00:00 You had to wait a long time for that goal, you must have thought you deserved it?
00:07 I think so, but football is about scoring, conceding statistics, stats was really good
00:14 today, but you see the stats for the past, when we came here we could not score, we could
00:19 not win, it was quite similar than today.
00:22 And yeah, we are really pleased, of course to win against this team away, score goals,
00:29 but to go through, so we defend the title and the way we played we proved that we defended
00:34 really well.
00:35 How impressed were you that against a team that want to be so aggressive like Spurs,
00:41 that you carried them down to one shot, it's the first time this season?
00:45 Unbelievable, the performance was top, top class for these players that prove again the
00:51 reason why they have done what they have done in the past.
00:54 I know without Bissouma, without Sar, without Maddison coming back, so they are incredible,
01:02 fantastic team, the physicality they have, the concept that they want to do, but we played
01:07 incredible personality, all the players were in their top and otherwise we cannot do it.
01:14 And they proved again that winning what we won last season still we want to continue,
01:18 in the competitions, now it's the second part of the season and start to play games like
01:23 if we lose you lose competition, so in the Champions League soon and today in the FA
01:27 Cup, in the Premier League with the arrival of Liverpool, how strong they are and all
01:31 the other teams, Arsenal and so on, so we knew that we cannot draw points in the beginning
01:36 maybe but now we cannot.
01:38 And today the team play in that terms, in that mentality, knowing that you have to win
01:43 to go through and if you lose we are out and I'm really pleased.
01:48 You felt from the inside that people were questioning the desire of the players after
01:53 a travel but in the last couple of weeks you had a 90th minute winner at Newcastle, 88th
01:57 minute winner, so now you feel like two massive results in the context of the season.
02:02 Yeah but it's not easy, I understand your job from outside, judge the team, like when
02:06 everything is consistent or consistent, complains, complains, you understand so.
02:11 So the reality, we know the reality, I know them every day, how they train, how they behave
02:15 and the players, the games we draw points, we play really, really good.
02:19 Except Aston Villa, they were much better, the other ones we were there.
02:23 But sometimes you don't win, yeah.
02:25 Could draw, could go to a replay, was two minutes away or six minutes away to go to
02:29 a replay.
02:30 It's the performance, the way we play.
02:33 And the beginning of the season was quite similar from the beginning, like last season,
02:36 the previous season.
02:37 That's why I'm still now, still in that moment, I'm still incredibly satisfied.
02:43 If you're drawn tonight and drawn to a replay, back against it, but you really seem to step
02:50 up your attack in the last 10, 15 minutes, is there a sense that the game is there to
02:55 be won tonight?
02:56 Yeah, but we played 90 minutes to win the game.
03:01 You cannot come back in Abu Dhabi, but they played to go to Abu Dhabi and it seems that
03:05 they wanted to do it, but not the last minutes, you know, 95 minutes.
03:10 So the way they try to make the process they do, how we defend high, you know, the speed
03:17 that they have when they contact, they make the process, how direct they are.
03:22 It's an exceptional team.
03:23 So far, I would say we minimised through our game, especially with the ball.
03:28 Without of course, but with the ball.
03:29 Sorry for asking this post-match, but can we get you on the European Club?
03:30 Obviously massive news.
03:31 What's your reaction?
03:32 Are you going to miss him next season?
03:33 I will sleep better.
03:45 The games before, playing against Liverpool was almost a nightmare.
03:50 So of course it will be me.
03:52 So it was shock, like I think everyone to the news.
03:56 So I felt when I'm in the news, a part of Man City, we will lose something.
04:03 We cannot define our period here together without him.
04:06 We cannot define our period without Liverpool.
04:09 It's impossible.
04:10 They have been our biggest rival.
04:11 Personally, they have been the best rival I've ever had in my life.
04:14 In Dortmund when I was in Bayern, then here.
04:18 I think the Premier League is going to miss him.
04:20 The charisma, personality and especially, that is the reason why, the way his team is
04:25 playing.
04:26 It's always been a pleasure to watch how positive he is in approach.
04:30 Play football, respect the fans, are going to try to win the game.
04:34 It doesn't matter what happens.
04:39 Of course I wish him all the best.
04:41 It will always be a tough Liverpool.
04:46 From now on it will be tougher.
04:48 That maybe is my opinion.
04:52 He will not admit it, but he will be back.
04:55 I know it.
04:59 Maybe in 10 years time, I don't know.
05:00 He said carefully the need to charge his energy.
05:06 Listen, what question are you doing to me?
05:09 I don't know.
05:11 I'm saying that this personality, this energy will be back.
05:16 He will be back.
05:17 I don't know.
05:20 I think football needs personalities and managers like him.
05:24 I hope it was our dream when we were together.
05:27 Hopefully now, from next season we can have time to go to dinner together, or the drink
05:32 that we deserve to take.
05:34 Next year you will be the only manager in the Premier League who has won the Premier
05:50 League.
05:51 Oh yeah, and not once.
05:52 I'm sorry.
05:53 That's a big challenge for everyone else.
05:59 I will be another one.
06:03 Always restart, but for sure.
06:10 I don't know.
06:11 Hopefully many years.
06:14 I will live here, but my turn here, my time here, Liverpool have been the one.
06:21 For many, many reasons.
06:23 It's unnecessary to tell because everybody knows it.
06:26 Jürgen said it's for an hour of energy.
06:30 Do you sympathise with that?
06:31 The game has become too relentless.
06:33 You talked about how there's a short break.
06:36 No, he loves the game.
06:38 Still using the touchline, the passion they have.
06:40 But it's nine years in the same place.
06:43 At the end of the day, the moment, the demanding is so high.
06:47 I have a moment, I say, "I need to breathe."
06:51 Maybe I didn't speak with Jürgen, but maybe he feels that.
06:55 Take a break, take a step back and take a perspective for everything.
07:00 I understand completely.
07:02 I don't want to compare with him, absolutely not.
07:04 But in Barcelona I had that feeling.
07:06 I need the time to even reflect myself.
07:10 You don't have time to analyse and see what happened.
07:12 Another one, another one.
07:14 Oh, please, leave me alone.
07:17 Maybe that is the feeling that Jürgen felt.
07:22 How far do you think Kevin De Bruyne is to get back to the game?
07:38 He's ready.
07:40 Important, yeah, ready to play.
07:43 I don't know.
07:45 Sooner or later he's going to play from the beginning.
07:47 But it's not just about that.
07:50 It's for many reasons.
07:55 I want to protect him.
07:57 Kevin is, today maybe, always had the sense that something new was going to create.
08:02 In these type of games, at the end, it was a little bit more open.
08:04 We had that feeling.
08:07 Important is that he can feel good in his hamstring problem.
08:12 How pleased he was today, again.
08:15 Make an exceptional corner in the right spot.
08:18 We knew it.
08:20 Yeah, it's really good.
08:22 Last one, with Sky, please, guys.
08:24 You said you felt a similar way to what Jürgen felt at Barcelona.
08:28 No, no, no, I don't want to compare.
08:30 I didn't speak with him, no.
08:32 You ask me if I can feel...
08:34 Oh, yeah, of course.
08:36 Have you ever felt that way at all recently at Manchester City?
08:39 You haven't travelled last season.
08:41 Do you know what, I don't feel the energy.
08:43 You want to sag me?
08:45 I'm asking if you're still full of energy.
08:47 No, I'm fine.
08:49 Still one more year, I want to do it and maybe extend.
08:51 So, I'm fine.
08:53 Still, I try to manage, but I know.
08:56 I say what we have done last season, what we have to do more and more.
09:00 No, it's not going to happen.
09:02 Important is one step at a time.
09:04 The players had the feeling now that we cannot lose games.
09:07 Otherwise, Liverpool will leave.
09:10 We have to go on and feel.
09:12 We have to be close.
09:14 We have to be around the corner in the Champions League.
09:17 It's one step at a time, but the players...
09:20 I judge my team.
09:23 You are alive, I see.
09:25 I'm sorry, you don't have the pleasure to see it.
09:28 I see the team every single day.
09:30 For example, today, when we were a few days in Abu Dhabi,
09:34 we came back with two days training.
09:36 I said, "The team is there. The team is there."
09:40 Don't tell me why. I know for details.
09:42 Still, they argue between each other.
09:45 The competition we make in training session, they want to win.
09:48 They want it there.
09:49 The focus they have, the way we're mapped,
09:52 how they talk, how they communicate, how they celebrate now.
09:56 We're celebrating Newcastle again.
09:58 I still had the feeling that we're going to lose games.
10:01 Of course, we're going to lose games, but it's the performance.
10:03 I have the duty to see how we perform.
10:06 Not just the result, how we perform.
10:08 Of course, we want to win.
10:09 What we should say is today in the last action,
10:12 they make a transition and score a goal.
10:14 Should be angry, should be upset.
10:15 Yeah, we want to go through.
10:17 What can I say to the team?
10:18 When we perform here against that team,
10:20 like every game, create 10, 15 chances,
10:23 how we suffer the opponent, how we control them,
10:25 and we play.
10:26 I want to say, "Guys, go to rest.
10:30 Cry a few hours, and tomorrow, back to business."
10:34 They have done it many times.
10:35 I'm surprised a little bit to my players
10:38 because after we've done this season,
10:41 still, wow, they are there.
10:43 When new players come in, involved quick, everybody.
10:47 That made me feel so proud, honestly,
10:49 to be part of this club.
10:51 Thank you, guys.
10:52 guys.
10:54 (thud)
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