"Defensively we were superb, although the game drifted on too much at the end". He added "we needed to hang on to the ball more and create more chances in the second half" with reference to tonight’s match against Sevilla.
With players ruled out during the week, and the possible debut for Borja Herrera, Manolo Márquez explained "Ximo is a quick player, and as we were up against a player like Jesús Navas, we thought it was the best position for him to play in".
He said tonight’s rivals "are a pacy team and have great skill". Regarding star player Vitolo, he commented that "he’s really cut up that we’ve lost, he is disappointed as he had a number of scoring chances". When asked why he put him in the starting line-up, he was clear that as he was coming back from a three week injury "we needed to give him playing time, plus the fact we had so many other players out through injury".
