00:00Just back on Rodri, he obviously came off the other night and then you conceded that late equaliser.
00:06Are you able to replace him with just one player?
00:09Are you suggesting you score because Nico Gonzalez was in the pitch in Rodri?
00:15How do you know that? How do you prove that?
00:17I can't prove it.
00:18Me neither, so change the subject.
00:20But does Rodri's place in the team, is it possible to replace him with one man?
00:25Or do you have to change the whole way you play?
00:27No, we cannot play with 12.
00:30That's for just, we cannot play with 12.
00:33Now I know where I'm taking, I know Rodri is safe and I know Rodri is irreplaceable in many things.
00:39But Rodri could not play three days before because his knee was in a bad, bad, bad condition.
00:44So that's why, so in that moment, Nico Gonzalez in the 30 minutes he played for the player who more balls recover in the transition attack defence
00:53and we conceded less transition than with Rodri conceded more in the first half when he was playing.
00:58So that's why. And I would love to tell you, yes, because Rodri is not in the pitch, we conceded the goal.
01:04But I cannot prove that because I would feel it, Rodri would have been in the pitch.
01:08But Rodri cannot play in certain moments, maybe 90 minutes for many, many games.
01:12And Nico played really good against Burnley, really, really good.
01:17And he's learning, he's improving, and we need him.
01:20Because Kova is not ready and Rodri cannot sustain still yet the rhythm for games, games, 90-90.
01:28I mean, make an incredible effort the week against United, Napoli and especially Arsenal in that way.
01:32I tried to protect my players because look what happened in Carvajal in Madrid, look what happened in players for many injuries.
01:38He's injured again and again and again.
01:40So sometimes I wanted the best players there and being fit, but he's still not.
01:46So that's why I had to protect the players.
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