RAKITIC AND EN-NESYRI HAPPY WITH THE TEAM'S "REACTION" THAT LED TO RAYO COMBEACK

We spoke to Ivan Rakitic and Youssef En-Nesyri following Saturday's 2-2 draw against Rayo Vallecano. Firstly, the club captain discussed the dramatic fashion in which his teammate brought things level in the dying seconds of the match and expressed his joy, but also insisted that performances need to improve: "First of all, I'm angry, but also proud of our reaction to finding ourselves behind at halftime. I'm not sure why didn't play like that from the start. We have to throw everything at the game, to fight for more. Then things tend to work themselves out... but our second goal was in large part thanks to the fans in the stadium, who drove us on. There are lots of things we have to improve on, and we have to act as a unit in order make the right steps forward."

Meanwhile, En-Nesyri spoke about the second half: "I'm happy, but things have to improve. It was a bad first half, but the second was spectacular and we did enough to earn a point. We have to keep working on work in the box. I don't know why we weren't allowed to play for an extra minute, but we are going to do all we can to win these upcoming games. My goal was a great goal, and proves that we need to keep focused until the very end."