00:00Alex, do you want to kick us off?
00:15Danny, you played a much, much better performance from the weekend.
00:19You must have been pleased with that performance.
00:21Yes, I'm very proud.
00:23I'm very proud of the performance.
00:25The reward is not massive, it's one point.
00:28Still another kind of these games where I think you do a lot of very good things,
00:33but at one point probably would have taken it before coming here.
00:37But looking at how the game has developed, probably not fully satisfied.
00:43I think Chelsea have had the board more than us,
00:46but I think the clearest chances have been for us.
00:49I hope we keep this performance level and I hope we receive the reward.
00:58a lot later in the next games.
01:01But it's a point that I don't know how it tastes.
01:07Yes, I think the first half against Brentford has been probably our worst first half.
01:24Since I'm here, I would say even.
01:26And definitely we needed to improve that one, no?
01:30I think the first half we still had a lot of energy.
01:33We recovered the ball in very good position.
01:35We've created very good or clear chances.
01:37I wasn't really happy to finish the first half.
01:42Second half we didn't have the same energy to defend as high.
01:47So we needed to defend a little bit lower.
01:49They pushed us more.
01:50But we've played another kind of game.
01:54Defensively very good.
01:55But when you recover lower the ball,
01:57probably you don't have the offensive positions.
02:02Not too hard.
02:03Chelsea, we've had the last one we finished.
02:05But I felt like the first half we've been better.
02:10Penalty show?
02:11Yeah.
02:16I think both penalties.
02:17The one that they call, I think there is a touch from one to one.
02:22If the referee calls, it is a penalty.
02:25But VAR is not intervening in these slight touches.
02:28I remember the Arsenal Everton one past week.
02:30Clear kick from an Arsenal player.
02:32They don't intervene.
02:34I would say even the Malo Gusto one is a handball.
02:36He sees the ball coming.
02:38But 50-50 decision is not clear mistakes, no?
02:41But two decisions that can go both ways, no?
02:45And we haven't been lucky this time, no?
02:48Alex is growing every game, I would say.
03:01He has helped us playing a little bit forward.
03:03Today, playing most of the game as a right-back,
03:08he's growing a lot offensively and defensively.
03:10He's very young.
03:12We have to know he's 20.
03:16You know, he's like his first Premier League games.
03:22Every game that he's playing, I think he's feeling more comfortable.
03:26And I hope he continues this improvement level, no?
03:31Because we will need it, yes.
03:34And on the two goals, obviously, two long throws,
03:36they've been a weapon and then Chelsea, obviously,
03:38they've been a weapon.
03:39And then Chelsea, obviously, have been a weapon.
03:41Yes, happy for because we've scored two set-play goals at the end, no?
03:45I think we've had, because we have Antoine and even Healy players
03:49who have given us chances in the long throws,
03:51but we haven't found the goals, no?
03:55We've found a lot of chances,
03:57even have given us corners, have given us good positions.
04:01But today, I think it was a good moment to score like this, yes.
04:06But for me, obviously, that second half you said was a difficult part of performance,
04:10defensive solidity that you perhaps have been lacking in the recent weeks.
04:14And how easy was it to see that from the team?
04:17Yes, we needed this a little bit, no?
04:19Because it's difficult to press against Chelsea all the time,
04:23high, man-to-man, they have quality players.
04:25Sometimes you will get exposed at the back.
04:27And probably when we've started losing some energy,
04:30you know, we decided to regroup a little bit, be more solid.
04:34And I think we defended the crosses, the set-plays very well.
04:38Chelsea is a team that has scored a lot of set-plays, the corners,
04:41and I was always afraid, no?
04:43Because we were defending well,
04:44but we were considering corners in the second half,
04:47but we've managed to defend them well.
04:50How impressive was Antoine to sort of push out the noise from his head
04:54and just put in that performance today?
04:56I think he has played a good game.
04:58I think Antoine has been performing quite consistently all the season, no?
05:04He was coming from scoring in the last games,
05:09and today also we've used his long throw,
05:13his options especially on transitions, and I think he has played well, yes.
05:17When we were talking about the character,
05:19you know, there's all this noise around him,
05:21you know, you could easily get distracted or say,
05:23I don't want to play, I might get injured.
05:25Is that impressive that he shows the character?
05:27No, no, no.
05:28I think in any moment we've thought that he was not going to play,
05:33you know, I've said it here to your colleagues outside,
05:38it's not his last game here with us, no?
05:42Yeah.
05:43It looked like it was his final game.
05:46Yes.
05:47He's waving to the fans, it looked like an emotional goodbye.
05:50How are you so confident that he will be available
05:52before you with the move progressing to Manchester City?
05:56I cannot say 100%, but I think he will play, yes.
06:01Yes.
06:02What do the next few days look like for him?
06:04Because obviously there is all this vaccination,
06:06you know the move away is progressing.
06:08He has to recover, recover,
06:10because we've played two difficult games in nothing in three days,
06:14so recover and we don't have a lot of time for the next one,
06:18Arsenal at home,
06:19so get ready for that one,
06:21it's going to be obviously a demanding game against the top of the league,
06:26and definitely it's going to be an important player for us, yes.
06:31There's so much speculation about him,
06:33how will you work with him over the next few days?
06:36The same way we've been working with him.
06:39Ten matches without a win now,
06:42but today's performance was very positive.
06:45Do you feel like the win is coming,
06:47that you will be alright despite this pressure that is mounting?
06:51I want to think.
06:52I want to think.
06:53The problem is I think it's the fourth draw in five games
06:55or something like this, no?
06:56A lot of them, the two Chelsea games, the United game,
06:59games where I think you've performed really well,
07:03and the reward is very small,
07:05so I think this is the first difference we have.
07:08We have 23 points,
07:10we would have wanted a couple more
07:12to stay out of this relegation travel if you want,
07:17but we have to continue.
07:20Now everything is costing us a lot,
07:22and I hope if we keep performing the same way as today,
07:28that the wins are coming,
07:30but it's true that we are now facing a very difficult schedule.
07:33I think we play Arsenal, Spurs, Newcastle, Brighton, Liverpool,
07:38so January is going to be demanding for us.
07:41Okay, thanks, Paul.
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