00:00First of all, what are your reflections on the game?
00:04Well, obviously, we wanted to win the game.
00:07Unfortunately, we didn't manage to do that.
00:09In the first half, we were much closer to that with the amount of situations
00:12and the spaces that we arrived into.
00:15Normally, you have to pick somebody in the box and it's a goal.
00:18And we had much more domination in the second half.
00:21We struggled to dominate the game more through two things.
00:24One, because we gave some very unnecessary goals away, very unlike with us,
00:28that didn't allow us to travel together as a team.
00:30And when you don't do that, you are not compact.
00:32And they start to drop everybody behind the ball and through the midfield,
00:37their back, without having any presence in the box, obviously.
00:40But they have the ball without really...
00:42Because I don't think they had a single shot on target tonight.
00:46But you struggle more to dominate the game and to be a threat in the position box.
00:51You mentioned there, in the first half, those passes,
00:54when someone should be in team.
00:56The movement was there, the arrival was there, the players were there.
01:02There are two or three that they come across,
01:04and we need to occupy a space that we didn't occupy to score the goal.
01:08But in many other occasions, the situation was there.
01:11But against Villa, we were excellent at that.
01:13And every time we do that, that's why you win those big matches.
01:16And today, we miss that.
01:18But with missing that, at least we were so disciplined
01:20that we didn't concede absolutely anything about the champions.
01:24Alex, BBC.
01:26Hi, Michael.
01:27Hi.
01:28You've had an excellent season, six points cleared still in the table.
01:30Does it feel like a mixed opportunity?
01:32Yeah, every time you don't win.
01:34But then we will be 12, 15 or 20 points ahead.
01:37You know, I have to really praise the team, the players individually,
01:40for what they've done in this Christmas period.
01:43Because the demands and the schedule, it's unbelievable.
01:46And what they've done, I think, is remarkable.
01:48So to come out of this period, with all the issues that we had,
01:51in the position that we are, in our strong position that we are,
01:55I think the boys deserve my credit and everybody's recognition.
01:59Ed, Claudia?
02:00Michael, there's a little bit of frustration at the end
02:02with some of the fans who didn't get the win,
02:04but what would you say to those fans that, you know,
02:06you can still see the points cleared?
02:08Yeah, we go again.
02:09Thank you so much for the atmosphere again,
02:11and being always behind the team.
02:12And that's it.
02:14We are in a really strong position,
02:16and we have to keep going,
02:17because it's still very early in the season,
02:19and we need them.
02:20Hi, Michael.
02:21Kevin Anthony is getting involved.
02:23Yeah, I heard.
02:24Well, knowing Gabby, if anybody knows Gabby,
02:29it's an incredible, lovely guy,
02:31and probably he didn't realise what happened.
02:34I hope that Connor is well.
02:36I will have a work with him,
02:38now with him, to understand that,
02:40but probably he didn't recognise what happened.
02:43Amy?
02:47It feels a bit like every point is a grind, a slog,
02:52how hard you have to work to get every single point.
02:55Yeah.
02:57I have this feeling since August.
03:00And I think we all have the same.
03:02Every manager, every player, every team.
03:04Because this is the level of this league,
03:06and you see how difficult it is.
03:07Does that make you feel anything different about your own team,
03:11or how they feel about it?
03:13Very proud.
03:14Very proud.
03:15What it makes me feel is very proud,
03:17because I know how difficult it is,
03:18and what they've done,
03:19and I recognise what they've done,
03:20and it's unbelievable.
03:21Yeah.
03:22OK, next time.
03:23Hi.
03:24Hi.
03:25First up,
03:26he did have a few chances.
03:27Obviously, a few crosses have flushed as well,
03:29to Novaya.
03:30Vince Jaco didn't seem to be getting near the crosses,
03:33but he spoke about how the teammates need to adapt
03:36to the teammates.
03:37Why is he friendly to...
03:40Ah, he was in great position sometimes,
03:42the goal didn't arrive,
03:43and as I said,
03:44there was a situation.
03:45Normally, we go into the six,
03:46that was almost with the ball in the feet,
03:48and normally that's a goal,
03:49or you pick somebody,
03:50and you score a goal,
03:51and we didn't do that,
03:52and that's the thing that today,
03:53we have to improve,
03:54apart of the things that we did in the second half,
03:57that wasn't probably at the standards that we are used to.
04:00Do you think he gave up?
04:01Yes.
04:02Yeah.
04:03OK, finally this section,
04:04we'll go to Davide from Visitor.
04:06Hi.
04:0721 games, six points clear.
04:11If you haven't been 21 for your most happy job,
04:15what would that be?
04:17Well, the desire they have to win,
04:19and the consistency that they are showing,
04:21with the schedule that we have in front of us,
04:24and the situation that we have to deal with.
04:26I think what they're doing is remarkable,
04:28and we want to continue to improve and learn,
04:31and every game is an opportunity to do that,
04:33so tonight as well,
04:34against the actual champions,
04:36let's not forget that,
04:37that they are an incredible team,
04:39and today we have to reflect on that,
04:43and tomorrow we go again,
04:44because we have another game on Sunday.
04:46OK, now we'll take someone from the portal.
04:48If this is a...
04:49OK, guys, let me go.
04:50This is for 12 o'clock on...
04:51...if not 20.
04:52...if not 20.
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