00:00Just back to Hugo as well, he goes into this game where he scored five goals in his last three Premier League games as well,
00:07he's still only 23, and you spoke about getting up to the physical levels he wanted.
00:11What opportunity is he showing on and off the pitch to reach those levels that you wanted?
00:16Do you almost have to protect him a little bit more now because of the injury to the palatine?
00:21No, I think he showed a lot of hard work to get to this fitness level where he is at the moment.
00:29It sometimes took me a bit of convincing that this all is actually really needed to become stronger,
00:39but he always did it, not always with a smile on his face,
00:44but he's worked really hard to get fitter and fitter on and off the pitch.
00:52I've tried to convince him as well, the better you defend a set-piece,
00:59the bigger chance you have to score a goal on the other end,
01:01because if you are 0-0, it's easier to score a goal than when you're 1-0 down.
01:05This might sound strange, but what it does with the energy levels of the other team,
01:09if you are conceding or if you are 1-0 up, that is a difference.
01:15So for us, for him to score goals, it's also important that we hardly concede,
01:22let alone in set-pieces.
01:24But he's worked really hard to get where he is now,
01:27and I think he's ready to go into a programme we are facing now,
01:31but he's not the only No. 9 I have, Federico Queza can play in that position as well.
01:35So, yeah, I have the chance to maybe, I wouldn't say rest him,
01:42but take him off if he's completely tired, with Federico Queza being available.
01:48Also, six games unbeat now as well, no competition.
01:51What do you feel has maybe changed over the last few weeks?
01:54There's really thrust you back up at Premier League,
01:57and as you said earlier, you're fifth now, but not one point for Chelsea on the second line.
02:01Yeah, I think the main thing that has changed is that,
02:05apart from the second half against Brighton,
02:07we haven't conceded that many chances as we did in the run we had before.
02:14I also think we've been a bit more lucky than we've been in the games before,
02:20because we've played games that we were so much better than the other team,
02:24in terms of everything that comes to football,
02:28but maybe the main thing that people always look at is your chance creation
02:31towards what you've conceded.
02:33Now, in the last game against Spurs I don't think we had many more chances than them,
02:38and in the game against Brighton it was equal as well,
02:40and those are the two games we've won.
02:42So, that's what you get with a low-scoring sport.
02:46We've been many times, many times, so, so unlucky with the result,
02:51almost every time, but in the last two games I wouldn't say we don't deserve it,
02:58but it was more of an equal game those two than many other games we've played that we've lost.
03:04So, yeah, that's the nice part of football,
03:08that the performance doesn't always give the results that you can expect.
03:14Thank you very much.
03:16Will you go to the next door?
03:17You're welcome.
03:18All the best.
03:19All the best.
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