On the squad's improvement and current form:

"I think we are better than last season, especially the end of the season, many, many injuries. It's difficult to believe right now because we are not winning, we are not scoring, but I'm positive because I believe in my players, I believe in this group of players. I think the players have big, big qualities, big potential, and now I'm positive." — Roberto De Zerbi, pre-match press conference

On Mudryk's injury:

"It was a stupid injury of Mudryk, and we hope he can be back as soon as possible. For him and for us. For him, because he suffered too much and for us because we lost one player, an important player." — De Zerbi

On needing to play with more courage:

"I work with the players every day, I know the players better than you, and during the week we play with more confidence, with more courage, with more freedom. And during the game when we have the opponent 3m, 4m, it's like we don't want the ball or we don't want to take any risks because if we lose the ball, if we lose the ball, we can concede a goal, what is the problem. I'm the coach, I take the responsibility I have to take without problem, but I would like to play, to play, to play, to play, to run, to press, to dribble, to shoot many times, more times on the goal, because I know the potential of my players." — De Zerbi

On feeling pressure about not winning in the league:

"No, I'm not happy, for sure, because I suffer the defeat, I suffer when I don't score, but I'm not so young, I have experience enough to analyse better the situation. The pressure was last season in that situation of the table, not now, because now we are working to become a team and we are building a new team with new relationships, with new connections, with new style of play, with new, many players. So I think we have to stay calm and to stay positive and without any pressure." — De Zerbi

On Lucas Bergvall's new contract:

"I'm delighted for the extension of his contract. He's working very well. It's difficult now because the competition, especially in his position - Tonali, Bentancur, Gallagher, are all players of high level. But I think at the end of the season he will play part of the game, many games, I think, and then he has to improve." — De Zerbi

On the mentality after conceding:

"After the first goal, because we played well, not amazing, but we played very well until the goal we conceded, and then I saw a little demoralisation. A little down in the mood. And I don't want that, because the game, if you concede a goal, 16 minutes, you have another 30 minutes to score one or two or three goals, and we have to push until the end. We lose the game when the referee says it's finished, the game. Until the end of the game, we have to push, forgetting the result, because it's our job, we play for a big club, and we have to respect our club." — De Zerbi

On Mohammed Kudus:

"I think very close to being ready to start the game. An amazing thing for me. I wanted Mo Kudus when I was in Brighton. I pushed a lot to bring him before he went to West Ham. He can play as a winger, as a number 10 and as a striker also and he is amazing player." — De Zerbi

On Richarlison's situation:

"I don't know, I don't know. It's not my job. What I can say is I know very well what the club has done for Richarlison. I know very well what the Richarlison has done for the club in the last month, in the last two months. I know, the club knows, he knows, his agent knows, everyone knows. Better than you. Much better." — De Zerbi