He successfully neutralized threats from Sancho, Cucurella, and Tyrique George throughout the match.After the victory, Veltman emphasized the team's need to "bounce back" following their heavy 7-0 Premier League defeat to Nottingham Forest.
He said post-game: “Obviously, we know the things we need to improve on, when you have an off day like that, maybe that’s an understatement, you need a response the game after that, and we were able to do that tonight.”
He added "I tried to be more active in the attacking way.
"Obviously, I have always been a central defender and I'm thinking like that most of the time, instead of going forward when there is space. But we trained on this, and I think it's really difficult for anyone to defend those passes back especially straight after a cross.”