Fabregas warns Como against complacency after 9-1 Champions League win at Lens

Como produced a remarkable 9-1 away victory over Lens in the fourth round of the Champions League league phase, a result the Italian coach Fabregas described afterwards as a night when everything went his team's way. Corriere dello Sport reported the scoreline and the coach's post-match comments, made to Sky Sport, in which he praised his players but immediately turned attention to what he called a very important match on Sunday and the need to finish the current run of games well.

Fabregas said it was a happy evening for the club's supporters and for many young players at the start of their careers, but insisted his side must keep their feet on the ground and keep learning. He warned against acting like "phenomena" after one big result, saying the message should be that it was a good day and the focus must move to producing more good performances. He also said he was angry about the goal Como conceded, noting that the scorer was a former teammate of his and joking that he had never seen him score a goal like that, a remark he said he had shared with the player.

On the schedule, Fabregas said that when he saw the last two Champions League fixtures were against PSG and Barcelona he felt his team needed to collect as many points as possible early, describing those two opponents as being at a higher level. He said many games remain before those meetings and that his immediate concern is recovering the many missing players, especially in attack, before a final push on Sunday followed by rest and training. He also spoke about his fondness for left-footed players, calling them special and saying those he played with saw football with a different class, while stressing that the club had not signed left-footers deliberately and that the important thing is that players understand the football he wants to bring.

Douvikas also spoke after the match, with his hat-trick making him the Champions League's top scorer. He called it a great honour to be so high in the standings and thanked his teammates for helping him, but said the important thing was the win and three more points. He said the team is hungry, that it is his first year in the competition, and that Como play well and always try to win the ball back, describing attacking at speed as Fabregas's mentality.