Honestly? What a game that was. My head is still spinning from it all. Getting those three points mattered more than anything, I think everyone could feel that. For us under Arne Slot, it just felt huge.
They gave me that Player of the Match thing after, which was nice. A crazy one, absolutely. I told them after, it’s true! But you’re just happy in the end, you know? The winning is everything that counted, so we are happy.
So much happened in that stadium. They had a man sent off quite early on, which changed things. Then Isak came on and scored for us, which was brilliant. And Ekitike got another one right after, it was like a dream for a bit.
But football’s never simple. They got a goal back even with ten men, Richarlison was it. And then their captain, Romero, he got a red card too right at the very end. The whole match was just wild from start to finish.
About my assist, that was also nice to do. I think for most of the game, maybe 70 minutes, we played very good. The first half we had a few counters against us we could do better from. But mostly, it was a very good game from us I thought.
Then they scored from a set-piece and everything got a bit wild. It’s always like this in these games. Once a team gets one goal, they are trying to get a second one immediately. You just have to try and bring it to the end, you know? And we did that, we took the points.
For me personally, I feel things are coming. I think I had a few good situations where I got into positions to create something dangerous. It’s getting better every week, I can feel this on the pitch. It makes me happy that I can enjoy the football here.
To win like that, it says something about the team I think. It gives everyone a good feeling for what we are building. Three points like that keeps you right up there, showing we can fight through anything. A big night for us, really.
After the whistle, my legs was heavy but my spirit felt light. The noise in the tunnel is different after a win like that, all quick laughs and shoulders bumping. You could see in everyone’s eyes, we knew we got through something tough together.
The gaffer said at half-time it would be a battle of patience. Even with the extra man, the game does not just win itself. We had to be the calm ones, he said, which is funny because it felt anything but calm out there later on. But his words stuck with me when things got wild.
There was a moment, I think just after they scored, where the entire crowd got up. The pressure was like a physical thing coming onto the pitch. In those minutes you are not really thinking, you are just reacting. Your body knows the movements before your brain does, which is a strange feeling.
Back in the dressing room, the music was loud but the talk was louder. Everyone had a story about a moment they saw. For me, it was Ali’s save just before we scored our second—a bit of a blurry moment that changed everything. Football is made of these small things that no one really plans.
Looking ahead, it’s just about this feeling. You want to hold onto it and take it into the next week at training. Games like this, they make you believe a little more in what you’re doing here. For a player, that’s the best thing you can get from a Saturday night in London, really.
