Pressern:
How difficult was that?
It was a match we deserved win, but could have lost and drawn. Very good opponent, we have to say it. A young team. They ran a lot, Always trying to play. I think the team is better than the addition of each player they have. Congratulations to their manager and players as well. An honest team. Honestly, it’s incredible this league. It’s so special to me that one team like this is at the bottom of the table.
Shackleton
Jamie Shackleton was very good. Better in the first half, less impact in the second. Always with enough.
Key to the win?
We insist a lot. We kept going with the same intensity. Also, sometimes, we were lucky to score or receive a goal has an impact. For me, the most important was it was a beautiful match. I feel everybody who watched it, enjoyed the match.
Pleasure in the first goal from a set-piece?
Win more than happiness brings to me.
Concern defending set-pieces?
The opponent creates a lot of chances. Using different ways, but our offensive spirit, sometimes we give the option to the opponent to have more chances than if we were compact. We speculate, but it’s true set-pieces are difficult for us.
Forshaw
The same problem which kept him from training after Swansea for 10 days. He trained from Thursday to Saturday normally, but after training he didn’t feel well to play.
[Okay for Derby?]
We thought he would be okay today. We think he will recover for the next match, but can’t be sure.
Costa demands at half-time
Helder always needs to cross, he chooses to cross. He chooses to cross looking for a team-mate, but in the first half we did this and didn’t find team-mates. Harrison and Bamford played well enough, but Helder and Nketiah they have different characteristics and in a match like that variety is important.
How close to starting those two?
Bamford and Harrison, they create a big impact as well. They are a different option for the same positions. All of them can play. Jack and Costa are opposite. That happens in all the positions in our team.
Nketiah impressed you? His qualities?
He’s a striker with goals. Some players are involved a lot before the finish, before the chance. Nketiah is more involved in the end of the action, not in the creation. Anyway, he has good characteristics to combine
with team-mates. Give options to the team. Complete player.
Message to Bamford when he came off?
Pat made a lot of efforts to score, especially in this match. He had a lot of chances. I tried to tell him he deserved a goal. A player in their position suffer a lot when they don’t score. It is not the same if yuo don’t score because you don’t create chances for yourself (?). He’s a great centre-forward. In every match he has four or five chances to score. Before or later he will improve his efficiency.
Stendel here now - mixed feelings?
Yes. I’m proud. We played as well as we can. When you created so much against Leeds it’s a really good game. Not easy, but you need to take your chances in the right moment. Not happened today. Second half the pressure came from Leeds, but we had big chances too. Ten minutes missed to take one point. You can see why they have ambitions to win promotion this year. Disappointed, but this is how we need to play every week and score.
See the game you want today?
Yes. High press. Tried to keep Leeds in their half. They have the quality to get by, but in the first half we created so many chances from winning the ball high. I want to feel we can win and want to win, with courage, when I’m on the sidelines so I can accept a loss. Leeds won. In the end, they were the better team.
First goal disappointment
Worst thing was the foul for the free-kick. Mistakes conceded. Chances before to score. Talked on the bench about needing to change something for pressure on the Leeds goal. Free-kick and penalty decided it.
