00:00Yes, I think we have to value the point. At the end, one point against United is always
00:14important, but I also think if anyone deserved to win today it was clearly Bournemouth. But
00:23probably we didn't finish the game or we didn't take our chances, especially in the first
00:27half. I think we should arrive to the halftime with a better result. United we've seen, they
00:36always find ways to come back, to find goals and they don't have to be at their best to
00:43get the results. Probably we have to learn how to win these kind of games where you are
00:53much closer to the three points.
00:55What were your thoughts on both of the campaigns?
00:59Yes, obviously you know better than me, probably that's why you asked me quickly. It's not
01:06only about the important decisions. It's about Kobe Mane going, diving in the first half,
01:11nothing happens. Ryan Christie with much more contact, dive, second half, yellow card. It's
01:17about consistency. We are playing for, OK, we are safe, yes, but you have to value your
01:22points the same way you value the United's points. The same exact way you have to value
01:27them. And yes, obviously the last decision especially, the VAR to intervene, something
01:34that should be clear and obvious. And we've been called a penalty against Newcastle apart
01:41from the offside. It's a correct decision because it continues. We start outside two
01:45metres grabbing a player, he falls inside because there is a moment inside the box.
01:50It's the same situation here. You can argue stopping the first touch between the two players
01:57can be one centimetre outside. It has to be clear. But it's obvious, it continues.
02:04Making the offence inside and doesn't allow Ryan to finish the play.
02:10Was the penalty against you very harsh?
02:14Obviously it's very harsh, yes. It's very harsh. It's coming from his own middle,
02:18teammate, a rebound, you are two metres away, you don't have time to do anything.
02:23Adam Smith is instinctive, whatever he does is instinctive. They are not calling most of
02:28the handballs and I think they are going in the right way with the handballs. There was a moment
02:32they were calling everything. But today they changed their way of referring, yes.
02:40Feeling very frustrated that you've been able to have any sort of explanation, speak to anybody,
02:45talk to the officials about why these things happened?
02:48No, I haven't spoken to anyone. No, I haven't because
02:53at the end he will say, no, I called the penalty, the VAR told me. For him it's very easy.
02:58He will be right because he said, no, it's a penalty. So for him it's very easy. No,
03:04the VAR told me. I'll say, yes, that's it. It's over the conversation and he will be right.
03:09Do you regret starting him this week?
03:16Yes, I regret starting him, yes. But he was training really well this week.
03:21It was a well thought decision, probably not an ideal situation. We lost Taf and Antoine the
03:29other day. If I hadn't seen him very well this week I wouldn't have taken this decision. But
03:34he was very confident. He was training at a very good level and that's why we took the decision.
03:39Sometimes you have to risk. You don't know. Sometimes it works well. I have to thank him
03:46because he was the first one who wanted to play from the beginning. But it's obvious that
03:52probably he injured. No, no, no, he was dead. He was dead because it has been also a very long
04:01game. He added nine minutes in the first half. We played another nine, ten minutes more in the
04:07second half. So it has been a very long game and I think it's just cramps from that he was tired.
04:15What about Marcos Senecio? He's back in the team and he's fixed up both the goals,
04:19pressing really hard from some of those goals. So why was he really impressed by him?
04:23Yes, Marcos is very good doing this. He's helping us a lot. He has a very aggressive approach.
04:29I was a little bit scared with the yellow card from the first half
04:33because he sometimes risks and leaves position and every wrong decision he could take. But I
04:40think he was playing well and we decided to continue with him and I think he dealt really
04:45well with the game. Obviously, Dom got that goal. It seemed like he was running a lot at
04:51the young centre-back. Was that a target to try and see if he coped with Dom? It seemed like a
04:55lot of the attacks were going down that angle when the goal came when he slipped in front.
04:58Yes, I think we take different approaches. I think it was a combination with Justin. Sometimes
05:04one takes one side, the other takes the other side. They go changing during the game. They
05:08find the positions where they think they are making more damage. But he has been playing
05:13really well, Dom. Apart from the goal, he has been giving us a lot of breath on the ball,
05:19pinning very well with the centre-backs, winning aerial duels.
05:22I'm really happy with a lot of performances today.
05:26You said how the Urena win was one of your best performances in charge.
05:30Yes.
05:30You picked all the same players that you could with the talents that you had.
05:33I agree.
05:33It was very much the same game plan, it was a replicate of what you saw up there.
05:37It was, yes, pretty similar. Yes, it was pretty similar. They changed also a couple of players
05:44and you have to adapt to the individual things from the players. But it was mainly to be quite
05:52brave, to make the game quite open, trust our players to win their duels and take advantage
06:02of the transitions if you could. I'm really happy but not completely happy because at the end
06:12we only finish with one point and when you have these kinds of chances we should take them.
06:20I know it's quite simple to say but as a fan, when it's an open game like this,
06:24you look to Miloš Kerkes, the player left back, who in the last few weeks has been probably
06:28more defensive, can we say?
06:31Yes, Miloš I think has played a hell of a game. He has been really good defensively,
06:36he has been really good when he has played more forward. I think these kinds of games where he
06:43finds more spaces, he can make his runs, carry the ball, find the two against ones outside,
06:50I think they suit him very well. Probably there are other games where
06:58probably we are more solid with Lloyd Kelly but it's a good problem for me because both
07:04are very good solutions.
07:06Have you had to play a left winger and a left back this season?
07:12Yes, the injuries are going. We talked about this in the pre-match. We started with midfielders
07:20then full-backs, now it's about the wing players. I think we have players who can
07:25play well in different positions and I think they are doing well, yes.
07:30How much does it say about how well Justin Kluivert has played as a number 10?
07:35You signed him, everyone thought he was a winger, pretty much thought he would play a left back.
07:42You are talking about Justin, sorry. Justin has been understanding very well what we are
07:49trying to do. He has adapted really well to a position where he has played probably not a lot
07:54of games but I think when we signed him, we talked about he can play in the four positions
08:01we have up front, nine, ten or wide in both wings. Now he is finding the numbers probably.
08:09He was playing really well, not finding the goals, the assists. Now he is finding the numbers
08:15but he is very valuable especially for the work he does for the team.
08:19Can I ask, if we look at small clubs who have survived, prospered in the Premier League,
08:29they normally have a bit of edge like Sean Dyche's Burnley or like Thomas Frank's Brentford
08:37and you have been brought in to play football against the big boys playing football. What is
08:43the secret of getting your team to do what the big boys are doing and flourish against them?
08:51I wouldn't say it's a better way than others. It's a different way. I feel more comfortable
08:57playing this way because I think we are closer to the result playing like this. If you tell me
09:04we are going to be in a low block, we are not going to concede all the game, I will be in a
09:07low block. I guarantee you. But I don't think we are good enough defending very low to survive
09:13there defending 90 minutes against this kind of opposition. So at the end we have to accept
09:18and we feel comfortable in more open spaces because I think we have the physicality to
09:23accept duels against strong opposition. We have found a way where a lot of the players we have
09:32they are comfortable playing this way. Now we need to improve even more to learn how to win
09:40this kind of games where we have more chances than the opposition and until we don't do this
09:46step it's going to be difficult to fight against let's say the 10 teams we have there
09:54that I feel still there is a gap. Thank you.
09:58You said Man Utd always don't have to be at their best to find results. How do you think that is?
10:03Because they are a big club and they compete very well.
10:07When you say this, do you think that also affects the refereeing decision?
10:12No, no, no. When I say this I'm talking apart from today. I think it's a team like I always
10:25use it a lot in Spain with Real Madrid. Sometimes you play against Real Madrid and you are playing
10:30well and thinking we are doing well against Real Madrid. Touching the ball, boom, boom,
10:34three seconds, one nil, losing. United is this kind of team that you think you are doing well
10:39against United but if you don't take your chances they always find ways because they are very good
10:45on transitions. They are different makers at the other end and we could see it today.
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