“Definitely [conscious of Romero’s absence] but also [I’ll] just try to fulfill the role the best I can. Obviously he’s a very important player for us and for me it’s just doing a job, defending first and foremost and trying to replace him as best I can. I think [Sunday vs. Villa] was an OK game, unfortunately we didn’t get the result we wanted to, but the aim is to win here tomorrow.”
”I think, for me, Brennan is a very important player. He had a fantastic, important goal last season. Also the top scorer, I think, in the club last year. He also started the season well. He has scored two good goals. So, again, probably a little bit down to how do we put the players out that make it fit.
”Brennan has trained very well the last couple of weeks, doing what he’s doing very well, scoring goals in training, which is important to keep [doing], showing that I’m not taking the right decision if he’s not in the team. I think Brennan can play both to the left and to the right, as we said before. Of course, Mohammed Kudus has done very well on the right, for example. Then on the left, I actually think Wilson has done well. So it’s just a little bit of competition. Brennan just needs to keep going. He will get his games.”