Ruben: We had to adapt to Lyon

CONVERTING CHANCES INTO GOALS

“We are improving game by game but we need to be more clinical. Again, it’s two games: it’s half-time and we need to think on the next one. Put the ball in the net, that’s all. We are improving so let’s continue to think like that. We have a Premier League game on Sunday against a top team and then we have time to think about the second leg.”

COOL HEADS FOR THE SECOND LEG

“It’s going to be a tough game. We know Lyon want to make connections near their box and then use the space. We have to study the game and then try to be better in the second leg. We are going to look at the game, but it’s a different game. We have to be prepared but it’s in our stadium. Our fans want us to press all the time and this is a team that is really smart, that try to push us, to use the space behind. We have to be really smart, not just playing with the heart but playing with our head. In the second leg we are going to do that.”

THE IMPORTANCE OF WINNING THIS COMPETITION

“It’s not just the coach, it’s everybody that’s here: the staff, the players. Everybody has to understand that it’s a massive club, with a big responsibility. We want to play Champions League, we’d love to play Champions League next year but we have a lot to do with our club. We are in our path, trying to do things right. So it’s step-by-step, let’s think about Newcastle then we’ll be okay to face the next game.”