00:00John Stones has spoken after the game and said the performance was unacceptable in the last 30 minutes. Do you agree with that?
00:12I agree with him.
00:15What did you make of the game and where did it go wrong for you?
00:18It's not a start like the Chelsea game. In the beginning it's not easy but we reacted really well. We gave away another chance that Harvard missed.
00:26But after that we played the game in a high level, in the level that we can be.
00:34And after the momentum shift in 2-3 minutes, the 1-1 to 2-1 and the circumstances, it was not...
00:45For the pass, I would say the pass was not good but the decision to do that pass was perfect.
00:50Because we could run with Omar, with Xabio, with Erling there but unfortunately break it and after the deflection...
00:56And you can lose 2-3-4 but the last 20 minutes, what we have done during 60-65, we have not done it.
01:03And that's why what has happened, we don't have defence.
01:06We have a plan and we didn't do it because they have pride, because they want to solve it but that's not the way.
01:13Always you have to be in that level, you have to be serious and stick to what we talk.
01:21Unfortunately it happened and hopefully we can learn the lesson for the future.
01:26There have been a few times in the last few months obviously where you have had a difficult situation,
01:31like the 5-1 game or the derby or PSG or Brentford.
01:34What has the players' reaction been like the next time you have seen them?
01:39Have they come back well? Have they been well? And what are you expecting from them tomorrow?
01:45Well, United is different, we were in the Bundesliga, we equalised.
01:49If you tell me we equalised 1-1 in the next 15-20 minutes, it would have been a disaster,
01:56we defended deep, we were not good, you are right.
02:00But there is no time, we will settle and we will concede the second.
02:05And it is difficult to swallow for the players because we have lived many, many times.
02:10In terms of their reaction after the game in the next days?
02:13No.
02:14No, not during the match, afterwards.
02:16How have they reacted from these setbacks in the past few months?
02:20What do you expect from them this time?
02:22Listen, against setbacks, I am fairly sure there is deflection that happens,
02:26there is another deflection in the first half and Raya is safe.
02:29This season sometimes it happens, it is just that it does not matter what happens,
02:33we can lose, I do not know the result, a huge result against.
02:37You have to continue to do what you have to do, that is when it is stable, we cannot.
02:41Against good teams, we knew I am going to solve it in that way,
02:46we are not used to that, especially with the result,
02:51they grew up emotionally, they are confident that we will play the ball,
02:55that did not happen for 60 minutes.
02:57They grew up, we allowed the spaces that we wanted to avoid,
03:02to have control in these places between the lines,
03:05and that is why in the last 20 minutes I have the feeling at home.
03:10Of course, we lost three points, the result is huge,
03:13I am disappointed, I know, but the feeling is,
03:16while I have done it in the last minutes, 20-25,
03:19we have done 60 minutes really, really good.
03:22This stadium is always difficult, I know Arsenal here,
03:25the amount of chances they create, they have,
03:28they did not create much, I would say we gave away the first goal
03:31and they gave another one for Havertz,
03:33we defended really well the set-pieces,
03:35the commitment for the players was extraordinary in all senses,
03:39but the last 20 minutes we fell down,
03:42and that is only, OK, reflect and talk with the players
03:46and hopefully it will not happen again.
03:49In the last 20 minutes, do you think because the season has been so tough
03:54that when things start to go against the players
03:56that they become quite fragile?
03:58Yeah, they can be fragile, it has happened many times,
04:02but they have a duty you have to do, you have to do it.
04:06And we did not do that.
04:08You are so used to seeing your team in those key moments,
04:10managing those key moments and getting through,
04:12whether it is two minutes or five minutes or ten minutes,
04:14and they do not seem to be able to drive themselves through
04:17those really tough moments and come out the other side.
04:20Yes, but as I said, we can learn and there is always a margin to get better,
04:26so, of course, it is difficult when you lose 5-1,
04:30it is not defence, it is my feeling, I am re-expressing,
04:32but the game was well played.
04:35So, Arsenal here is a mound of games,
04:37I know how many teams defend deep all the time during 90 minutes,
04:41and we were there, we dropped them a lot,
04:43and we have the composer to play.
04:46But, yeah, it is difficult the second,
04:49but I think the third one, you know,
04:53they affect us and we stop to do what we have done during 60 minutes.
05:01OK, thank you.
05:02Can I just ask you, I mean, this is the first time
05:04that you have conceded four more goals.
05:06Good.
05:07Four times in a season.
05:08This time happened many times, it is the first time in my life.
05:10Well, I know, but it is just so unlike you,
05:14because you have been so successful throughout your career,
05:16what can you turn it around and what can you put it down to?
05:22It happens, it is football.
05:23It always can happen to me too.
05:26So, I am not unique, so there are a lot of goals that happen,
05:29but I am saying it could be more, it is not about that.
05:33So, I am a sportsman and I accept defeats in a natural way,
05:36like I am so calm and relaxed when we win,
05:39it is just for the fact that we didn't do it,
05:41that is only a feeling.
05:43We won again, but it happened.
05:44So, I don't like it, I am a little bit sad,
05:49but it is just to continue.
05:51Now we have a long week, we prepare the FA Cup
05:54and the games against Madrid, Newcastle, Madrid,
05:56Liverpool and so on, and learn from that again.
05:59So, the players say, the play in the back,
06:02I know they want to do it.
06:03It happened in Chelsea with Koussa,
06:05now today with Manuel and Stefan,
06:07but unfortunately it happened.
06:09But the alternative is a long ball,
06:10it will happen when the long balls.
06:13They come back quicker,
06:14they had more chances when the ball came back.
06:17And again, it is not easy,
06:18because Arsenal is really good,
06:19the physicality, the tempo, they make the pressing,
06:22it happened for many, many times.
06:24And today, Kovac, Bernardo, Omar and the first half,
06:27they keep the ball,
06:28they were really, really good in that situation.
06:35I don't know, we have to talk about it,
06:37because in the future we will have games,
06:38like this knockout against Madrid, for example,
06:41or other games.
06:42Always you have to be stable,
06:44you have to continue to do,
06:45because the bad moments will pass,
06:47and after we can take the game again.
06:49So this is a lesson for me, as a manager,
06:51to try to do it, and it happened.
06:54So it's a long career, 40 years,
06:56the first time we conceded four or more,
06:58so that means during 40 years we have been really good.
07:01So sometimes it happens.
07:02Unfortunately it happened today,
07:04and we will learn for the future.
07:06What did you make of some of Arsenal's goal celebrations today?
07:09Is that just part of the game?
07:11Sorry?
07:12What did you make of some of Arsenal's goal celebrations today?
07:14Is that just part of the game?
07:16What happened?
07:17Well, just emulating what Haaland did,
07:20you know, the celebration...
07:22Oh, I didn't see.
07:24Ah, they didn't do that?
07:25That's good.
07:28That's good.
07:30So more like the Haaland celebration.
07:33They have done it.
07:35Oh yeah?
07:36And then basically the...
07:40Yeah, Gabriel after the first goal of Haaland.
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