00:00okay good morning and thank you for joining us we will take the usual format today begin with
00:26james green in sky sports news off you go james
00:40who is so far one week games
00:45family my mom and dad they are coming from italy and my wife family is coming so the kids they can
00:53be with the granddad all together are you cooking no time no my my my mom she is in charge
01:01and look it's christmas everyone talks about christmas wishes what's your wish
01:05for christmas first of all the most important thing that it's healthy for for for everyone
01:13that at the end with so many things sometimes we'll use a little bit you know the the most important
01:19things and again healthy for everyone let's talk about healthy how's your squad lining up for newcastle
01:26we are we are good yeah the ones that we left out for cardiff they are okay
01:35we have probably liam de lapp and
01:40dario sugo probably both available for next game aston villa that is a good news and then romeo is
01:46uh still out uh levi is still out so liam de lapp available for aston villa potentially probably yes
01:54yeah is that is that a surprise to you seemed like he was expected to essentially miss a little bit
01:59longer yeah uh we said since since his injury that we don't know exactly we didn't know exactly for
02:08how long but he's progressing very good okay that's good news uh look there were reports in the
02:15newspapers uh article yesterday linking you with the manchester city job um i'm sure you know
02:22when when you hear that is it a distraction to you or does it not affect you at all when you see
02:27your name linked with other jobs no it doesn't affect me at all because i know that is 100 speculation
02:34and in this moment there is no time for these kind of things first of all because i have a contract
02:41here until 2029 probably uh and my focus i said many times that is just about this club and i'm very
02:51proud to be here but again it's uh it's speculation one week ago was in italy the same with juventus
02:58so i i don't pay attention because i know that is not uh it's not true do you have to relay that
03:04message to the players because you've got a young group here and if they're seeing their manager linked
03:09with potential moves away do you have to manage that situation carefully to make sure they're not
03:15distracted by that as well again i think it's just a speculation now it's important to understand the
03:22reason why this news was there but it's not my job i don't care at all but again it's just a
03:30speculation and i think the players they are focused on newcastle game that is very important game and
03:36very difficult game you said after the game against cardiff that you're focused on newcastle you're going
03:40to watch tapes of newcastle on the bus on the way i know you were pressed about the comments you made
03:46after the everton game i wanted to just ask you have you managed to speak to anybody surrounding that
03:51because you said you haven't had the chance at this have you had conversations with those people
03:56with this week about everton press conference no about different things yes we are in the same
04:03building so you speak about different things but about everton press conference no nothing and the
04:12relationship you have with those above you everything okay everything yeah yeah absolutely yes
04:17and finally look on newcastle it is a lunchtime kickoff people say playing under the lights at
04:23st jameson park is one of the most difficult places and times to play them is it perhaps maybe a slight
04:29advantage for you to play early against newcastle for me it's always difficult night day they are very
04:37good team manager very good doing fast fantastic job since years ago and they are strong they are intense so no
04:47matter the time it's going to be a difficult game thank you very much thanks james soraya
04:56i want to speak about your second half over your time at chelsea statistically the second 45 minutes
05:02have always been stronger and better stats wise obviously there's reasons like subs and changes like
05:06that but it seems like the application of the team after you speak to them is always 10 times better
05:12against cardiff they had five shots in the first half second half we've gone actually as well 15 so
05:18clear improvement do you think sometimes when you have a team they're still experienced even though
05:22they're young but they need that reminder at half time that mental push technically from what they're
05:27physically applying for the pitch for sure half time is part of the game it's part of the plan and
05:34many times half time we also change something and sometimes in terms of players sometimes in terms of
05:40tactically depends but i think half time is important for us it's important for any manager
05:47to try to adjust things to see what is working well first half or not and try to change something
05:52one of the players that sean was obviously garnacho you can't question his application every time he plays
05:59the commitment there the spaces that he finds himself it seems like enzo fernandez has been the one
06:04player that i guess has found him the best and has the better link on the pitch do you think garnacho is
06:10a player that by himself on the pitch is better created creating the chances himself or do you think
06:15the team maybe need to be better with finding him and bringing him into the game i always think that
06:21as a player you need the team around you probably the connection between enzo and garna is both from
06:27argentina both most of the time they play in the same side and we know that enzo is doing a lot for for
06:34guarna and also for buonanotte since they arrived
06:37and everyone has dips in form particularly attackers when it comes to as manager how do you help a player become more clinical
06:45is it instinctual is it natural is it just more minutes on the football pitch because you are creating
06:52so many shots so many chances and maybe you can score a lot more goals than you are how do you as manager
06:59the one the only thing we can do is just to try to service the players and we can do that in the day
07:07by day trying to do extra session we we we do many many sessions with the wingers with the strikers in
07:16the last third just to try to improve that and garn is one of them last year i don't know the one that
07:23we are the five attacking players and the target is always the same try to improve the players thanks
07:29ryan nizar you said you wanted to understand why this story came out the way it did with manchester
07:36city i was wondering what's behind that is it because you care for pep who's your friend or is
07:40it does it make a job i don't i don't know i don't know i don't know to be honest and in terms of the
07:46supporters they were chanting for you at the end of the last game and you know you've won two in a row now
07:51and so you're in good form and stuff so what's your message to them at this time because it might be difficult
07:56for them to hear the rumors just to continue to support the team in the way they have done since
08:02i joined the club and also in the in the past and trust the the the process from the from the team
08:08from the club from everyone how are your energy levels as well does like noise affect you does it
08:13get inside you you know does it affect your energy when you're managing the team and you have such a big
08:18job to do as well at the same time no i'm completely completely focused on on newcastle to be honest
08:27thanks nizar simon um we obviously saw you and with the fans on the other night um have you got
08:36a message to them a bit like what nizar said that can you promise that you'll still be at chelsea
08:44absolutely yes again i have a contract until 2029 and this is a speculation 100 so i don't have nothing to
08:53add because again i don't pay attention and if we continue to talk about that that means that i'm
08:59paying attention on that but i'm not i'm not focused on that i'm just focused on a newcastle game i'm
09:07focused on my job again i signed a contract uh last year until 2029 i'm happy with that and no more
09:15than that and is it also that you just feel like what you want to achieve here is only just started
09:22in terms of you've got a couple of trophies you've got a lot you still want to achieve here obviously
09:27absolutely yes yeah yeah yeah we just uh again we achieved the other day the third semi-final in
09:3318 months uh last year again i think was good also in terms of trophy you know finish fourth in the
09:40in the premier league bring this club playing champion league and now the target is trying to
09:46improve what we did the last season how do you how do you cope with that with them being so good in
10:07the world yeah they are uh as you said sandro tonali uh gimarash joe ellington uh miley also that now is
10:15playing fullback but they are all fantastic players all international players and the best thing is that
10:23they complete each other they are physicality strong they are good on the ball so they they are
10:29they are 100 complete perfect so it's very difficult not only for us it's for everything
10:36it's very difficult for any team to face them but we're going to try our best and try to win the game
10:43you have improvements on your defense as well in the last few games do you think it's because you're
10:49able to play more or less the same players except for copy as well and how much do you think playing
10:54together and build the kind of relationship it helps the defense to get better absolutely it's uh it's
11:00chemistry no it's when you spend time together it's always getting better and better and for sure when
11:05you are able to play the same one they can be they can be better and help each other know each other
11:13sometimes even just with eye contact they can take some decision so it's very important okay thanks
11:19thanks david camera's off please
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