‘Now the others have a little more pressure’

We moved level on points with fourth-placed Chelsea after a hard-fought 2-1 win over Cardiff City on Tuesday night.

After the match, Bernd Leno spoke to the media and discussed the benefits of playing before our top-four rivals.

Here’s what he said:

on the performance…

I think the most important thing was that we won. It was a tough game and very difficult because Cardiff are very strong on set-pieces and physical, so the most important thing was to win.

on the slow start…

I think we started very well. In the first 10 minutes we had some chances to score and didn’t take them, then Cardiff played better and we were a little bit nervous. They had some chances and we knew about their quality and…