AVB on Mata's role - "It's all interrelated with his colleagues. The talent in this squad is so immense and the technical staff's job is just to free the players. When they play with freedom of choice, they can express themselves a little bit better."
AVB on the win - ''We have done nothing else than our responsibilities in winning the games that we have won at home. We have not done anything special. We just have to continue to win until we find a position of comfort at the top of the Premier League, because that's what we want."
Saying all the things that we haven't heard since Mourinho, Ancelotti was elegant but coy and Hiddink/Grant had the charisma of a dry seal.
Saying all the right things, the philosophy of 'do the basics right technically and the talent will shine through' is working brilliantly. Already getting 60% possession a game but crucially it's different to the possession of Ancelotti's era which was slow passing and mechanical movement.
Ramires scored again, putting another nail in the coffin of his critics.
I was disappointed with their goal but it was well worked by Everton with their 6 vs 4 line at the set piece something was bound to get through eventually. Always a tricky opponent with a 'tricky' style of play home or away, we dealt with them well.
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