00:00Everyone, hope you're well.
00:01We'll take a share of hands of questions, please, with Mark's on either side of the room.
00:04We'll set an embargo part way through for 10.30pm this evening.
00:12Is Mark Gehi going to make his debut tomorrow?
00:16Yes.
00:17How important could that signing be?
00:20Really good, considering the absence in central defenders.
00:24Really good.
00:25Do you have any players coming back for tomorrow, like Nunes,
00:29like Niko Gonzalez?
00:33Mateo still has the virus.
00:35I don't know what the doctor will say this afternoon.
00:37And Niko, I don't think so.
00:40In the Premier League, Arsenal have obviously got a seven-point lead,
00:43but you've caught teams with that sort of lead before.
00:46But is this Arsenal team a different proposition?
00:49Is it going to be harder, even harder than before?
00:52Absolutely.
00:52The best team right now in the world.
00:55So, look in Champions League, look in the Premier League,
00:57look in the FA Cup, in Carabao Cup.
00:59So, it's the best team right now.
01:03And hopefully we can be close.
01:05And getting better, getting better.
01:06And give us one chance, you know, to catch them.
01:13Hi, Pep.
01:14Erling said after Tuesday's game that the players play a ridiculous amount of games.
01:20Why do you think the authorities are not listening to this?
01:23And what's the solution?
01:25Why we talk about that subject again?
01:27So, nothing's going to change.
01:29So, it's not happening here.
01:31We have the last game in Bolo, 11 absents we had.
01:36So, 11 players out.
01:38But you have, I don't know, I think Aston Villa had a lot.
01:41And Tottenham have a lot.
01:43And Spain have a lot.
01:44So, it's not just in one period Arsenal had a lot.
01:48So, it's in all the teams.
01:51So, it's a lot of games.
01:52And it happens in the end of the games.
01:53But how many times we talk about that?
01:55So, always I believe that at least four days.
01:58Play a lot of games by give four days between games.
02:00But it doesn't happen.
02:03There are trips.
02:03There are, you know, many things.
02:06But we talk about that.
02:07It's not going to change.
02:08We try to work and do no better.
02:11Reliable players, like they have his physicality that can sustain games, game by game.
02:16So, otherwise, it's difficult.
02:19If you had the power, if you were the boss of world football, what would you do?
02:24I'm not and I will not be.
02:27As you would have got.
02:28And you mentioned recently the spirit is there in the team.
02:33Is that still the case?
02:34Is that still what you're seeing in the squad?
02:35They're all upbeat and happy?
02:37Yeah.
02:38I have an extraordinary team.
02:41An extraordinary group of players.
02:44And we are all together.
02:45We are a fantastic, fantastic football team.
02:50I don't have any doubt about that.
02:53Hi, Pep.
02:54Erling also apologized after the game in Bodo
02:57for failing to score, really, and apologized to fans.
03:02Do you think after everything he's done this season, he's been harsh?
03:04He has not to apologize.
03:06He has to do his best.
03:09And he's trying.
03:10And when the team doesn't win, it belongs to one player.
03:16It's for everything.
03:17For everyone.
03:18So, I don't apologize.
03:20You have to apologize yourself if you don't give anything.
03:23That is not necessary.
03:25What did you make of the gesture of the players offering to refund the supporters?
03:29It's one of the best group of the captaincy.
03:33Captaincy?
03:34That this Manchester City has since I am here.
03:37Bernardo, Ruben, Roderick, Arden are extraordinary.
03:42Extraordinary.
03:44In many things, many details.
03:45How they are close to the club, to the team.
03:48To do decisions for the best.
03:52Pep, good afternoon.
03:53Hope you're well.
03:54Can I just ask, you say there are an extraordinary group of players,
03:58and yet you said after the game in midweek,
04:00so many things are going wrong.
04:02We need to change the dynamic quickly.
04:03How does this group of players do that?
04:06Do that what?
04:07How do they change the dynamic?
04:09How do they put right what's going wrong at the moment?
04:13Maybe you were in Hollis,
04:14but one week ago we were in Newcastle,
04:16and we won 0-2 in a team like you are in the Champions League,
04:19how strong they are.
04:20And after one week,
04:22I was a little bit surprised how we have an United,
04:24or maybe United was better.
04:26And in my opinion against Bodo,
04:27it's just we missed in the boxes,
04:30especially in the box from Bodo,
04:32the chances that we had again.
04:34And the long balls, the duels,
04:36we were not aggressive enough.
04:37We lost the second balls
04:38because we are not specific players in that position,
04:41but in general the team had the feeling there.
04:44Going wrong because, yeah,
04:45we are, you know, 50, 20, 25 minutes.
04:49I would say except one action, really, really good.
04:52And after in two minutes we can see two goals.
04:55The chances that we had in the 41 minutes,
04:57and the other ones in the first header from Max Alain
04:59in the five-yard box,
05:00and after that when we make three-ones,
05:02one minute later we'll have a send-off from Rodri,
05:04that is my position to get in wrong.
05:06Because there is a deal of situations
05:07you have to be in that moment
05:09that we were lucky here,
05:11and sometimes we are not.
05:13I'm not talking about the game against United
05:14because without Gio,
05:15we'll shoot the distance,
05:16the goals will be higher.
05:18But especially in the games of Bodo,
05:20I don't have that feeling,
05:21but it's so demanding.
05:23So for Max,
05:24it would be an incredible lesson
05:26and learning for his future in the Bellarmine,
05:28and that's what you have to move forward.
05:30You mentioned Rodri.
05:32He obviously got sent off.
05:33He appeared to be a little bit short of match sharpness.
05:36How much of a dilemma have you got with him now?
05:3811 months.
05:4111 months injured.
05:43Give him time.
05:44Remain the best.
05:46But can you afford to give him time?
05:47Because you need him so badly
05:49to be at the top of his game, don't you?
05:50Yeah, and he wants.
05:51But do you think play good or bad?
05:54Just begin with him.
05:56So give it time.
05:56It's 11 months.
05:57You need time to recover.
05:59I know the reason why we are struggling now.
06:02I know 100% what's happened with the team.
06:05I know it.
06:07So try to give a little bit more time
06:10and give it.
06:11Will it be enough?
06:12I don't know.
06:13I know it's a disaster having 13 points at the Champions League.
06:16I know that.
06:16But you have eight points with 13 points.
06:18Eight teams with 13 points.
06:19One of them, one of the best teams in the world.
06:22But for them, it's fine.
06:23But for us, it's a disaster.
06:24I know our standards are so high, guys.
06:27And I know the reason why we are a little bit
06:29not consistent
06:31or not taking the results that we are having.
06:35But are you still sure that he's got the ability
06:37to be as good as we all remember him
06:38when he was the Ballon d'Or winner?
06:40I'm pretty sure, yeah.
06:43But it depends on the team as well,
06:44not just on him.
06:45Pep, you said in moments the team showed a fragility.
06:51Is Mark Gehi enough to address the fragility
06:53or is it maybe something psychological in the group at the moment?
06:57The fragility, I know how it will be solved.
06:59The fragility is going to be solved for just one play.
07:00It's going to help us because of our experience
07:02and Mark is exceptional.
07:04He's a player for the national team from England.
07:06So the captain for the teams like Wanda
07:08and Defica last season
07:10and make an incredible,
07:11Oliver Glasner make an incredible season.
07:14And this season has struggled for, you know,
07:15some sales, especially for the Indians as well.
07:19But I had the feeling that, yeah, of course,
07:21but fragility is not about just one player.
07:23It would be nice,
07:24but I think it's not just about that.
07:26I know what is the solution to make
07:28not have the fragility.
07:30Tell me the solution.
07:32Play is no way.
07:33In terms of the group
07:37and its confidence at the moment,
07:39should Wolves be fearing a big response from this team?
07:43Because you've seen the,
07:44probably the feeling outside of the club,
07:47surprised at the last two results.
07:49You must want your players to go out
07:51and make a point this weekend.
07:52Yeah, we cannot lose games, right?
07:55We cannot, huh?
07:56No, Man City is so perfect
07:58that we cannot lose games.
07:59I know that, yeah.
08:01It's what it is.
08:03Yeah, you're right.
08:08So, we have to change the dynamic
08:10in winning games tomorrow
08:11and next Wednesday
08:12to try, you know,
08:13to win the game
08:14and try to score goals
08:15to finish eight,
08:16you know, finish eight.
08:17So, we arrive in February-Mars
08:19to play another knockout stage
08:21because we're already qualified for that
08:23and try to arrive
08:24to play as fit.
08:27Certainly in Bogota
08:27there for 10 p.m. this evening.
08:29Someone stop.
08:29I'm gonna stop.
08:29I'm gonna stop.
08:29I'm gonna stop.
08:30I'm gonna stop.
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