Job done!

Last updated : 28 November 2003 By FootyMad

Sir Bobby

"It's job done, the object was to get through and we've done it. It's sometimes not going to be exotic.


"Our opinion on that team before we played them was that they would give us two difficult games, and they've done that.

"We've given them two difficult games as well. We've been the better team over two matches and we've gone through 4-2, so it's fine.


"No, I don't think we’re favourites. We'll be a danger to most clubs, but I wouldn't want to say that we'll be one of the favourites, I think that's putting pressure on us.

"Why put pressure on yourself? There'll be some very good teams coming in from the Champions League, but we're there and it's fine.

"We've won again at home, we've not been in too much difficulty. We didn't give Manchester City a sniff here on Saturday.


"They (Basel) got a sniff of it, but you're not going to play 90 minutes at this level of football and they're not going to get a sniff of your goal. But they haven't put the ball past our keeper, so that's fine.


"There will be some very good teams coming into it. This competition gets stronger now. It doesn't get weaker, it gets stronger because the teams that weren't so good have gone and the teams that are left are the strong teams."



Christian Gross


"Of course we're disappointed because we had our chances.


"But it was our home defeat which stopped us going forward, and giving away a silly own goal here.


"It became really, really difficult. We tried hard and we created some good opportunities to score, excellent opportunities, but unfortunately, we couldn't score.


"We had quite a good first half, especially Marco Streller. He missed a great chance - Given was excellent on that occasion.

"We're disappointed, but what we now have to look to is becoming champions this year."