On what his side accomplished in the two-legged series against Toluca:
“The objective was to get through this leg and move on to the next phase. I thought the first 20 minutes were very difficult just for the guys to get used to the altitude, but we got our second wind at about 20 minutes and thereafter. I give the guys a lot of credit, they were tough physically and also tough mentally.”
On scoring the away goal early in the game:
“We talked about that they were going to come out very explosive at the beginning and that we were going to have to be brave in playing our way.