The second thing is that because we mainly start with 13 or 14 players that have shared most of the playing time, the ones that haven’t played a lot it’s very useful for them to have 90 minutes. Because if we do get into injury problems, these players will have a bit of game rhythm then as well. So, it’s a choice that we’ve made for the long term. It doesn’t tell you anything about the results in the short term but definitely it helps us for the long term.

On PSV’s form this season compared to last season when he was up against them with Feyenoord…

Of course last season I saw a bit more than this season. And last season they were incredible. This season I haven’t seen that much, I think they’ve dropped a few points more than last season but not that big of a difference. They still scored a lot of goals in a short amount of time. They still have a lot of quality in their squad so if you talk about the team, nothing has changed there.

On whether he feels there are similarities between his playing style and that of PSV boss Peter Bosz…

I don’t know if we’re exactly similar but there are similarities, as there are with many, many, many coaches. What is definitely a similarity is he wants to have the ball a lot, he doesn’t go to a low block waiting for the other team to make a mistake, he doesn’t let his goalkeeper put the ball on the six-yard line and kick it as far as he can, and he wants to bring the ball out from the back.

I think for the PSV fans – and I have noticed this when I was here last season – they are really, really, really happy that Peter is here because he doesn’t only bring results, every game he is involved in I think is a joy to watch. It is always positive, it is always eventful, a lot of things happen. I think the fans here in Eindhoven are very happy – not only because he won the league, but mainly also because of his playing style. I know we are mainly judged about results, but I would hope there comes a time that managers are also judged on their playing style, which is difficult because almost everyone judges us [as] if we win we play well and if we lose we don’t play well.

On the plan for tomorrow for the Reds players who didn’t travel to Eindhoven…

They will be off tomorrow. If it’s possible, we always prefer to have them off three days before the game – that’s not always possible if you play so many games! They will train on Thursday, so a few staff members will go back home earlier on Thursday morning to train with the ones that stayed behind. But they are off tomorrow.