Colourful Ogbonna gets it “dead” right

Oggy reckons he must keep this going until he’s dead

Brilliant Angelo Ogbonna was at the top of his form last night and then made a colourful description of how long he and the team must keep their incredible recent effort going.

The Italian central defender made eleven clearances and two interceptions, before Chicharito came within inches of snatching all three points .

And afterwards he declared: “We are not individuals. If I play well, it’s because the team played well. I think the team is playing so much better than before and we have to keep this up until we are dead!

“We need to keep the concentration in every detail, because the details can change. If Chicha’s shot had gone in, it would have been totally different. When they got the free-kick right at the end with [Mesut] Ozil, it could also go in, but it hit the wall.

“In football, detail is so important so we have to be focused on everything.”

“I’m really proud of the team because we kept a clean sheet and we did really well. Hopefully, maybe on Saturday we can get three points.

“It’s not only about the clean sheets, but the way we have approached the last three games was so different than the way we approached the other games.

“In this game, we wanted to get something important and for us, for the staff and for everybody, it’s really good.”

It’s Stoke next and Ogbonna said: “Everybody wants to show what they can do. The manager has put some basics in place which have helped us to do that.

“It’s difficult at Stoke, but this is a big chance to get three points up there. We needed to change attitudes and the way we approach games is much better than before.”