Nuno Espírito Santo on Forest 1-1 Liverpool

NicheSportMedia

Nuno Espírito Santo on Forest 1-1 Liverpool  14/01/2025  The City Ground, Nottingham, UK

Transcript

00:00How do you sum up a game like that and the emotions that came with it?

00:09I think it was entertaining to see, especially in the final minutes of a game like this.

00:15But the assessment, I think, first off, we were really organised,

00:19we didn't allow too many situations, Liverpool had the ball but were not able to really break us.

00:24I think we achieved a good goal in the right moment and it was clinical

00:29to touch and Chris was there.

00:32In the second half we knew that Liverpool was going to react,

00:36especially when the game has spaces and we allowed such talented players to run with the ball,

00:421v1s and Matt Sales, huge for us, kept us on the game.

00:47In the final minutes, it was about heart and desire to try and defend

00:55and at the same time go for the attack.

00:56So the runs that our players made and the support of our fans in extra time was really nice to see.

01:03How deflating is it when the opposition made the substitution as they did and it worked so quickly?

01:09Yeah, I was in a corner and I don't know, I didn't really see what...

01:13We've been really good at set-pieces, I didn't see the image.

01:18But Diogo, I had him for some time, he's always a threat in the box.

01:23The point that takes you to seconds right now,

01:27does it prove tonight that you deserve to be in the mix when it comes to the talk of a potential title race

01:35or even a Champions League spot?

01:38We are competing very well, I keep insisting, and this is the approach and the mentality of the squad.

01:44It's about playing, competing, improving, realising which are our strengths and which are our weaknesses,

01:52and getting to know ourselves better can only make us compete in the future in a better way.

02:00You know what I think about the table, for now it's not important,

02:04it's what we and how we're going to prepare against Southampton.

02:08You've got four points against Liverpool for two games,

02:12what's that say about the concentration focus of the players?

02:15Very good, very good.

02:17I think we have to give credit to our players when they face such talented opponents

02:24and raise the bar and challenge ourselves in the way they are doing.

02:28It's huge, it's huge for us.

02:31We're going to play against all the opponents now,

02:35then in the end we'll see how many points we have relating to them.

02:39It's not about that, honestly.

02:41On the matchday it was...

02:42Huge, huge, it was huge.

02:45He's in a very good moment, he's in a very good moment,

02:48but that shows also some aspects that we have to improve,

02:52the strengths and the weaknesses that I mentioned to you.

02:54We see that defensively we were OK,

02:58but we allowed too many contacts inside of our box.

03:02What have you learned about the players' character from such a big test tonight?

03:06I think it was a lesson for all of us,

03:09because this is how we want to compete,

03:12to the limits of our efforts, and we saw that.

03:15I think we're very proud, very proud of the work of the players, very, very proud.

03:21They were defensive actions today that we should reflect on and see,

03:26not ever, ever change.

03:31When you saw Diego coming on, you must have known what he was capable of.

03:35I didn't expect in a set-piece, I didn't expect,

03:38but I saw Diego and there was a slight change to Liverpool,

03:42we were about to make a change in that moment,

03:45but I think after that we settled down and finished under the ropes,

03:51but with the awareness of a work well done.

03:55I think the team worked very well today.

03:57In your experience of football, Nuno, where did that atmosphere rank tonight?

04:03It felt like a very special night.

04:04Very special, very special.

04:06I think, honestly, the bond that the team and the fans are building

04:11in this journey that we want to share together is really helpful,

04:15and we cannot thank them enough.

04:19Jürgen, I think back to Ryan Yates, he said that in the Huddle he told the players

04:28that we're a big club but we need to believe that we're a big club.

04:31Do you think your players are starting to believe that you're a big club

04:33and deserve to mix in this company now?

04:36We are in a big club, we don't need anything to prove that we are in a huge club.

04:44For us it's a big club.

04:46I think the words of Yates is that demonstration of the respect that they have among themselves,

04:54and not allow nobody to ever stop believing that we can achieve something nice.

05:01This is the best credit.

05:03And for the game, when you finish the game and you go in the dressing room,

05:07always the players are not very fair on their judgement, but they weren't disappointed.

05:12But now you look back and say, Liverpool had a lot of chances.

05:16But just having this feeling shows that we are slowly progressing

05:21on what we want to become, a good team of football.

05:27Thank you very much.

Category

Transcript

Recommended