00:00Okay, good afternoon and thank you for joining us.
00:20We will take the usual format today and begin with a broadcast section.
00:25James Funderan, Sky Sports News.
00:27There you go, James.
00:27Enzo, good to see you.
00:29Is Colt Palma on track to start tomorrow, having missed the match in midweek?
00:33Yeah, it's okay.
00:37It's better.
00:39It's at the moment available.
00:41We have one more session this afternoon.
00:44Yesterday, he finished the session with us, with a mixed feeling.
00:50But overall, it's okay.
00:52Wesley Funderan picked up that freak eye injury in midweek.
00:56How's he doing?
00:57He's available.
00:58He's fine.
00:59He took part of the session yesterday and he's completely fine.
01:04And Leon Delap can't catch a break at the moment with his injury.
01:08How long does it look like he may be out for?
01:12We don't know yet.
01:13It can be still two, three, four weeks.
01:18We don't know exactly how many days he needs.
01:21You've just been named Premier League Manager of the Month for November.
01:24There were some really impressive performances in there.
01:27We are in December now.
01:30How has December gone so far for you?
01:34Yeah, I think, again, this kind of thing is because you do the right things in terms of performance and results.
01:42That, for us, November was fantastic.
01:45December, we didn't start in the way we would like.
01:48Even if, you know, it's just one week ago we played Leeds.
01:53Eight days ago we played Leeds.
01:55So it's just three games in a row in one week that we didn't get the results that we expect.
02:02But now focus on the next one.
02:04Why do you think you haven't been able to build on the momentum of that brilliant victory against Barcelona
02:09and such a strong showing against Arsenal as well?
02:12For me personally, because it's football.
02:14For me it's completely normal.
02:16Again, I understand that most of the time we are always looking for problems
02:23or things that we need to solve.
02:26But again, Leeds' game was last Wednesday.
02:29It's eight, nine days ago.
02:31And now in eight, nine days ago we are not going to change our season
02:35because we didn't get the points that we expect, for sure.
02:39But I'm completely relaxed.
02:40I'm completely okay because I'm sure that at the end of the season we're going to be where we ought to be.
02:46The reason why we draw points, again, because it's football.
02:50Bournemouth away we drew.
02:53Leeds away was a bad day for us, for all of us.
02:57Atalanta game, again, it's a game that, for me, we were in the game.
03:04We were winning.
03:05We were okay.
03:06And we conceded.
03:07If you review the first goal, they had one player inside the box and we have seven players.
03:12So we have seven against one and we conceded the goal.
03:15So big mistake and other things that we need to improve.
03:19Just how significant is tomorrow's match when you consider just how tight the table is right now?
03:24I think there's seven points between fourth and fourteenth.
03:28That's important.
03:29Yeah, for sure it's important.
03:30But all the games, they're important.
03:32I think Bournemouth was important.
03:35The next one, we have Cardiff and then Newcastle.
03:40They are all important.
03:41So if we are able to beat Everton tomorrow, it's much better for us.
03:46Otherwise, we continue to try and to see how we can do better.
03:50And finally for me, you'll come up against Keenan Dewsbury Hall tomorrow, a player you know so well.
03:55You're smiling now.
03:56Just how pleased have you been to see the impact that he's had in Everton's shirt?
04:00Clearly, you won't want him to have that impact tomorrow.
04:02But we've been proud of the way he's bounced back from what was clearly a challenging time here.
04:07I didn't have any doubt about Keenan.
04:11I know that the more he is going to play, he's going to be better.
04:16But again, with us, he was good.
04:19All season, working hard.
04:22The time that he played, he was doing well.
04:25But here we have also more players, so the competition was a big competition for him.
04:30And no doubt at the moment that he was able to play more games, he was doing well.
04:36Thanks, James.
04:38Soraya?
04:39Last season, I remember speaking to you about, you used to do a second half tweak
04:43where you would put Cole Palmer in the left half space and Enzo Fernandes in the right half space.
04:48You said it was due to pressing and maybe giving them more space on the opposite side.
04:52That happened the other day in the game that you played.
04:55We know at this point it's good not to drop points.
04:57You need all the results that you can get.
04:59What was the reason by that?
05:00Is that still the same?
05:01Because we know Cole gets more output on the right.
05:04You mean the other day Bournemouth or Bournemouth?
05:06Bournemouth, no?
05:07Bournemouth game.
05:08Yeah, it's just, again, it's where we can use our best players, where they can be better.
05:16So the reason why I was, again, for that.
05:19Okay.
05:20And obviously in recent weeks there's players like Enzo, we know, fatigued, tired, Cucurillo
05:24as well, but they're so important to the core and how you play.
05:29And maybe when they're tired they don't reflect their usual standards, which is normal in football.
05:34In situations like matches when you had your subs against Atalanta and you have players like Hato and Santos,
05:40how hard is it for you to balance that decision, whether to start them or actually use them in those natural positions?
05:45Because obviously when you lose a game people look at those decisions extra hard.
05:50Do you think you should have played them or you should play them more going forward?
05:54No, I said already many times, they work every day to play games.
06:01Now Atalanta game, Enzo, Marc, as you said, they are playing many games.
06:08It's normal that the level cannot be always the same, but I don't have a doubt that Andre is going to have his chance.
06:16Jarell exactly the same and hopefully tomorrow or soon we can give them some chances.
06:23The atmosphere at the last few games at Stamford Bridge have been incredible.
06:27Everton next, they've been performing extremely well, they're seventh on the table.
06:31It always feels that when Stamford Bridge has that full support, it's a fortress, it's even harder to win there.
06:36There's been a patch of inconsistent results, but personally how much does it help you and the squad
06:41if they were to walk out tomorrow and it was bouncing like an Arsenal, like a Barcelona?
06:45Yeah, absolutely. It's a nice feeling.
06:49For sure we have to do something also to help them from the beginning to be with us.
06:55But no doubt that tomorrow they're going to be with us since the whistle.
07:01Thanks, Soraya. Nizar?
07:03Hi, Enzo. I just wanted to talk about your manager of the month in November,
07:07but December is obviously more tricky.
07:09Is the next step for this team to go from going on runs and then having a bad run and then another run?
07:15Is the next step to try and be consistent?
07:17What are the ingredients you need to get to that level?
07:20Yeah, it's the next step for us. I think during the season the teams that are more consistent,
07:30at the end they are the teams that are going to be there. Would we need to avoid that?
07:36Probably, with what happened last year, now again it's just one week, it's not a long time.
07:45But for sure when something happens, the next one you are more ready, more prepared and you can avoid that.
07:51Because it kind of happened throughout your time as Chelsea manager, but it also happened before,
07:56so is this something that you're building from scratch, like this consistency with the players,
08:01getting them to understand what it takes to every day be at the very highest level?
08:05Yeah, knowing again that in terms of human beings it's impossible to be all season at the same level.
08:13But for sure, probably we need to learn things and to avoid that in the future.
08:22Thanks, Nizar. Simon?
08:24In terms of positives, was Josh Antipole one of the positives you did take away from the Atalanta game?
08:32Absolutely, yes. And the good thing about Josh is that in the moment that we give him the chance,
08:37it's always doing well. And this is the reason why I said many times that
08:42for him he is going to be a big player for this club. It just matters to be patient, wait the right moment,
08:50and also in the moment that you continue to perform in the way he's doing,
08:55probably he's going to have more chances, chances, chances, chances.
08:58Was there anything that you saw in him, the gap between starts from Sunderland to Atalanta,
09:05why he wasn't selected very much?
09:08Because in this moment, also with Trev and Wes, we had like four, five, six games,
09:15like with clean sheet, clean sheet, clean sheet, so sometimes you are also looking for stability.
09:21You know, so this is the reason why. But again, when you know that you have a player,
09:27that when you need him, it's always ready to perform, it's so important.
09:31So Josh has to continue to do what he's doing.
09:34Thanks, Simon. Rob?
09:36How has Liam piped mentally with the injuries?
09:41He's obviously come to a big club where a lot was expected,
09:45and through no fault of his own, it's not quite happened yet.
09:48What has he done to help particularly a young player through something like this?
09:53Liam, in general, is good. He knows that probably he has been a little bit unlucky,
09:58but overall he's good. Now for him, the focus is to recover.
10:02He's inside the building every day to try to recover.
10:07He's with his teammates for breakfast, lunch, he's with us.
10:12So it's just a matter of now time and being back.
10:16Okay. Thanks very much. Cameras off, please.
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