"It was very important for us. We won a lot of games in a row at the end of the season because we had a lot of confidence and we wanted to be as close to them as possible," he said.
"You can take it as a positive because we were so close.
"This season it has almost been a problem because from the first day people were expecting us to win and score five goals in every game.
"Now, despite not starting well, we are in a good position and everyone has more confidence to play better.
"We know the teams at the top of the table will not make too many mistakes so we have to keep winning games."