Eirik Horneland: ‘We are where we are, we have to stay confident'

Update on the squad

Yvann Maçon and Aïmen Moueffek are fully back in training. That's great! Dennis Appiah is continuing his reathletisation, Anthony Briançon has a few physical problems and Pierre Cornud received a knock this morning. Igor Miladinovic and Ibrahim Sissoko are ill today. Ibrahima Wadji and Ben Old remain out.

After Marseille

We played a decent first 25 minutes against such strong opposition. There was that wonderful goal and then, when you're behind in Marseille, it's hard. We tried to change things at half-time to get more of the ball, but looking back, they weren't the right adjustments. I take responsibility for that. And then there was that penalty, which came very quickly. We're a team that's suffered a lot since the start of the season. When you start to suffer, you miss simple things and you don't keep a cool head.

Angers

Angers have a lot of the things I like in football: a state of mind, organisation and individual quality. They have a clear style of play and I like what they do. They get the most out of their squad. (...) Any pressure around this match? There's always expectation around us. ASSE is a big club that generates pressure, but we have to play with that pressure and rise to the challenge.

The upcoming series

Yes, this series of matches that begins against Angers is very important (...) From Saturday, we must not let ourselves be affected by our last three complicated matches. We are where we are and we need to remain confident. We know that: we're preparing to play for survival right to the end, right down to the last ball.