“He feels very good. At least in training.
“If he’s fit, he’s always ready, everyone is ready. Kevin, Gundo and John are the only players left from the day we arrived.”
“They compete with many players. Part of the season one player can be better and another can be worse, it’s normal. Adjust for each game, they are different and I decide to do what is best to win each specific game.
“The national team is always like that and in those seven years, Kevin was Kevin and then some. Whenever he didn’t play it was because he needed to rest or he was hurt or tired or whatever. This is the reality.”
“The most important thing is the Premier League, for sure. We came from a long week, so we could rest, take days off and then they trained very well.”
“I am not thinking about Leipzig. Crystal Palace deserve a lot of attention for what happened for quality. [Jordan] ayew, [Eberechi] Eze, [Wilfried] Zaha – they have a lot of weapons up front.”
“The quality they have up front is unbelievable. We have to pay attention.
“A small field with fans rooting for the team, they understand incredibly in the construction, in the long balls, exchange of plays and set pieces, they scored two goals here with a set piece.
“We have to be careful, but the players already know that.”
“Revisiting the things we can’t do when we play every few days,” he said when asked how he used that time.
“Set-piece actions or actions you prioritize. When you have a long week, there’s something we haven’t talked about in a long time, we haven’t practiced this, it comes with three games in a short time.
“And after the international break if we pass the competitions, the Champions League and the FA Cup, I hope it happens, April will be so demanding. Therefore, we must review the things we do without losing our principles.”
“Absolutely, so important,” he said when asked about returning.
“I don’t know if I have a great vision of eleven [contra o Palace]. I’m not 100%, but of course the rotation will be important. Not top like in September, October or November.
“If the players are playing well, they’ll keep playing. That’s kind of how I feel right now.”
