Sporting KC Manager Peter Vermes
Importance of opening with win on road in CCL...
Obviously, this being our first Champions League game and more importantly, being away from home, I thought that we showed a lot of discipline in the game. I thought we showed a lot of maturity, which is good to see as we start this competition. We understand how difficult this competition can be as we've seen our teams in our league obviously participate in this. They're never easy games. I think we came in here with the right mentality. I definitely think we chose the right formula in regards to travel and coming down here. And again, I thought the guys were very good at the way they executed our game plan today.
On the response for guys in their first CCL experience...
I thought we were very mature. When I look at the way we performed throughout the entire match, we were very, very smart in how we dealt with the outside forces that sometimes can hurt you in a game. I thought we were very, very good in a lot of situations during the course of the game. We kept our composure. We really focused and concentrated on playing our game. Everybody was alert and attentive to that.
On the importance of set pieces tonight...
As I say to the guys all the time, when you play international competition, one of the biggest places that you can score goals is on set pieces. Because neither team knows each other very well and if you do certain things that they're not used to, it's a way for you to capitalize. You have to be very alert and concentrate on those moments. I'm very proud we got one on the set piece and also got one in the run of play.
On Dwyer's performance...
It's always great when a forward gets you a goal, but more importantly, I thought that his movement off the ball and especially his diagonal runs into the channels were fantastic for us and really put the other team under a lot of pressure because it stretched their defense. His movement was very key to our success today.
