Reaction to the performance? It seemed like Chelsea gew into the game.
I agree with you. I think the beginning was flat, it was difficult, it was better after 15, 20 minutes. After we started to feel more comfortable on the pitch, I think we started to find our ways to play and find our positions that we working on the training ground. After that I thought the performance was really good.
I am so pleased with the performance, we deserved to win because we only conceded one shot on target against a team like Liverpool. It's only the start, only the beginning after six weeks together, I say thank you to all of the staff in all of the areas of the club and the players, they are the principal actors.
Last season Chelsea wouldn't have been able to respond, are you pleased to see the spirit?
Yes, when we arrived here on the first day we didn't want to talk about the past. In football it's about moving on, even when some action happens on the pitch, you need to move on because if you are thinking about what happened two seconds before you are not going to be ready and anticipate the action that is coming. Which is the most important action in football? It's this one. That is always what we want to settle from the beginning. When we arrive it's about the present and the future.
But I am so pleased because when some difficult moments appeared, the team was there and the crowd was fantastic. It was very good for the team to keep fighting and never giving up.
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