On another positive result...
"I feel we had a difficult Champions League game and we kept good
focus today. Even when the game looked to become easy we kept good
concentration on the quality of our game. I feel that's really
enjoyable to watch because players do not think 'OK, it's easy
now', and start to become more individualistic. They play a good
collective game, the team means business, you know? They are not
there to be show-offs, they want to achieve something
together."
On hat-trick man Adebayor...
"I feel physically he looks stronger, you see that in many
challenges when he gets his body in. He is really a lion. He has a
huge force coming out of him, basically he had that already before
but he looks calmer in his finishing."
On bringing Cesc off...
"He had a little calf problem at half-time. The game was over and I
wanted to take him off, but he saw I wanted to take him off and
quickly took advantage to score a goal. That is amazing because it
tells you how much the psychological boost comes from the
confidence you get from the goals you scored before, because if you
had not scored the other six he would not even try to shoot
today."
On extending their lead in the
Premiership...
"Yes of course, the bigger the difference is with the second the
better it is, but we played six times with four at home. So we are
conscious that next week will be another test. We go to West Ham I
think, so we just go game-to-game and try to improve. We won in a
convincing way at Tottenham, we could have won at Blackburn so it's
just, let's keep it going and see where we are."
On Walcott's performance...
"I feel he had the type of defender who didn't give him any room,
in the first half he struggled a little bit to find any space. In
the second half he looked more himself because I asked him to come
more inside to get the ball. When he stayed out as a winger,
Griffin, who has a lot of experience, didn't give him any room. But
he has not played for a while. For example you see Diaby came on
the other night and had a difficult game - today it was completely
different. I link that more with the fact that he has not played
recently."
On Derby County...
"They played a real cup game against Newcastle at home so I think
mentally that has cost them a lot of energy, maybe you are a bit
flat in the game after. They will stay in the league with their
home form. Of course, they must nick a few points away from home
but basically they have to focus on their home form if they want to
stay in the league."
