Then the German gave his analysis of Brussels’ success: “After the twentieth minute, we started to get better in the match and I told my players at the break to continue like this. Obviously it's good to have such quality from set pieces, especially when you have problems scoring”, he continued in reference to Puertas’ free kick. “It's just three points… but they give us a good feeling, to be honest. It's also my first victory in the playoffs personally. (Editor's note: he is playing his first champion playoffs as a coach). It's good to look at the faces of my executives and see the smiles, it gives confidence to everyone.”
I'm happy for Anthony after all the shit the last few days.
The coach also had a word for his goalkeeper, singled out by many in his last days for his mistake against Bruges: “I'm happy with Anthony's clean sheet, because it wasn't easy for him these last few days with all this shit (sic) which fell on him. I think it was a bit too much. Everyone can make a mistake. But he showed a good reaction and this clean sheet is proof.”
