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00:00Good afternoon everyone, hope you're well.
00:07We'll start with questions from English Media first,
00:10followed by any questions from Turkish Media.
00:12We'll take a share of hands for questions please.
00:15Someone start?
00:17Someone start guys?
00:20Richard, thank you.
00:24Hi Pep, just wondering how you assess
00:28the overall situation?
00:30I mean, so many teams so close together on 13 points,
00:34you obviously need to win, but there's other results.
00:36How do you feel about it all?
00:38Good.
00:39I'd prefer to have more, but it's what we deserve,
00:4330 points, we need to focus and try to win our game
00:46and see which position we finish.
00:51And in terms of that, do you have to be aware of the other results?
00:55Do you have to be thinking about goal difference?
00:58We see the result in the last 5-10 minutes,
01:00how is our result, and after that we see.
01:03So we have to focus on win our game, that is the key.
01:11Hi Pep, you've talked a lot about Bernardo Silva,
01:14or been asked a lot about Bernardo Silva recently,
01:16and how you sleep better at night when you know he's going to play.
01:18How does a player get to that level of being that good
01:23and that intelligent on the pitch?
01:25He's a street player.
01:28All the players, for our fault,
01:31they're educated what they have to do,
01:32and just he does what the game dictates,
01:36what he has to do in every action.
01:38Street player, he's intuitive,
01:40he knows exactly what you have to do.
01:41Did you know you were going to get that kind of player 10 years ago,
01:44or did you buy him for something else?
01:46I was impressed.
01:47We were impressed.
01:47We were playing against Monaco,
01:49but not that level.
01:50What kind of player did you think it was?
01:53Just playing in the pockets, dribbles,
01:55and he's obviously become so much more.
01:57Yeah, dribbles, yeah.
02:02Yeah, I like what he has on the ball,
02:04but of course the players,
02:05you know him when you are with them,
02:08day by day,
02:10especially in the difficulty situations.
02:14And Bernardo has been defined,
02:16especially in the bad moments,
02:17how he reacts,
02:19how he behaves.
02:21In the good moments, everyone is fine.
02:24These are the bad moments.
02:25Bernardo, of course,
02:26I always expect he was a really good player.
02:29He went with Monaco,
02:30the French league,
02:31that is not easy,
02:32being in PSG there.
02:34But when you are many,
02:35many years,
02:36nine years together,
02:37you know him perfectly.
02:39There's never injured.
02:41Never.
02:42Every three days play,
02:43no massage,
02:44nothing.
02:44Have an incredible genetic nature
02:46to recover and play.
02:50We have seen it for many years.
02:53It's part of the success of this club,
02:54alongside for many,
02:56many other ones.
02:57He's one of the greatest.
03:00I know you said a couple of weeks ago
03:02that Erling was exhausted
03:03and obviously he didn't start
03:04at the weekend.
03:04How is he?
03:05Is he fully ready to go
03:06and come back into the team this week?
03:08I didn't have dinner with him last night,
03:10so I don't know.
03:13We'll see.
03:14We'll see today.
03:14You're very much in the hunt
03:16for four trophies still this season.
03:19How much would it help your chances
03:23when it comes to the business end
03:24of the campaign
03:25if you were to avoid a playoff
03:26and to manage to finish in the topic?
03:28I'll try to win tomorrow.
03:29Galatasaray is a league
03:33in the Turkish league.
03:34You see the players,
03:36all of them are exceptional.
03:37We have to make an incredible effort
03:42with our fans,
03:43give more that we can give
03:45for the situation,
03:46for a lot of absence that we have
03:48and after we'll see what happens.
03:51Pep, you've got Gundogan
03:52and Levi Sané coming back tomorrow.
03:54Can you sum up
03:55how much of a contribution
03:57those two made to your time here?
03:59Not bad at all.
04:02Huge contribution.
04:03My grateful is eternal
04:04for both of them.
04:06Incredible, lovely persons.
04:09Incredible mates.
04:10Happy to see them back tomorrow.
04:13With Ilkay in particular,
04:14he was such a key figure for you.
04:17How difficult was it for you
04:18to let him go?
04:18Yeah, it was a little bit longer
04:19than Leroy,
04:20but Leroy was really important.
04:21He gave us a gift,
04:22something unique.
04:25He was a special player.
04:27The connection when Kevin was there
04:29and other midfield players
04:31with Leroy was exceptional
04:32and Gundogan,
04:34I'm not sure to tell you.
04:35I've been a captain
04:36for the travel season.
04:39Massive big character.
04:40Another player quite similar
04:41like Bernardo.
04:44Top player in the top games.
04:47Big player in the big games.
04:50So, yeah, top.
04:52Just going back to Erling, Pep,
04:55your job obviously
04:56is to analyse the team.
04:57You do that very well, etc.
04:59Why do you think he's not scored
05:00from open play
05:01in the last six or seven games?
05:02Is it him?
05:03Is it the team?
05:03The team.
05:05And what's happening
05:06in the team?
05:06To play better.
05:08With regard to?
05:09Sorry?
05:10With regard to what?
05:11Taking up better positions,
05:12being more aggressive, decisive?
05:14Create more chances.
05:16They will score.
05:17Never underestimate
05:18the strikers,
05:20the goal scorers,
05:20because always
05:21they will make you silent.
05:26He will score
05:26for the rest of his life.
05:27That's for sure.
05:28And I appreciate
05:29you didn't have dinner
05:29with him yesterday evening,
05:30but would you speak to him
05:31or have you spoken to him
05:32just to sort of,
05:32I don't know,
05:33man-manage him a little bit,
05:35let him know you still believe him?
05:36Is that your sort of style sometimes?
05:38I'm not good in that.
05:40I'm over-thinking manager,
05:41not man-management.
05:42So that's interesting
05:43because there is a sort of
05:45considered wisdom
05:46that at the very elite level
05:47it's actually all about
05:49man-management,
05:50how you sort of
05:51get different personalities
05:53to gel and keep them going.
05:55Yeah, the new generation
05:57manages just the videos.
05:58We are not man-management.
05:59I don't talk with the players
06:00since the last three years.
06:03So I don't talk with them.
06:04Very wise.
06:06Less problems.
06:08Pep, you've obviously
06:10had a few days to reflect now
06:11on the Wolves game.
06:13You've obviously said
06:14that on occasion in the past
06:15your emotions
06:16can get the better of you
06:17at times.
06:17I just wondered on reflection
06:19what you thought
06:19about your comments
06:20about Faria Halam,
06:22the Premier League referee
06:23making his debut
06:24and whether you thought
06:25you went a bit too far
06:26with some of the comments
06:27you made on Saturday.
06:29They defend the part,
06:30you know,
06:31the statements always.
06:33They defend each other,
06:34completely understandable.
06:35So they have to do that.
06:37But at the same time
06:37they have to defend my club.
06:39How many times
06:40I criticized the referees
06:41last season
06:41was the worst season
06:42in ten years?
06:42How many times?
06:45I'd have to go back
06:46and check.
06:47I don't know how many times.
06:49That's true
06:49because it never happened.
06:52Okay, but I'm saying
06:53he was...
06:54Against United,
06:56what happened?
06:57You were there
06:57after the United game.
06:58What was my comments
06:59against the referees?
07:00Tell me.
07:01No, they weren't.
07:02About Dalo?
07:02No.
07:03I was incredibly respectful
07:06in ten years
07:07with the referees.
07:08Never, ever.
07:09When the defeats
07:10and everything,
07:11never comment
07:12absolutely anything.
07:12When I don't have arguments
07:13to do it,
07:14that's the only reason why.
07:15But I know
07:15they defend each other,
07:17pundits,
07:17and everyone
07:18defenders.
07:20You know,
07:20I understand completely,
07:21but I defend my players,
07:22I defend my club.
07:23That's why I owe them
07:24my club
07:25and my people
07:26and not what happened
07:28and that.
07:29I know you made
07:30some general comments
07:31about you felt
07:33that you'd obviously
07:33won all those titles
07:34despite the referees.
07:36I was referencing
07:38particularly the comments
07:40about a referee
07:42making his Premier League debut
07:43and you implying
07:45that he was making...
07:46If he fell off,
07:47I'm so sorry.
07:47I know it's not easy
07:48for a game to debut
07:49and it's happened.
07:51So,
07:52I know there's a sensitive
07:53everyone.
07:54I know that.
07:56It's not sensitive.
07:58It was just
07:58quite a big comment
08:00to make about
08:01a guy making
08:02his Premier League debut.
08:03That's why you can
08:04write an article
08:05and you can
08:06write it
08:08and you do it
08:08will happen.
08:10So,
08:11just take a look
08:11in 10 years
08:12when we defeat
08:13the FA Cup Finals
08:14for the position
08:16of the referees
08:17as the keeper
08:18for Crystal Palace.
08:20It's a natural position.
08:22It was a red card,
08:23it was not a red card.
08:24Look at my comments
08:25after the game.
08:26Never ever
08:27in 10 years
08:28in our defeats
08:28and our problems
08:29I never criticized
08:30the referees.
08:31I know it's a difficult
08:32position.
08:33What I'm saying
08:33this is because
08:34there are arguments
08:35and reason why
08:35we have done it
08:36and I defend
08:37my club
08:37and my players
08:38and they defend
08:39or I defend
08:40the referees.
08:41He has to do that.
08:43He can't live in it.
08:44He has to do it.
08:45It's difficult.
08:47Look what happened
08:47today in the boxes,
08:49in the corners,
08:49in the free kicks,
08:50in every action.
08:51Look what happened.
08:52It's not easy
08:52for everyone.
08:53And every action
08:53is fault.
08:54Every action is fault.
08:57I know it's not easy
08:58but I have to defend
09:00my club
09:01and my players
09:02for many, many reasons
09:03and never ever
09:04in 10 years
09:05when we're going to defeat
09:06and we're going to lose
09:06in the Champions League,
09:07in the Premier League,
09:11in the FA Cup.
09:11It won't happen.
09:13The first statement
09:14is congratulated
09:15all the time.
09:16All the time.
09:17When I do it
09:18it's because I believe
09:19it's fair enough
09:20to tell.
09:21But if you say
09:21for one time
09:22or two times,
09:23three times
09:23in 10 years
09:24I am the type of...
09:24OK, it's fine.
09:26Everyone defends
09:26his position.
09:27You defend
09:27where you work.
09:29I defend my club
09:30and my players
09:31and what's happened
09:32in many, many...
09:32When you have six minutes
09:34for a disallowed goal
09:35in the Carabao Cup
09:36I have to tell him.
09:39I have.
09:39With the hands
09:40against Wolves
09:44it happened
09:44and after Crystal Palace
09:45Chelsea
09:46what happened
09:46in the hands
09:47I have to tell.
09:48Because I don't expect
09:49the ref is going to defend
09:50but I have to defend
09:51ourselves.
09:53For the thing
09:53is it's fair enough.
09:56Hi Pep.
09:57Everyone talks
09:58about the intimidating
09:58atmosphere
09:59when they go and play
10:00in Turkey
10:01at Galatasaray.
10:02Can your supporters
10:04make the Etihad
10:05as intimidating
10:06tomorrow?
10:07Everyone is cultural.
10:09I was in there
10:10when I was
10:10a football player
10:13in Barcelona
10:14but never ever
10:15I was unlucky
10:16for that year
10:17when I was in Barcelona
10:18by Munich
10:18and now City
10:19never never
10:19we face against
10:20Turkish teams away.
10:22I would love to go
10:23to Istanbul
10:23but we were in Istanbul
10:24in a big night
10:26for us
10:26for that club
10:27obviously reasons
10:27but against
10:28Galatasaray
10:30or
10:30Fenerbahce
10:32or Sipkas
10:33to see three names
10:34that normally
10:34are in Europe
10:35in Europe teams
10:36I've never been there
10:37so I know
10:38I spoke with
10:39some players
10:42here and there
10:43the atmosphere
10:43is unbelievable
10:44but every club
10:46and every country
10:47and every culture
10:48is every culture
10:48so what I expect
10:50is that people
10:50come tomorrow
10:51support us
10:52in the bad moments
10:52we'll have
10:53because they are
10:53a top team
10:54so Galatasaray
10:56have a huge respect
10:57for how good they are.
10:57And can I just ask
10:59about Nico Gonzalez
11:00is he going to be available?
11:02Today is the last training
11:03we assessed today.
11:08You've spoken a lot
11:09this season
11:09about the energy
11:10and the spirit
11:10within the group
11:11when the players
11:13see that Arsenal
11:14have had a result
11:14like they did
11:15on Sunday
11:15do you notice
11:16that energy
11:17and spirit
11:17increase in the group
11:18or are they just
11:19so closed off to it
11:20they don't really even notice?
11:21My advice to them
11:22is focus on
11:23what you have to do
11:24that is the best advice
11:26if you are just happy
11:28or you are optimistic
11:29just for the fact
11:29that our contenders
11:30lose the games
11:31will not be good
11:33so we can do better
11:35you know
11:35we're done in the balls
11:36we can do better
11:37to win games
11:41so now is a different competition
11:43in the Champions League
11:44and we are already qualified
11:46that's good
11:47but of course
11:48will be really important
11:50with the game
11:50and weight
11:51you know
11:51you are able to finish
11:52with the first eight
11:53and knowing
11:55that this competition
11:56is so so difficult
11:57for everyone
11:58so every game
11:59is really really tough
12:00I'll take some questions
12:02from Turkish media
12:03just here on the front
12:04please
12:04thanks Alice
12:05Cidem Günalt
12:10TVB Sport
12:11for you Pep
12:12what is the hardest
12:13thing to control
12:14about Galatasaray
12:15with Okan Buruk
12:16as coach
12:17given their results
12:19against English teams
12:21thank you
12:23well
12:24the most difficult
12:24is the quality
12:25they have
12:25Foro Ximena
12:26he's a top
12:27top class player
12:28in the link
12:30with him
12:30his speed
12:31his top scorer
12:31but not just him
12:33Leroy
12:33the post wingers
12:35are so fast
12:36so quick
12:36and after
12:38with Torreira
12:38Gundo
12:39with Lamina
12:41so they have
12:42experienced
12:42experienced players
12:43all of them
12:43so
12:44if you see
12:45individual
12:45I think Galatasaray
12:46is one of the biggest
12:48clubs in Turkey
12:49so
12:51always they hire
12:53good players
12:53Hi Pep
12:55it's
12:56from NowSport
12:57Disney Turkey
12:58as you said
13:00Leroy
13:00and Ilkay
13:01are the players
13:02who you worked
13:03in the past
13:04and they know
13:05you really well
13:06in my opinion
13:07it's normal
13:08that they can
13:10do a trial
13:10meeting
13:11maybe to discuss
13:12your tactical
13:13situations
13:13with their coach
13:14do you think
13:16this is an advantage
13:17for your opponents
13:18for tomorrow
13:19or
13:19can you say
13:20that I'm not
13:21the Pep
13:22they know
13:22anymore
13:23I've changed
13:24tactically
13:24or mentally
13:25they should do it
13:28they should do it
13:31I would do it
13:32because we know
13:33each other
13:34quite well
13:34but
13:36that's for sure
13:38they don't know
13:38exactly
13:39which player
13:40is going to play
13:40tomorrow
13:41and the way
13:42we are going
13:42to attack
13:43and defend
13:43tomorrow
13:43they don't know
13:44it
13:44I think
13:45except have
13:46some spy
13:47here in the locker room
13:48and he's going
13:48to tell him
13:49so that is not
13:50going to happen
13:51so I would do it
13:53of course
13:53especially Gundo
13:55have been in
13:56thousand million
13:56meetings to him
13:57so
13:57at the end
13:59my colleague
14:00and myself
14:01we don't play
14:01Gundo plays
14:02Leroy play
14:03and our players play
14:04that would be
14:04the difference
14:05not the tactics
14:05if you had
14:06some players
14:07from ex-Golota
14:08strike
14:08maybe
14:09could you do
14:10the trial
14:11meeting
14:12with ex-Golota
14:13strike
14:13I will ask
14:14to the coach
14:15how is his
14:16mindset
14:16or how
14:17approach
14:17this type
14:18of games
14:18play the same
14:20away
14:20home
14:21and away
14:21so
14:21of course
14:22we will ask
14:23him
14:23thank you
14:23thank you
14:27everyone
14:27thank you
14:27thank you
14:27thank you
14:28thank you
14:29thank you
14:34thank you
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