Luis Enrique: 'Every time a player comes on, it helps the team'

Luis Enrique

‘We started the game very well, with the intention of winning and not coming here to be passive. We played a great first half, with plenty of chances to score. In the second half, the game turned on its head when they equalised and took the lead. Those ten minutes could have cost us dearly, but we recovered, equalised quickly and the team continued to show the things we've been looking for since the start of last season and I'm very happy about that. Every time a player comes on, it helps the team and we improve our performances.’

Ousmane Dembélé

‘I think it was a bit of a spectacular match. We weren't focused when we came back after half time. We conceded two goals but we were able to react. We stayed in the game and came away with the win. We're all happy, especially as we're now ten points clear of second place. My goals? They went in, that's good, I need to keep going. I tried my luck and it worked, so I'm going to try and keep going and score so that the team can win again.'

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