“I think every competition adds something different. You’ve seen from the Conference League run and the Champions League run, what it does to the fans and how it gives you something slightly different from the league.

“Obviously, we’ve had some relative success in getting to the Carabao Cup final a number of years ago, so we want to try and go as far in these competitions as possible, and the FA Cup obviously will add to that in January when it starts.

“Hopefully, we can go far in as many different competitions as possible, and silverware has to be the goal.”

**Tyrone Mings, pre-match.**


"We want to win and we want to be our team again, with a structure. There is still work to do, but also playing with some players who joined us in the last moment of the transfer window, this is the moment.

"We need to be strong in our structure and then the new players start playing and then they try to adapt as soon as possible and play with their qualities."

"We have to try to add players who joined in the last two weeks, who are getting fit and knowing our style and idea.

"It is a competition we will fight in and will try to get our best in. It is an opportunity for us, the club, and the player to get a title."

**Unai Emery, pre-match**


"We compete well. Some players needed to take time playing, getting confidence and getting fit. We scored a goal and drew but in the end we lost on penalty kicks. We are improving."

"Good, good. I decided to use different players and try to adapt as soon as possible. They played well and we created more chances than the last matches. We were more or less controlling the game but we want to concede less corners. We did a complete match in 90 minutes and if we were more clinical we could win."

"We have some new players and we have some issues getting balance in the squad and now we are progressing in the right way that I want."

**Unai Emery, post-match**