Ange Postecoglou

So we had the discussion, you know, as you do with a medical crew, well, we think he would have been right next week.

It's a week early.

Again, in hindsight, I should have probably not risked him knowing how valuable he was.

Now, we got hit with a perfect storm because then Romero does his quad.

Not related.

Like I said, Mickey does.

He was only due to play 60 minutes.

But because Romero did his quad and went off early, I kept him on.

I think he did it in the 70s.

So you've got to take – again, I've got to take responsibility.

They're my decisions.

But it's kind of a fine line because you're still – you're playing Chelsea and you want to beat them.

I mean, the whole thing on me is everyone saying, well, I shouldn't have prioritised Europa instead of the league.

But that's why I did it at the end.

We couldn't win the Europa unless I protected Mickey.

And so by the end of it, I did.

There were plenty of games that were both fit.

I didn't play them because I needed them.

When we played Frankfurt –

If I didn't have Mickey and Kuti there, no way we would have been able to stop Mekitike.