‘Pressure part of rebuild’ – Cifuentes

Leicester City boss Marti Cifuentes spoke to BBC Sport after Saturday’s 3-1 win at Derby County.

“Pressure is part of the job, right? This is never about me, it’s about the club, the fans and trying to do the best we can,” he told BBC Sport.

“I said from day one, I was very honest, that this will be a rebuilding process, that it could take some time and the target is clear [promotion to the Premier League] because of the size of the club.

“It definitely has not been an easy week, or the last couple of weeks have not been easy, more because of the disappointment of the way we lost games and the way we performed.

“And it’s not about me, I’m very aware of what my job is and what my task is and that is what I work for every day.

“The first half was very good, and perhaps we could have scored even more goals, and that’s a lot to say after being 3-0 up at half-time against a good team.

“It’s easy for me to sit here now after a win like this to say ‘that’s exactly what we want’. But football is a challenge every week and we will play every game against teams that are well coached, and well prepared and I understand that we always want to perform at this level.”