Chelsea 2-0 Luton: What Alonso and Welbeck said

[Getty Images] Chelsea boss Xabi Alonso speaking to Sky Sports: "We needed to play with patience. Credit to Luton, they defended with heart. They were solid. It's not easy so in half-time we spoke to be patient and keep going. We scored quite quickly in the second half and that helped a lot. On the talent in the squad: "We want to have a complete squad in all aspects, in quality, maturity, personality, young players with experienced players. It's important that young players get help to develop and in those case the experienced players help a lot. Happy with the energy and the attitude of the players. The crowd, as well, has been great, we need them for the whole season. Now rest and we'll come back here on Sunday." On the signing of goalkeeper Emi Martinez: "No, with the summer, there are a lot of rumours, there are a lot of talks about players, so about players who are not in my changing room, so I prefer not to talk." On whether Martinez is the type of goalkeeper he would like to add to his squad: "I like to talk about my players." On Enzo Fernandez: "You never know. In football, there are surprises and movements, we need to be ready. We are patient and we are prepared." On lessons from tonight's game: "Having confidence in what we are doing. Patience to get the first goal and playing with the right tempo. Today, that was the case." Chelsea forward Danny Welbeck speaking to Sky Sports: "It's obviously really special to score on your debut, so really pleased with that. More importantly, to get through to the next round. It's not always easy when you're facing a low block and to break teams down. I got on the end of a cross and I'm happy to get the first goal." On playing for Chelsea: "I'm feeling really good. It's obviously a privilege to play for such a club and when opportunities come round like this, it's really difficult to turn them down. I'm really happy to be here, really excited for the project ahead. I give it everything in training and then on game days, I will give it my best, too. My availability has been really good over the last few seasons and long may that continue." On what he brings to the squad in terms of experience: "Age! I bring the average age a little bit higher. The experience of playing games, being in good and bad dressing rooms and knowing what it takes to achieve something special and push the group in the right way." On the message from Xabi Alonso: "We have to take it step by step. We've got so much quality in that dressing room and we've added experience. we want to help the younger boys and we've got such a great group with so many talented players in there. We can do something special this season if we achieve our goals." On facing former club Brighton at the weekend: "I'm really excited, it will be nice to see some familiar faces as well. I had a great time at Brighton and I don't have a bad word to say about them. They helped me so much. I'm looking forward to it. I've played against loads of ex-teams in my time, so it won't be too strange."