on bouncing back...
"Yes, we responded well after massive, massive,
massive disappointment. We responded quite well, I must say I was
worried after last Saturday over how we could finish the season,
the disappointment was so big that I was not sure we'd be
capable to respond, so on that front we did very well. Overall you
could see that there is a strong link in the team to play the
quality of game we want to play. We have shown some pride and some
mental strength not to get ourselves down until the end of the
season, and that is very important. The next season starts now and
we want to finish as well as possible - you never know. We can
make 83 points, it will not be a shame for us, and that is still
reachable."
on Walcott's recent form...
"Yes, he made a big improvement in the last two
months, he became suddenly more... a man in the game, you know? He
still looked a little bit a kid at the beginning of the season but
now he has more belief in the fight, there is a more determined
attitude, there's more power in his body when he has to resist
challenges. It's just a normal development of a boy who has
become a man."
on Lehmann staying in goal...
"I don't know yet, I maybe want to play
Fabianski in the last games, I give one to Fabianski. I wanted to
play Lehmann today, especially because I wanted him to play at home
and he has been an extremely great keeper for us. What I do for the
remaining games, I have to decide."
on a stylish display...
"Yes, I think the collective technical display
is the best we have played in the last twelve years, I would stand
for that, but we have not been... If you look a little bit back
with distance you could say that at the start of the season we had
nothing to lose. When we came under pressure in March maybe we were
a bit unlucky, we dropped some points because every problem we had
to face we lacked a little bit of maturity, but overall there is a
lot of hope because if you see the game today, what kind of quality
football we can play, I believe this team has to stay together and
to win - to convince completely people. We want to win but with our
own style."
on Reading's relegation fight...
"I still think they are three points above
relegation, you know, with three points to go. I think if they have
one home game against Tottenham, they need to win at home. They
need three points, and they will stay up. If they don't win
against Tottenham at home, they could be under threat."
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