00:00Obviously, both games against Arsenal finished in two all-draws,
00:03and I think against top four opposition, or the teams that finished in the top four last season,
00:08they took 11 points from a possible 18.
00:10I just wonder, even though it's such an early stage in the season,
00:14how important do you feel it is not to lose ground on a potential title rival?
00:18Nah, not so much to do with losing ground.
00:23It has to do with losing ground, but not that we play Arsenal.
00:26Normally, teams don't play their best game unless you keep the same squad completely,
00:34and you add three, four, five, six, seven players.
00:37Then you can maybe expect that the team is growing even further.
00:41If you look at our situation, we've lost a few, we've added a few,
00:44so then it's not starting all the way new again.
00:48But I think it's normal that we play even better in a few months
00:56or in a few weeks than we do now.
00:58But in the meantime, you can't lose ground, not a lot.
01:03Although I do think that I would be surprised if there were a point record this season
01:10in the Premier League, I would be surprised if one team gets more than 100 points,
01:15because of the strength of the league.
01:17So you are able to drop once in a while a few points and still be competitive,
01:22I think, in the end of the season.
01:25But the best thing you can do is not drop points at all.
01:28Just picking up on what you said there, do you think that the league is more competitive noticeably
01:35this season than last season, based on what you just said?
01:38If that's even possible, because it was already so competitive last season.
01:43Maybe I'm wrong, but I think in general teams spent more than last season.
01:49I'm not 100 per cent sure, I'm talking about net spend,
01:53not talking about what teams spent and forget what they've sold.
01:56But maybe I'm wrong, but last season we didn't do a lot,
02:03but I think our competitors didn't do a lot last season as well and that's completely different this season.
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