MONTELLA: "WE'RE STARTING TO BE A UNITED GROUP THAT KNOWS WHAT IT'S PLAYING FOR"

Vincenzo Montella analysed his side's win against Espanyol in his post-match press conference: "It was a needed and important win. It was group work, with spirit and a continuation of the positive dynamic from Madrid we're very happy with. We're starting to be a united group and when we manage to play like that we're all for one and we know what we're playing for". 

The Italian evaluated the confidence of the team and wanted to continue with the same dynamic: "When you win everything feels good but it's true that it was needed to have a match like today and it gives us confidence for the return-leg against Atlético on Tuesday. We've kept a clean-sheet which is also very important. Now we need 90 minutes of giving everything on Tuesday and we need to be ready for that match".