“It’s hard enough. We know that this year was really hard for everybody. We did, as a club, a lot of changes and then, when you are doing the changes, if you have a football team that is playing well and are winning games then, in a certain way, it’s easier for the fans and for everybody to feel those changes. But, in this moment, we are in a difficult period inside of the club and inside of the pitch, so we have to fight against this feeling and we have to do our job. We are trying our best, in this moment, to help the team to perform better.”
Ruben, still lots of negativity following Saturday’s result at Everton. There was lots of analysis at the weekend about your side’s lack of pressing in the opponents’ half and how your second-half performance seemed to be much better. What’s your analysis of that?“It’s hard, it’s hard when we see the game. I know, you know guys, and even the players know that we had a lack of intensity. We improve, not a lot, in the second half but the small things – of second balls, we didn’t lose so many possessions without any pressure. We were more aggressive, even when we defend and when we are with the ball. We changed a little bit of the energy that we play football with, so I understand all the critics. If you watch the game you have to accept it and try to change that.”
