The Atlético de Madrid players were satisfied with the win earned against Deportivo. After a week in which they had gotten negative results came the recovery against the side from Galicia. Two goals from Agüero finished off Lotina’s club in the first half.

Sergio Agüero was one of the protagonists of the match and appeared before the media. “I’m very happy about the three points and about winning again. Atlético has to be near the top and we showed that against Deportivo. We had a good first half and we came out for the first goal early and then to score a second. We had seen the videos of Deportivo and Quique put me on the right because there was space. I dropped over to that side and it worked because I scored goals. When we win, we’re all happy. The important thing was to earn points and not lose more points. I’m working really hard so that I have a good year. We have to continue like this. Now, we’ll focus on Bayer Leverkusen. We have to go out to win. It wouldn’t be good if we slip up and Aris does too. We have to win, and if it allows us to pass through to the next round, then all the better. It’s going to be tough but we have to have faith.”

Raúl García was another of the central figures. He started the game and played a good match. The central midfielder was pleased with the victory and appeared optimistic with respect to Thursday’s fixture in Germany. “We wanted to win and get past this week of crisis. The good thing is that the team played well and on top of that I got the start. Our goal is the same as always, which is to finish amongst the top four, and if those above us slipped up, then better for us. We came out the way we have to in all matches and Depor were unable to play as they wanted. It’s always important to score first. We had spoken about trying to grab the lead because it had been the opposite in previous matches. The pity is that Forlán was unable to score but the important thing was to get the 3 points. A striker lives on goals. Forlán missed a penalty, but there’s no need to focus on that. Surely he’ll have more chances next time and will score again. Logically, after a very good first half, we then focused on controlling the match. That small let up led to us not scoring more goals. We’ve always talked about how important it is to win at home and earn points on the road to catch those above us. It’s important for all of us to give our all, but we all know that Kun is a player that can resolves many games for us and both he and Forlán have to do that for the team to do well. We have to go to Leverkusen to win and then wait and hope. We know that it’s complicated. We want to win and then we’ll see if chance falls on our side.”

For his part, Filipe Luis, who was facing his former team, was satisfied with the victory. “It was a very special match for me. I was a nit eager, but it went well. The main thing was to keep a clean sheet and make sure Deportivo didn’t create chances. I think that we have to continue along this line because we have very important games coming up. I have to admit that after a very tough week the team reacted well, trained hard and went into this game with high morale. It was important to keep the points at home. We knew that the only way to get over the bad spell was to play a perfect and complete match, and we came out focused on doing that. Nobody wants to fall off the pace, as we want to be in the battle for a top-four spot and we went for the win from the get go. The defence was one of the things we needed to work on after having conceded so many goals, but I think that the defence is working very hard and the whole team played well. The defensive work starts at the top and everyone helped out a lot. You could notice that on the pitch,” he concluded.