NEW YORK RED BULLS HEAD COACH JESSE MARSCH
On the result of the game…
“Incredible performance. We had a bunch of guys on the field who wanted to express how much they wanted it, and you know it’s been a tough start of the season for us, there’s no doubt, but I felt like in all ways we wanted to go out and make sure that this was going to be a performance whether we won or lost that we could hang our hat on. We could say, alright now we’re turning the corner, now we’re in that big game, we know what that’s going to take. Not in our wildest dreams would we have predicted 7-0, but I think it was again an expression of the belief and the commitment that this team has for each other and a chance for them to show mostly themselves what we’re all about.”
On whether he expected more from the opponent…
“Well you know, tactically, I think we knew what we were going to get. We were going to make some adjustments to deal with what they do tactically. I think what (Patrick) Vieira has done this year with the team tactically is very unique and we had to make a few adjustments to make sure that the way they press from the inside doesn’t cost us, and so we created different ways to start to break down that pressure. Now the fight part, it’s a question of how much fight did they have versus how much did we have, and I think we learned a ton from a week ago. We see where we laid a goose egg and we realized that we never wanted to do that again so I think a lot of it had to do with our ability to step on the field and really know what it meant to go after.”
On what the importance was to continue to push in the game and score more goals…
“Well we always want to play our optimum. You know, one of the things that was great was the three subs that we put on the field and then ultimately end up getting goals. You know, it’s been a weird year. We haven’t been able to show our quality at a lot of moments and we haven’t always played at our best, but the whole time that we were going through our struggles we just thought when we get out of this, we’re going to be better – so that’s been the focus, that’s been the concentration, and I think that you know again, after coming off a good year, there’s something to overcome with the complacency, but now with a tough start we just knocked some of that out and we’re trying to fill back in all the little details and the work ethic to get us back to where we can be.”
NEW YORK RED BULLS FORWARD BRADLEY WRIGHT-PHILLIPS
On the game…
“You come in expecting a brawl, and it was, but we were so clinical that there was nothing that could stop us. We got the goals we deserved today. There have been a lot of games this season where we didn’t get the goals we deserved, where we could have scored six. There can be no complaints today, no complaints.”
On the score line…
“I can’t explain it. I’m still trying to think now. seven-nil is crazy, especially with the players they’ve got. We came in today and showed them nothing but respect, which is why we worked so hard, and today we were just so clinical and everything came off for us.”
On the feeling of the rivalry…
“It was always going to be chippy. At the beginning of the game you could feel the nerves, this rivalry is definitely up there and it is only going to get better.”
On the result…
“It was one of those games where nothing went wrong. We have had a lot of games this year where I feel like we didn’t get the luck, but today it all went our way.”
On being a liberated team…
“I feel like we are. Credit to them – they are a good team that sticks to their game plan. They try to play out of the back and play high pressure, and it played in our favor today. Today we were able to play our game away from home, close them down, and get shots off. It’s an amazing feeling.”
NEW YORK RED BULLS MIDFIELDER SACHA KLJESTAN
On the goals…
“I think we probably had 3 or 4 chances, and we put three of them away and I think that changed the game.”
On a game with such a big score line…
“Yeah I was saying it’s funny, sometimes when you play these Derby games they don’t ever end 0-0, there is always some action. I remember when I played for Anderlecht one year we were playing Club Bruges, who is our biggest rival, and it was a 1 vs. 2 game and we ended up winning 6-0 at home – and you think – “How can this happen in a Derby game?” – and it’s one of those where after the first domino falls, they just keep falling.”
Did you feel frustration on their end as things got out of hand…
“You could see a few late tackles coming in. That’s frustrating for them. For the most part they stuck to their game plan and I think that we just executed ours to the best of our ability.”
Why do you think the rivalry has been so lopsided so far…
“Last year we won the Supporters Shield and they didn’t make the playoffs, so it was lopsided in that way. This year I think it is going to be more competitive. They’ve improved and they are a good team. Today we just put away 3-4 goals on set pieces I think and that doesn’t usually happen in a game so, we all stuck together, our mentality was great all night, and we finished a lot of chances. I don’t think a lot of Derby games are going to be like this.”
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