The centre-forward and the entire defence deactivated Athletic’s attack in the goalless draw: “This is going to help us move forward as I have seen the commitment of everyone.”
First step
“We need to move forward, we’re down at the bottom so we must try and earn the three points from our next three games. We gained a point here, we’ve come from conceding goals previously, so this is a first step and we need to focus on going to Vallecas and not leaving any points behind.”
Commitment
“Psychologically we need to be very strong. We all feel as a team that we can move forward, as I have seen the commitment of everyone.”
Goals
“It’s true that we say every week that we’ll secure victory, but we will. We need to score goals, we have the players to do it, and they will come.”
Recio
Clean sheet
“Fear not, in the first half we created opportunities; the two or three clear chances were ours. Even though the rival were a man down, a team as physical as Athletic is always a danger upfront. It’s important that we didn’t concede a goal. If one of the two goal chances in the first half had materialised we’d have been more relaxed.”
Earning points as visitors
“In order to get out of this situation we must start earning points in away games. We did that today, and are now focused on next weekend’s match in Vallecas.”