Classy Slav shows humility in victory
And from everything he had to say after tonight’s game one line stuck out: “If they had got level they would have been deserved it.”
He qualified it of course by saying that we had in fact deserved the win ourselves and summed it up like this on Sky Sports: “That was because of the football we played in the first half and the way we fought in the second.”
He really couldn’t have put it any better – it summed the victory up to perfection but it’s the manner of the man that is so impressive.
At a moment he had become the architect of one of the historic trebles in the club’s history within six games, he was showing humility and generosity towards the team many believe are the best in the land.
It’s fitting given the manner of our victory and the class of our manager that our team are sitting in second place just three points behind them.
He was happy to explain how the system was adjusted at half time, deploying Manuel Lanzini and later Michail Antonio to help out Aaron Cresswell explaining: “Jesus Navas was on fire.”
He added: “Payet and Lanzini did very well in holding onto the ball when we needed them to, we defended as a unit and got two goals so it was a very pleasing performance.”
I’ve said it many times before but it bears saying again tonight: This is a terrifiv bloke and a terrific manager. His attitude, character, modesty and ability to take things in his stride remind me very much of a man I was fortunate enough to know and work with.
Yes, I think Slav and Mooro would have got along very well indeed.