It was an emotional afternoon at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan as Sevilla gave Monchi a public farewell, yet it was also an afternoon of fine attacking football as Jorge Sampaoli claimed he is determined that his team keeps playing the same way as they did against Deportivo la Coruna.
Goals from Stevan Jovetic, Pablo Sarabia, Joaquin Correa and Wissam Ben-Yedder saw the Andalusian team ease to victory as they look to end the season on a strong note.
A recent poor run under Sampaoli's watchful eye ended with victory over Deportivo La Coruna, and it will have eased tension within the group.
The significance of this was not lost on the Argentine coach who was enthused by his team's attacking football.
"We have had the feeling of being a team with vertigo as we attack all the time and this is a lot of fun for the future," he explained.
Sevilla's display was characterised by quick interchanges when in possession as well as a high tempo pressing game which forced Deportivo in mistakes when in transition. In truth there could have been even more goals such was the attacking spectacle the hosts created.
"If you analyse the match in the way I do then we conceded two goals that were avoidable," he said.
"Of course mistakes happen but it ended up being a problem because we simply did not convert our many chances."
Refereeing performances have been a subject discussed across the board in LaLiga on Saturday and the former Chilean national coach refused to comment on the performance of Santiago Latre.
"The truth is I'm not good at analysing other people's judgements," he noted.
"He will have his own criteria with which to justify exactly what he saw."
Sevilla have been criticised this season for not being as defensively focused as is necessary, yet the club have continued to produce positive results in all competitions.
Sampaoli isn't going to change his style and he was quick to defend it following Saturday's victory.
"Speed in attack is our strategy, I wish we could repeat today's performance every single week but we now have to transform our 61 points into more if we are to qualify for the Champions League," he concluded.
