FC Pune City climbed to the summit of Hero Indian Super League (ISL) 2017-18 after a 2-1 victory over Jamshedpur FC at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Stadium in Pune on Wednesday. Wellington Priori gave Jamshedpur the lead, however, two goals in quick succession by Gurtej Singh and Emiliano Alfaro secured maximum points for the Stallions on the night. Speaking to indiansuperleague.com soon after the final whistle was Pune’s match-winner Alfaro, who shared his thoughts on the encounter. Here are the excerpts from the interview.

Thoughts on the comeback win?

It was a very difficult game for us. They are a strong team. They have not conceded many goals this season. But we worked hard. We tried to be a team and we finally got the three points. That is the most important thing today.

How does it feel to end your goal-drought?

I tried to score many times. But sometimes, these things happen. Of course, I have to improve on this and forget these things and think about and work hard for the next game and finish. Nothing more to say about that because these things happen in football. If you try, these things happen. If you don’t try, these things don’t happen.

What are your thoughts on being top of table?

I have to say, this is a very long season. It is short but still long enough because we have to play 18 games. At the end, if we are in the top four, we will go in to the semi-finals. Until then, we have nothing. We are only on top of the table now, that is good of our confidence and for us it is not the most important thing. The most important thing now is to work hard and try and reach the semi-finals.

How does it feel after Ranko Popovic’s return to the dugout after his touchline ban?

He told us to be happy and play and if you see the second half, we came out differently and we won the game. Two teams play but only one can get the three points. They have a very good team. They work hard and they play good but today we have the three points.