It was a very difficult match. I think in the first half we could not control the game the way we wanted. In the second half we had more want to win and thanks to this, we won. 

How did you manage to score despite having 10 men? 

It happens. When you play with 10 men, the pressure is off and you've nothing to lose. We went about our job in defence and had three or four good counterattacks, we created chances and scored. 

Are you happy that Zenit are top of the league?

Yes, but it's too early to talk about that with only three games gone. We need to improve and not wait for the second half to score. Instead we should control the entire match. We hope we will soon do that and now we are waiting for our next match.