“To send off a player you need something more”

Fair result? “Fair or unfair, the one who has scored one more goal wins. I think the game is completely conditioned by that expulsion in the seventh minute, which marks the entire development of the game. I have not had a chance to see it yet, but it does seem like a rigorous action. There is a side entrance, with a player coming from behind. My player touches the ball. There is no assistance from the other team's medical services. I think that to send off a player you need something more.

Good first part of Malaga. What changed in the second? “That they have been successful on two occasions that they have had and that they have submitted us, that is clear. They have demanded of us. Sporting is the team with the highest circulation rate in the category. If you add to that that you have one less player, it makes it difficult for you to get to the situations to top. We have controlled it very well. The team has interpreted it very well and what we have lacked is perhaps trying to get the ball a little more. But it is difficult after physical wear and tear without the ball for so many minutes. We have played 85 minutes, or 90 minutes if we count the discount, with one less player. And in a stadium like El Molinón. That is the key.

What changes in the match in the second half? “The first goal that gives Sporting serenity because they have come back from the goal they have been behind with a long time ahead. The team played an extraordinary game playing with ten for so many minutes. We have needed to go out more in attack and have more the ball. On a defensive level they have demanded a lot from us. Same result from last week, but different in form, the team has given everything. The strength in the areas is what marks the games and Sporting is a team that is dominating the areas.

Of more less. “The reality we had on the bench was to have the game under control. Sporting was hasty playing inside in the last passes and we had the game where we wanted. But that first goal has arrived and it has changed because they have tempered and they have begun to circulate more and spaces have appeared due to fatigue.

What do you think of Sporting? “I see Sporting very well. The best team so far. The ranking says it's first. And that is because he is doing things very well compared to the previous season he has improved a lot ”:

Sekou's first minutes. • Has had a play for 2-2. He is a player who comes to be important for us and to add competition and give us the characteristics of a center forward that we did not have in the squad. It is the good news that you have to play 20 or 30 minutes ”.

Angry at the end. “It is because of the defeat. No one likes to lose. But today I am very satisfied with what I have seen from the players who have given their all and have competed very well and have interpreted the game they were supposed to play very well ”.

Special tour to El Molinon. “Exciting to return to my house. I have spent 13 years of my life here where I have grown personally and professionally. I have seen many friends. I'm not happy that the points stay here, but I'm glad that Sporting is doing well ”

Hurt from arbitration? “I am not going to talk about what is not mine. I'm talking about how my team played a game that it should have under the conditions that existed. He has adapted to the circumstances and has competed marvelously, putting his rival in many difficulties “

Dani Martin. “I never do individual evaluations and I am not going to do it now. The decisions we make are to try to help the team. And I think that today the goalkeeper has not had too much work. Thats the reality”.

Game scheme. “After the break we improved until the goal. We have changed the system. We were with the ends super-sunk because they were putting the sides very high, a lot of people inside. We were practically playing 6-2-1. And we went on to play a 5-3-1. And we were very good until the goal “