine…
“It is another big game on Wednesday night. It is important to startthe Champions League well, with a win away from home. That will give usconfidence. It will be same approach on Wednesday. It is our strengthand we can be successful by expressing our strength. It is a difficultgroup because all the teams are used to playing in the ChampionsLeague, are strong at home as well, and that is why we need to find thesame kind of performance.”
On Walcott's starting berth…
“I assessed every individual and was thinking to leave Theo out, but for the balance I kept him in. I wanted to rest Nicklas Bendtnerand I thought having Theo away from home could give us the penetration.I think he can play left and right and he is happy on the left becausehe knows he can score with his right foot; he tried a couple of timestoday. Theo has been educated that way, where he can play on eitherside., but he also prefers to play in the middle. The problem withscoring three times for the national team is that everyone expects youto score again. Football isn't like that. What is most important isthat he has a good team attitude, tries to work hard and the rest willcome with time.”
On hitting top gear…
“We try always to play our way and slowly we are getting there. Westarted our training late because of the amount of players away at theEuropean Championships. We are growing now and scored four goalsagainst FC Twente, three against Newcastle and four again today, allwithout conceding. Despite our youth we looked mature.”
On the timing of the second goal…
“We looked before half-time that we just wanted to keep the ball,and when you are patient and simple the chance come along. That is whatwe did and I think it was about 20 passes from right to left, back tofront and it gave us the momentum for the dangerous last pass.”
On his players being greedy…
"I am after my players to make the right decision and many times yousee when a player shoots, someone could be in a better position. So Iwant my team to be capable of making the right decision without beinggreedy.”
On injuries…
“[Samir] Nasri is a big doubt for that, Eboue we might lose andClichy too. We have to assess them tomorrow. It doesn't look too good.”
On Jack Wilshere's record breaking appearance…
“I bring English players slowly through. He is another one who will soon play for you [England].”
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