Manchester City's Laura Coombs on UWCL tie with Hammarby

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Manchester City's Laura Coombs on UWCL tie with Hammarby   Man City women - Hammarby  11/11/2024

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00:00Hi Laura, I can't actually see you because of the sun, so sorry if I'm not reacting in the right way.

00:05But yeah, just obviously another big game, it's been such a good start to the season for you guys.

00:10I asked the same question to Gareth, but for you as a player,

00:13what does it mean when you look at the table for both the Champions League and the WSL

00:17and you're top of that table, that must be really good to see as a player.

00:20Yeah, and having been there a few years now, we've not always had great starts,

00:25so we feel really good at the minute.

00:28I think that's really being reflected in where we are in the league and in competitions as well.

00:35And the competition in the squad is super high,

00:40and every week the people who go out know they really have to put on a performance,

00:45which is really good and it's helping us.

00:47And yeah, I just think we're in a really good spot.

00:50Yeah, you mentioned that competition in the squad.

00:52I know I've spoken to you about this before, but obviously the last couple of games you've come off the bench.

00:56I wonder, is that a role that you think you play really well or do you want to be starting games?

01:00Do you think you can have more impact from the start as opposed to from the bench?

01:04Everyone wants to start, everyone wants that.

01:08But I think if that's the role I have at the minute, I just want to do it to the best of my ability

01:14and I'm going to try and bring my energy and everything off the bench as I would do if I was starting.

01:21Obviously it's disappointing not to play, but everyone wants that

01:25and only 11 can go out at the end of the day.

01:27Yeah, and it's obviously such an experienced squad in terms of the players that are there

01:31and obviously you've got European champions in the squad.

01:34But in this specific competition, do you think actually as a club,

01:38as Manchester City as a club in the Women's Champions League is still quite inexperienced?

01:42Yeah, we've not been in it for one or two years now,

01:47and then the years before we went out quite early.

01:51So yeah, I would say in this competition we are inexperienced,

01:55but in terms of the group, we've got World Cup finalists, Euros winners

02:01and there's a lot of similar experiences I would say

02:06and people can draw on that in this competition.

02:09And I guess just when you look at the group stages as a whole,

02:12obviously that win against Barcelona set you off on the perfect platform really,

02:18but I just wonder is it an ambition of yours as a club that maybe you've spoken about

02:22to actually win every group game this year?

02:25I don't even think people need to speak about it.

02:28I think that's just what everyone wants

02:30and I think the game against Barca, there was belief,

02:36but I think from that has given us a real belief that that is possible

02:42and we can go into Christmas being top of the group, which would be great.

02:47All the best. Thank you.

02:49Thank you, Emma.

02:52Sorry, I don't see you for the sun either.

02:55Hi, I'm Jane, Swedish television.

02:57More or less the same question as for Gareth Taylor.

03:00Your experience, not your experience, but your expectations for tomorrow meeting Hammarby.

03:07What do you see in front of you?

03:09We've watched them quite a bit.

03:10We've done a lot of analysis on their style of play.

03:13They look extremely physical as do a lot of Swedish teams

03:18and we're expecting them to be quite direct,

03:22so we're preparing for that in our training

03:24and although they maybe haven't had good results in their previous games,

03:30we don't expect it to be an easy game at all

03:32and we're going to prepare as such.

03:34Have you had any contact with Julie Blackstone?

03:37Have you said anything to each other?

03:39No, but I'm looking forward to catching up with her after the game.

03:43Will you have a special eye on her if she plays?

03:45Yeah, I always want Julie to do well.

03:47Not against us, but in general.

03:50Thank you so much.

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