Alexander Barabanov: "The defeat is not down to the roster changes"

- I don't have any emotions. We played terribly today, let's put it like that. Spartak gave us a good lesson. We should have been ready from the start, and not beginning from the second period.

- Did the changes to the line-up take their toll?

- No, I don't think so. We are always being changed, we're used to playing with one another. The defeat is not down to this.

- Including yourself, how do the players feel physically?

- Everyone is in the same boat. Our job is to go out and play.

- The third game against Spartak Moscow was the worst.

- They played really well in Moscow too. They have a fast team which fights to the end, that's the most important thing. We need to do the same.

- Does this loss mean that Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod need to be wary of Saturday's match?

- Let's wait and see.