We deserved to win, we played a very good game, a difficult game against a strong Celtic team, but we played very, very well.
After the first match you weren’t happy with the team’s attacking game, what about in this match?
In Glasgow, we played a good game, it was our first game after 2 months, so it was difficult. The tempo of Celtic was very good and Celtic didn’t give us chances to score. Tonight we played very, very well, we scored 3 goals and had a lot of chances. The most important thing is for 75 minutes we didn’t give Celtic a single chance.
Today was Zabolotny’s home debut, how did you rate his performance?
I think he can improve, it’s only his second game and he’s only been here a month. It’s his first such game, so it’s not easy. He fights and can improve, I’m confident he will improve a lot.
Do you have a preference who you get in the next round? Do you want a Russian team?
I don’t know, all the teams left are strong and maybe better than us, I don’t know.
Leo Paredes will miss the next match because of his yellow car tonight, how will Zenit do without him?
He’s an important player for us, when he plays well, like this evening, we win. It will be a big problem for the next game. I’m sure we can improve our physical condition in the next game and whoever replaces him will play well I’m sure.
