00:00 the players. First, congratulations for Newcastle for go through. Big compliment I said in the
00:27 locker room to the players for the way we played comparing last season against Southampton.
00:33 We were there but we didn't play absolutely anything. Today we were there, we made a brilliant
00:37 first half and of course for the way we played, I think Newcastle could not accept. They increased
00:42 the rhythm, the aggressivity and the kicking and they were there, more aggressive. We struggled
00:49 a little bit but it was normal. I said at times it would not be the second half like
00:52 the first. We had to be there in the bad moments. We were there and at the end we could not
00:58 win with the crowd. As I said, congratulations Newcastle for going through.
01:03 Do you think they surprised your players a little bit? Newcastle were quite passive in
01:08 the first half and then seemed to shift to a slightly more aggressive approach in the
01:12 second half?
01:13 Yeah, Bruno, the impact was important. Joelinton as always is important. They made a step forward,
01:19 we knew it. When we played against Newcastle in the past it was like that, it was not a
01:23 surprise. But having positive things from many, many players, a good play. So competitions,
01:30 we won the European Super Cup, we have three more competitions to play and for the rest
01:37 of the teams, good luck for the Carabao Cup.
01:39 Do you think you gave a few players a chance today? Did anyone take that chance?
01:46 Absolutely. Oscar was more than brilliant in all departments, defensively, offensively.
01:52 The game, the guy he's played is unbelievable and Sergio played really good. All of them
01:57 played really good, Rico as well and centre defenders, everyone was really, really good.
02:02 This game means you can't go to the treble, is there any disappointment?
02:09 Oh yeah, yeah. Do you think the target was to win the Catrubo? Honestly, it's not. We
02:21 compete really good, that is what I say to my team and we are more than satisfied to
02:27 win the treble. Our expectations are high but not high enough to make the other ones
02:33 satisfied for that. So it never was in our minds, so we came here to play and we compete
02:38 really good and that's all.
02:40 You were very angry and animated on the pitch many times in the second half and then the
02:47 yellow card, why was that?
02:51 Well, I don't know how many faults they did, how many faults we had, we did and we have
02:56 I don't know, the double of yellow cards. But it is what it is, sometimes emotions are
03:03 there, so respect for the referees, absolute for the job and well deserved the yellow card
03:07 again.
03:08 You had Erling on the bench, was he always... were you thinking of bringing him on when
03:17 you had a scorer to go on?
03:19 No.
03:20 Did you just completely need a rest? Did it add to worrying you because of the side things?
03:26 No, no, I thought Kyle was a lot of minutes, Erling a lot of minutes and we have a lot
03:33 of games ahead of us, of course maybe a good thing, the last 10-15 minutes but I decided
03:38 to do it.
03:39 Is it a concern for Julian to be scoring a lot of goals recently? Is it a concern that
03:45 maybe there weren't too many other goal scorers in that side?
03:49 We have scored a lot of goals since I arrived here, you see the statistics how many goals
03:53 I scored, with different strikers, without the strikers, with wingers, different wingers,
03:57 attacking midfielders, but Newcastle is a top side, defensively they are so strong,
04:03 in all departments they work really, really well, everybody knows it so it's not easy
04:07 to do it.
04:08 But I have time to have our chances for the last pass, the last action and this is what
04:13 I'm looking for for my team.
04:15 Pep, there's a lot of focus on Calvin Phillips' performance today...
04:20 He played really good, really, really good. It's not easy when you have a lack of rhythm
04:24 or a lack of tempo in the minutes you play, he did it, he played really good.
04:28 Did he do enough to put him into consideration for the awards?
04:32 Yeah, absolutely, everyone has the chance so we have time now, come back, recovery and
04:38 we have time to think about it.
04:40 Oscar has played on the right wing, can you see how he handled that striker role?
04:51 He played number 10, he played a striker, he played a winger, so we know him that in
04:55 the pocket, in the middle he moved really well and we know his intensity has done.
04:59 He works without the ball, the tempo he has is amazing and his ability in the first half
05:05 was an action that Julian was a little bit shy, because that situation, the way the defender
05:11 defend, he should have finished the action but it's normal, so in that age it happened.
05:16 He has already played 96 minutes and that is really good.
05:21 You said that Kyle and Ruben were exhausted earlier this week, is it the same situation
05:26 for early now?
05:28 There are guys that play a lot of minutes, Ruben a lot and Kyle with the national team
05:34 118, yeah, and he decided with his line-up, so always have done that in the Carabao Cup
05:41 since day one arrived.
05:43 So the Carabao Cup always play the players who never regularly play.
05:48 If you go through, go through, go through, when you arrive in the semi-finals, final,
05:50 after that I take, ok, I'm going to try to win it.
05:53 But I don't want to waste energy in this competition in that stage, unfortunately we have a lot
05:57 of injuries, that the guys who have not played today will play, but today play guys like
06:01 not play regularly and play good minutes and unfortunately I should play Manuel, Akanji
06:06 that I would like to rest, but yeah, that was the decision as always I've done.
06:12 Ok guys, thank you.
06:14 Thank you.
06:15 (coughing)
06:17 [COUGH]
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