00:00All players 21 years and younger, how pleased were you with the togetherness and what the team showed?
00:06Yeah, I'm really pleased, especially in the second half.
00:09I think we suffered all together.
00:12You can say that we defend well because we didn't suffer the goal,
00:16but they had the chances to score a goal.
00:19We need a little bit of luck sometimes.
00:22We had so many games this season that we didn't win.
00:26We didn't play better than the opponent today.
00:29I think we did well, just that in the first half.
00:32In the second half we suffered, but we managed to win.
00:35You talked to us about Patrick Dorvi a few weeks ago and his form at that time,
00:39but back-to-back really impressive performances and what's been behind him turning around his form?
00:44It's the normal life of a player.
00:47Sometimes you are in the good moments, sometimes you struggle.
00:52Sometimes it depends on the team or the game.
00:57Maybe the game today with a lot of transitions is good for his pace, for his ability to drive the ball.
01:04He played in one position that he can take more risk.
01:07That can help also a player like him to don't feel that responsibility all the time.
01:14So I think he did well.
01:16Andy?
01:17Can I ask you about Aidan's performance?
01:20I'm really pleased with Aidan.
01:23You can feel that he's improving every game.
01:28He's young, but you don't feel that he has a good game and then he slows the game or the thinking during the game.
01:37No, you feel that he's improving during the game.
01:40I think he was not playing, but he trained really well.
01:44You just need to train really well to be ready when the opportunity comes.
01:48So in this moment, if he continues to play like that, it's going to be really hard to take his place.
01:55You talk about suffering, it's only the second time you've kept a clean sheet this season.
02:02When you look at the possession, 32%, I wouldn't imagine that is the way that you want to play.
02:08But is getting that clean sheet, is that the way?
02:12The feeling is good, but if you compare it to other games, we suffer so much more today.
02:18But in certain moments, we put everything on the line.
02:23We were inside the box, but we are putting our body in front of the goal.
02:27We were defending every cross.
02:29We are trying to push out of the box when the ball went back.
02:35So that is a good feeling to have, a clean sheet.
02:39But if you look at the game, we had so many games that we control so much better the opponent,
02:43and we suffer goals, sometimes you just need a little bit of luck.
02:46Rob and then Karl.
02:48You've obviously had some big wins here, City and Arsenal penalties, all those kind of Liverpool.
02:53But because of the problems that you're having to deal with,
02:55I know you don't want to make excuses for you, you're dealing with a lot of problems.
02:58And that's what you talked about, you want to see spirit and desire.
03:00Is that one of the most satisfying wins that you've had?
03:03Yeah, yeah.
03:05Yes.
03:06Especially if you see the second half.
03:09We manage to defend, sometimes with a back six.
03:13But we suffer together, and that is a good feeling.
03:18I'm always talking about when we had good performance,
03:20and I felt that we are here and talking about the game.
03:25If we have always this spirit, we are going to win so many games.
03:30So I think it's something that we need to feel that,
03:32that we can win sometimes without playing so well.
03:35We can win games with the spirit, with the togetherness in the team.
03:42You talked about that second half there, the back six.
03:47Could you explain that a little bit more about putting on a line?
03:50No, it's that the opponent pushes us.
03:53And then sometimes we adapt to our wingers,
03:56we're playing like a full-back in certain moments.
03:58I remember the first game against Arsenal.
04:04Sometimes they were in the back six with Saka and the wingers defending.
04:11So sometimes you need to adapt.
04:14There is no tactic in that moment.
04:16We were just trying to compensate each other.
04:19It was not the idea, but you can understand
04:23to look at the context of the team.
04:25When you have to take Mason, it's hard.
04:28When you have to...
04:29And we were struggling a lot.
04:31And we put two wing-backs helping and playing like,
04:36helping the full-backs.
04:37So we were just trying to survive in the second half.
04:40Could you please explain the context of taking on Casemiro?
04:43Is that because you have so many games playing?
04:44No, it's not.
04:45This is the most important game.
04:48I felt that we need the...
04:50I don't want to take in that moment,
04:53I don't want to take Cunha.
04:55Because I felt that he was the only guy who can allow us to breathe.
05:00And I put him as a number ten.
05:02Jack was fresh.
05:03Continue.
05:04Manu was fresher than Casemiro.
05:06We took a chance because they were making a lot of corner runs.
05:10And I felt that he was going to struggle in that moment.
05:14Hi, Ruben.
05:15Can I ask you about Alessandro?
05:16Like, you saw what he means to everybody here with the ovation that he got when he brought
05:21him off.
05:22But what difference does he make to the team in attack and defence?
05:25And do you think that had he stayed fitter for longer, you might be in a better league position?
05:30I don't want to say that because if we don't have more points, it's because of the team.
05:38Not because of a specific player.
05:42I think he is a guy with a lot of character.
05:45He is really good on the ball.
05:47And that came with the quality that he has.
05:50He played the World Cup.
05:51He won the World Cup.
05:52He used to that stress.
05:56And he showed today that he is a top player.
06:01Sometimes people talk about the way he defends the box because he is a small guy.
06:08But today he did really well against a team that just has tall players.
06:13Okay, we'll move on to the pre-war section.
06:15And we'll get into 1.30 on Monday.
06:17We'll start with...
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