“[Pedro] Porro, Tonali, Maddison, all are available to play. Normally, we have to understand the situation in terms of physical condition, but all of them are ready.
“James [Maddison] is working with the team in the last 10, 15 days, maybe less than 15 days. And even if he’s a technical player, he needs to be fit, to stay in a good condition. When he arrives to the best condition, it’s very important for us as a personality, as a characteristic, as a quality, as an experience. The quality of his passes are different than the others. Maybe just Kudus, but Kudus also is not used to playing in the same (position as a number 10). We have to see.
“Mateus, he can play as a number 10, but he has to be more sure in the last decision, the shot and the pass. And also, Gallagher is a guarantee.”
“We have to manage Deki in the best way we can, with the medical staff, physical staff. But it’s a great thing for us because he’s a good player, he’s a good guy. He deserves to play again. We have to work day by day. Also, for Deki, it’s important the international break, because when he will be at the top of condition and pass over the injury, I think it’s a great signing, a new signing for us, another new signing.
“[Deki] doesn’t need my encouragement, because he’s strong, he has a great character, and he’s an example for everyone.”
“We have to improve in everything, because like I said, after the game we conceded the first goal in a bad way, because we knew what was the plan in the defensive phase. One long ball on Gakpo is not enough to concede a goal. Also the second goal could have closed Gakpo better and stronger, and the third goal is an individual skill of Szoboszlai.
“We can improve in the qualities of the play. I think we created more chances than the other games, also because Liverpool played with more courage. There was more space to attack, to make one-to-one, but I have experience enough to say that sometimes when you are the coach of the team, without you knowing the reason, you are able to score, you can score.
“And other times, another situation where I think you are playing well, not fantastic, but well enough to score, enough to win, and you don’t win. You have to stay calm, to be confident in what you are doing, what the players are doing. They have my full confidence. We move on and we keep going to be better day by day, but not by words, but by fact.”