On when it set in that Palace were going to win...
The final whistle. I think we did really well keeping the ball in their half, but again, I think it was then the keeper kicked another long ball, you never know, a second ball, a deflection… and they had a free kick I think, [Florian] Lejeune got the header, missing the target, so no…
I just took a deep breath with the final whistle.
On how he would like to be remembered in South London…
I just guided this group of players and the staff, and I supported them.
This isn’t because it's my 100% conviction that I can't do anything. I could be the best magician, but it wouldn't work without the players, and so the players deserve all the credit because they have to listen, they have to trust me and the staff of course, they have to work very hard, and I think every player will tell you that I'm very demanding – that things don't go how I think they should go, or players probably drop the standard for one or two percent, – I can't accept it.
Then sometimes they're a little bit upset with me, and that's fine, but at the end I think they know that I want the best for every single one, and I want the best for the team, and this, as soon as everybody understood this, we just created a fantastic spirit.
We always increased the standard and we said ‘okay, no we don't drop it anymore’ because it makes fun and we see what is possible’, and this is what I see as my job: to get everybody aligned in the way we are playing, in the way we are defending, in the way we are attacking, and to get everybody aligned in the mindset we have.
Therefore, you need great, talented football players, but you need great characters, because they have to follow, and so they deserve all the credit.
At the end it's now, with one year delay, that Crystal Palace, the players, the club and the supporters get what they have deserved last year after winning the FA Cup, and that's a spot in the Europa League.