Wednesday night was a big game for us and I felt we were well organised, disciplined, focused and basically never really under threat from FC Twente. What was most important was not to make mistakes, be patient and score our goals.

It was a big improvement on Saturday. Fulham were sharper than us in the first half at Craven Cottage and that showed when we were punished from the corner. When you are focused you can stop them scoring like that from the middle of the goal.

What we did against Fulham was just not good enough but I felt the whole team was sharper and physically much better against Twente. They gave us the same problems by man-marking all over the pitch, but we were well-organised and showed good patience.

The response to Saturday was clear. It was togetherness, it was consistency and that is what you want on a night like that. We want to play with the best and to do that means qualifying for the Group Stage. There was so much at stake and it was a big mental test.

Of course we had Cesc Fabregas back in the side and he brings calm and confidence to us and gave us a good balance. Cesc could have stayed on but I took him off because he has just come back from a hamstring injury and we play again on Saturday against Newcastle so recovery time will be very short.

I also took off Samir Nasri because he had a stomach bug during the game and was sick at half-time. He couldn't go on.

Samir scored the first of our four goals and it was good to score a few because we have been struggling a little bit for goals. I was never really worried about that because we can create chances but it is difficult when you start the season with a qualifier and in-between you have an international friendly. At that stage the bodies aren't completely ready to absorb all that and you can have a dip a little bit. I felt that on Saturday.

As far as central midfield is concerned, I felt Denilson had a good game on Wednesday night. We have Aaron Ramsey as well - for me he will be a very good player - and we have Alex Song and we have Abou Diaby. Even Nasri can play central but we have to see.

Thanks for your support.