08.05.2010 23:59
Alves: "The most important thing is the three points”
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The players admitted after the game that they’d had to dig deep after Seville had hit back with their two second half goals, but stressed the importance of the win and the vital three points.
Dani Alves reckoned that despite the last 20 minutes: “the most important is the three
points. Seville got back into the game, but the players showed we know how to suffer and are
capable of reacting”.
As to next week’s game, Alves insisted: “we have to keep our feet on the ground.
We know we have 90 minutes against us and that they will be fighting to stay in the league, but if
we play as we have been in this last part of the season, we should enjoy the game”.
Below are the reactions of the rest of the players:
Xavi:
"We’ve taken a great stride; the title is within touching
distance”.
"We suffered more than we should have, we should have won it 0-5. It was one of those games
where we should have run in the goals and not have had to worry, but I guess the main thing is that
in the end we took the three points”.
"We’re happy and proud that it’s the home grown players who are making the
difference. The youth scheme works really well and you can see that in the success we
achieve”.
"We would all prefer to win the title at the Nou Camp – it’s great to celebrate
at home, but first we have to go out and win the game. We’ve now got everything in our favour
and that’s something we would certainly have taken at the start of the season”.
"This was a big game – we knew Madrid wouldn’t slip up”.
Valdés:
"There were just some isolated moves from Seville, but we were in control and the team also
had their chances after Seville’s goals”.
"I don’t care where we win it, I just want to win the league. Now we have a golden
opportunity to win at home and we have to go for it”.
"This was a big step against a tough team”.
"The fans are happy and proud, but we still have a game to play and we have to be focussed on
winning that”.
Pedro:
"We put in a great game. It’s just a pity we had to suffer so
much in the end”.
"We lost concentration twice and they took advantage of that, but even though they came at us
and their fans were really behind them, we held on and controlled the rest of the game”.
"We had so many chances. We could have scored many more”.
"There’s one game left, but we knew tonight’s was so important”.