Mauricio Pochettino: 'We want to come back stronger'

Mauricio Pochettino

"It was a very difficult game. We talked before the game about the fact that it would be difficult because of the fact that we played 9 games in 4 weeks which is always tough. I think overall it was a fair result. In the first half we didn’t play well but we deserved it in the second half. The changes? We tried to fix some problems because in the first half where we didn’t build up play well . We allowed Lorient to play the transitions from which they are very dangerous because they are very fast and they have very good players up front. We conceded and then the belief that they got made it more difficult to break the deep block they had. Now it’s time to spend time with the family and I wish you all a merry christmas and a happy new year and of course to come back stronger."

Sekou Yansané

"My debut? I’m just delighted to have come on to play alongside great players on my debut. I’m so happy and I hope that it will be the start of a long run of games. I wasn’t thinking of anything I just thought that I needed to give it my all as I usually do and it would go well. The match? We've got a group with a lot of character that gets along well and it showed, we didn’t give up and we got the result, that’s great."