If Zenit win the league early will you still be in the mood to keep scoring and break the RPL goalscoring record?
I came here to win titles, and I’ve said many times that I’m not interested in personal records. All I care about is Zenit winning. The goal scoring record comes second.
Will you watch the match between Rostov and Fakel tomorrow?
Of course, it will be good for us if this match is a draw, but firstly we have to look at our own game and think about winning on Sunday. This is the most important thing, to play in front of our fans at our own stadium in such an important match. We shouldn’t be worrying about other teams matches and should always play to win.
Ahead is a match with Spartak you’ve a personal duel with Promes to be RPL top scorer…
Promes and I don't have any battle, he plays his game and I play mine. As the manager always says, we must not look be looking at the other team, instead we have to focus on ourselves and always aim to win. This is how teams who are champions operate, and this is what we are going to do in the match with Spartak. It will be a very difficult match against a top opponent, but with the quality players we have we should be looking for the win on Sunday.
Matches between Zenit and Spartak are always special, during your stay in Russia have you also felt this?
I really feel how important this match is and everyone at Zenit knows how special these matches are for the club. But at the same time, we must want to win and to show how well we can play, and that should always be the same. It doesn't matter if we’re playing Spartak, Ural or Khimki, we have to go out there and aim to win. I hope that on Sunday we will be able to play to our best, be better than them and play our best football to get the win and be one step closer to the title, this is our main aim.
