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Gibbs-White reacts to Martinez's brilliant save:

“How's he saved that, by the way? How's he saved that? He did one similar last year. I was screaming at Igor going 'how have you not scored that?' But it's all credit to the goalkeeper, it's a great save.”

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Morgan Gibbs-White continues:

“I think having the two strikers up there helps me and Omari out massively because it leaves their two centre-backs isolated and it allows us to have the space to come inside and do what we need to do.”

On Chris Wood, he says: ““He's been a massive miss for us this season. Fair play to him for coming back so early. He's been a credit to us since he's come back and long may it continue.

“Never in doubt. Full confidence in him. Ten years. That's why he's our penalty taker. It's an incredible finish. Cool, calm, composed. We know as a team we can rely on him when we need him. And it showed.”

Morgan Gibbs White tells TNT Sports:

On new manager Vitor Pereira, he says: “He's been a massive part of the success that we've recently had in terms of his ideas, his tactics. The way he believes football should be with passion, aggression and fight. We've been showing that in our performances. The atmosphere today was incredible. I think the boys put on an incredible performance.

“The control we had in the game, even when they had the ball, we felt we had control. We weren't comfortable because obviously they have incredible talent and threat but with the ball we were calm, confident, had a couple of chances where we could have gone 1-0 up before. But delighted for Woody to score his penalty.

“But it's only half-time. There's a lot to do.”

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Chris Wood tells TNT Sports:

Asked about how he stayed so calm before taking his penalty, he says: “That's what I have to do and that's what I try to do. It's the job, the responsibility that my team gives me.”

On his important role in the team after a difficult injury spell, he says: “That's all I wanted to do. I wanted to get back fit and firing to help my team as best as I can at the end of the season. I knew we had a lot to play for when I was fighting to get fit and it's showing. It's some big competitions to be a part of.

“We're in the crunch end of the season. We need to perform on both parts and we'll be looking to do that for sure.”

Unai Emery tells TNT Sports:

On Anderson’s challenge on Watkins, Emery says: “Fantastic the referee, fantastic. But the VAR is so so bad. It's a clear red card, I don't understand why the VAR is not calling the referee because it's so clear. It's a huge, huge mistake. VAR is responsible.

“The referee - fantastic, fantastic job, 10 out of 10, I appreciated how he managed the match for 90 minutes.

“I watched it back - wow. Huge. He could break his ankle. VAR where are you? It is your responsibility, we are professionals. It was so clear for everybody. He could break his ankle. It's not fair.”

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