Fredy Montero instrumental in late goal against Arouca

"I picked up a pass from Bryan (Ruiz) and I tried to shoot, but Slimani scored for us and it gave us an important three points", said Montero after Sporting's win in Arouca this Sunday night.

For the Colombian striker, the final result was all down to hard work being put in on the training pitch: "We are ready for this kind of game and when we can't play well we have to try as hard as we can, which is what we did. Champions are made like this. We had a lot of possession and it wasn't enough, but we scored in the end. The coach asked me to look for space, because that is what we were missing. We won and that is the most important thing."