Luis Enrique: "It was important to win this match"

LUIS ENRIQUE

"It was important to win this match. It's important that the players who have had less playing time were able to play, and they did it well. It was also important to give players who have travelled and played for their national teams a rest, and I think we achieved that. It was a difficult match, but Toulouse played a good game. They're a team that works well. Carlos, the coach, knows how to cause us problems; the three matches last season were difficult, and this season again. Toulouse created few chances, but today we were good at finishing, with two midfielders scoring, and Beraldo too. I'm happy, I think we've achieved all the goals we set ourselves for the evening."

JOÃO NEVES

"I think it was a tough game, but we managed to win it. I think we played a great match with quality and that quality enabled us to win. Yes, it's always difficult to come back to Ligue 1 after the international break, because players have different playing times with the national teams. In terms of confidence, it's always important to win, but above all the way we won tonight gives us even more confidence for the next few games. [On his goal] It started from a great team move and the most important thing was to be there to finish it off. It could have been another team-mate, but it was me. I hit it first time from Hakimi's excellent cross and it was a goal!"