Alex Lacazette scored the winner in the North London Derby. He was fouled for the penalty, then he picked himself to slot in his 4th North London Derby goal.
Despite our dominance, we fell behind to an Erik Lamela’s rabona finish before bouncing back to equalise before half time thanks to a Martin Odegaard goal.
After the game, the striker spoke to Sky Sports. Here’s what he had to say…
On scoring the winner…
It’s amazing. We wanted to win this game for us and as well for the fans. Even if we missed them in the stadium, it was really important for us to win the derby.
On a stressful final 10 minutes…
It was really stressful. This is our problem when we are winning, we have some problems to manage the game at the end even 11 [men] against 10. This is where we have to improve a lot. At the end, we won, we need to appreciate the three points and think about Thursday [against Olympiacos].
On the importance of seeing out the game…
Yeah, of course. It was really important to win this kind of game. For us, it’s really good for the rest of the season.
On the penalty…
We were lucky to get the penalty, I think. Sometimes it’s good for us to have a good decision from the ref. I scored, so I’m happy.
On how he felt before taking the penalty…
A bit stressful because back in the day I taken a lot of penalties against him. I was quite confident. We have to be confident when you shoot a penalty and today, I’m happy.
On when he learnt he was playing instead of Auba…
Just at the same time. The coach tells us that everyone’s going to play because we play every three days. Obviously, it’s not easy to stay on the bench in big games but it’s a part of football. I don’t think there was anything against Auba, it’s just a decision of the coach. I will let you ask him about it. I don’t think there was anything wrong with this.
