00:00I don't have any news on him
00:28but if a player scores and then gets injured and doesn't come back on the pitch
00:36and doesn't try to come back which is what Conor Bradley for example did
00:40but I had to take him off as well because he couldn't go on
00:44but if a player doesn't even try to come back that's usually not a good thing
00:50but I cannot say anything more than that
00:52that is just gut feeling but nothing medical to say about it
00:57but he hasn't got any gut feeling of his own
01:00I haven't spoken to him about that yet
01:03but it's a good thing that he scored
01:06good goal
01:07assisted by Florian Witts
01:09said last week already that players are getting better
01:13team is getting better
01:14again wasn't perfect today
01:16especially not in the last 10 minutes
01:18but in the meantime
01:20we pick up points
01:21and I see the team developing
01:23in a way I would like them to see
01:26that must make it all more frustrating losing Alex
01:30because that's probably the sort of moment you've been looking forward to
01:33Florian paying the back to him
01:34and combining with you
01:35yeah
01:36that's what we would like to see happening a lot
01:40good finish
01:43good pass
01:44but yeah
01:45let's not be too negative yet
01:48maybe
01:48we don't know yet
01:50so
01:50let's hope
01:52he can
01:52he's back with us soon
01:54but yeah
01:56difficult to say to you now
01:58Adam
01:59I mean
02:00I guess just sort of what's the overall reaction to that
02:04because it's obviously a win
02:06but it looks like it's going to come out of cross
02:08not just with Alex
02:09but with Jeremy perhaps as well
02:10no Jeremy is no problem at all
02:12I didn't want to go down to 10 men for 30 seconds
02:16I think this is the only country where if players are injured
02:19they need to go 30 seconds off
02:21who have had a head injury even 45
02:23so I adapted to that
02:26I knew there wasn't long to play
02:28and I thought we struggled a lot
02:30with a plus one
02:31so playing 10v10 for half a minute
02:35with him being on the floor
02:37yes or no
02:37then just go with Federico
02:42so no problem with him
02:44but with Alex and with Conor we have to wait
02:47and yeah
02:49you could see our bench today as well
02:51but this is not for the first time in the last few weeks
02:54and we're picking up points
02:55and that's the main thing
02:56we're not the only team that suffers injuries
02:58in this period in England
03:00because we play so many games
03:01this is quite normal
03:03that teams have injuries in this period of time
03:06Arne, after all the difficulties
03:09you're nearly top four again
03:11how do you assess where you are
03:13and what the last few weeks have been?
03:17No, of course we're happy with that
03:18but when we started the season
03:20it wasn't as if I was thrilled
03:25and completely happy
03:26when we were top four
03:27we're always aiming for the best possible
03:31and after the very good start we had
03:34we were disappointed with the run of results
03:37we had afterwards
03:38but yeah, I think you've said it
03:40we are now maybe on equal points for top four
03:44I don't exactly know
03:45but don't forget it
03:47in the Champions League
03:47we've done quite well
03:48with a very difficult draw
03:49I think I see a lot of teams
03:51that have hardly ever points
03:54but we haven't faced them
03:55so I think it's never been as bad
03:59as people said
04:00but it's also true
04:04that we are definitely not perfect yet
04:06but we knew this
04:07when we made so many changes in the summer
04:10that it would take time
04:10maybe
04:12because we won the first five or six games
04:15everybody thought
04:16this would just go so easily
04:17but
04:18as a club
04:21ownership
04:22Richard, Michael
04:23all the other people
04:25knew that change
04:27could also go with
04:29different results
04:32and that is shown to be true
04:36Will?
04:39Will you come?
04:40Can you describe why that happened
04:47with the numerical advantage
04:49did you just look for a bit more composure
04:51or is that just naturally the way the game goes
04:54the team gets a goal
04:55and they start getting a bit of momentum
04:56No, that is definitely true
04:58that last thing
04:59it's always difficult
05:02if I try to explain
05:03why it is difficult
05:05then people tell me afterwards
05:06you tell too much
05:07to your future opponents
05:08so
05:11I think it was quite obvious
05:13what Newcastle did
05:14it was quite obvious
05:15what Tottenham did
05:17but maybe then
05:17I shouldn't say it
05:18but in the meantime
05:20when we had the ball
05:21that was
05:21what hurt me the most
05:24because
05:24from the nine minutes
05:26at the time
05:26which ended up with ten
05:29completely correct
05:29by the way
05:30this time
05:31I think they had
05:3495% of the ball
05:36so every time
05:37when we had the ball
05:38we kicked it away
05:38or we threw it away
05:39it was unbelievable
05:41that we couldn't keep the ball
05:42a bit longer
05:42so yeah
05:43then you have to defend
05:44for eight and a half minutes
05:45or nine minutes
05:46nine and a half minutes
05:47last one here
05:49I think it was also difficult
05:51those ten minutes
05:52to stop his time
05:53I'm pleased with you
05:54to see Cristiano Romero
05:55get sent off
05:56and just make it
05:57a little bit easier
05:58for those last few minutes
05:59I thought it would mean
06:02that it was a bit easier
06:03but in reality
06:04it wasn't
06:04so of course
06:07they still had the free kick
06:08and I know
06:09what a special player
06:11Poto is
06:12and how good of a free kick
06:13he has
06:13he showed that already
06:14with the corner kick
06:16he took
06:16which led eventually
06:17to the goal
06:17in some other moments
06:18so I thought
06:19let's first survive
06:21this free kick
06:21and to be honest
06:23I thought
06:24against nine
06:25we will probably be able
06:26then
06:27to keep them away
06:28from our goal
06:29but it looked as if
06:31we were down to nine
06:34and they were
06:35with 11
06:35because it was
06:36attack after attack
06:38after attack
06:38which
06:39didn't lead to a goal
06:41the second one
06:47I haven't seen
06:47so it was the second yellow
06:48so I thought
06:49one of our players
06:50got a yellow
06:51and I was like
06:51how can Ibu get a yellow card
06:53for this
06:53but Ibu wasn't even on a yellow
06:54but then I saw that
06:57they got one
06:58so I don't know
06:58what happened
06:59why he got the second yellow
07:00so the first one
07:02was with Xavi Simons
07:03I don't think
07:03he had any intention
07:05to do it
07:05but
07:06yeah
07:07if you see it back
07:08where he touches him
07:10from behind
07:11starts
07:11the height
07:13I think it was
07:13Kaaf
07:14Aguilis
07:15this time
07:17already a few times
07:18in games
07:19when other teams
07:20made fouls like that
07:21against us
07:21it didn't lead to a red card
07:23but this time it did
07:25and I think
07:26I've seen multiple times
07:29that these fouls
07:30are a red card
07:30but I've seen this season
07:32a few times
07:33when other teams
07:33made these same fouls
07:34against us
07:35that it wasn't
07:35so
07:35you always rely a little bit
07:38on who is the VAR
07:39and which decision
07:42makes the referee
07:42thank you
07:44Merry Christmas
07:45oh sorry
07:46why are you
07:48you
07:48you too
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