00:00Hi Daniel, congratulations, what was your thoughts on the display, ultimately the result and how much of a step back is it important to know the overall progress that you've made recently?
00:10Yes, first of all congratulations to Arsenal, deserved win today, so today I have to say we have to accept that the better team won this game.
00:23Of course we were also realistic before, we faced today the best side currently in Europe.
00:28There are reasons why this team is sitting top of the table in the Premier League, why this team is the best team currently in Europe, 8 wins out of 8 Champions League games.
00:38And of course you need a perfect day in order to give yourself a chance and also a bit of luck that this side is then perhaps not there with our best day and not super effective.
00:48But today sadly we didn't have our very best day and they were on it from the first to the last second.
00:55And for that they deserve to win this game and we have to accept their quality today, we have to say congratulations they were better and for that there's not too much to over-interpretate into this game.
01:05How has Caldalo after that, obviously you know goalkeepers come in the spot but I don't know when they make mistakes and stuff and you know Arsenal has a threat and set pieces but I mean what would you say about him overall?
01:14Yes, overall of course he's disappointed with the situation.
01:17I think in general the key was today we didn't find the solution to create chances against them to score goals.
01:25Whatever we did today they in the first half found against all our processes always an answer.
01:31So we changed on the base formation in the second half, we brought different types of offensive players on, we brought many offensive thinking players on as well but whatever we did they always had an answer today.
01:46We were not really able to create chances.
01:48This was the first part of our game.
01:51Second part against the ball, in the first half out of the game I can't really remember a chance for them.
01:58But obviously set pieces are also a big topic for them, I think we gave a few too many away.
02:05Initially we have defended all the corners pretty spot on but the problem was if you then clear sometimes the corner and then there's a second phase and to concede out of this situation that was tricky.
02:17Of course the crossing situation we were then in the center over shifting too far to the first pose and had an under load and they had a relatively easy one null.
02:26Yes, in the second half they scored more or less, I think it was, I have to watch it back, was their own goal probably but at least there was not really one Arsenal player close to it.
02:36Of course we should defend this situation better.
02:38If you concede two goals like this and two null down against the best side in Europe then it was always clear it could be a long, long afternoon.
02:46Again, one death you have to die, we decided to go for it in the second half and to try with one goal to have a foot back into the door.
02:54I think we had twenty, twenty-five good minutes but we were not really able to create chances in this moment and take advantage of it and we decided then, of course, to change back to a back four.
03:06Of course then as more or less the gaps were a bit bigger for their offensive players and then, yeah, Görkeres and especially also Jesus with unbelievable movement for the fourth goal showed them their quality and what they can do if they have a bit more space.
03:19Yeah, for that, again, so their offensive quality was better today.
03:25Of course we could have defended the situation in the first half, better to be two null down was of course the key because otherwise we wouldn't have to take more risk and could have stayed a bit more solid.
03:34But once you're two null down and here in a home game it's not like we wanted to accept just the two null, we still wanted to go for it and for that, yes, no too many hard feelings today
03:44and just correlations to the quality that Arsenal has shown today.
03:49You've already got four senior goalkeepers at the group.
03:52Has there been any discussion this month about strengthening even further there?
03:56Because clearly Lucas and Karl have neither really cemented themselves in your mind for the first choice here.
04:02Our bot knows exactly my feelings but I think what we should do during this window and I mentioned several times I won't speak publicly too much about my opinions
04:12because it makes the market just more difficult and for that, sadly I can't answer honestly the question anyhow.
04:20So of course we're always looking to improve the squad and to bring quality players in, especially on positions where we are perhaps a bit weaker anyhow.
04:28So that's for sure.
04:29But I don't want to speak too much about this because I concentrate on the players that I have available and try to be there with the best possible decisions.
04:38How did you hope to hurt Arsenal today? What was the game plan? How did you keep in mind?
04:43To be flexible like we were also against Everton, obviously we wanted of course also like with our wing backs to open them a bit over the wings.
04:56They had good solutions to close us down. Then whenever the central midfield players were jumping, we wanted to use this also with an overload in the centre.
05:04But the last one was also defending forward and denied these opportunities.
05:09We wanted then, of course, also to use sometimes a bit more pragmatical style with using Dominic.
05:15But it was always clear that this would be difficult against headers like Gabriel and Saliba.
05:21So we wanted to be flexible and of course also like want to go for it and have many winnings of the ball in their half already.
05:30Yeah, but against all these topics more or less for quick counter attacks, they had always good solutions.
05:35Out of all processes that we tried, yeah, Arsenal today always had the answer.
05:42And also when we change the base formation and tried then to play with different angles and different areas, they had a good answer.
05:49So you have to say their quality today against the ball and as a whole team also to defend was on the top level.
05:56And yeah, just have to say congratulations to them today. We were not able to find our offensive opportunities.
06:05Daniel, what was the message to the last couple of times?
06:10Yes, also that of course they should take the disappointment from today, but we won't over-interpretate this game.
06:16And also there is not much to analyse. It's more or less like to say come on, they were the better side and we accept that Arsenal today was a better side.
06:25And this type of game is not season-defining. Yes, you can't accept as a promoted side that each and every time you face a top or big name,
06:35like against Liverpool two times a draw or against Chelsea a win or whatever.
06:40Sometimes there is also a game against one of the big names when you lose the game.
06:44This happened today. It doesn't take the disappointment in the first instance away,
06:48but it's also nothing that we will speak about in the next three or four days.
06:52We put this game pretty quick to bed and from tomorrow when we concentrate already on Nottingham here on Friday evening.
06:58Yeah, just on that, how important is it that your players do to sort of pull this to the back of the minds with the big game head on?
07:04Yes, important because whenever there is a loss and also deserved loss,
07:10it's important not to dwell on that. For that we draw a line pretty, pretty quickly and move on.
07:15Yes, outstanding. Also big compliments to our supporters because like us they were also disappointed,
07:29but they also felt anyhow that today the quality of Arsenal was a bit too good.
07:34And I think it was also appreciation of what we've done in the last month and even the last one and a half years.
07:40And you know, our home record speaks for itself, our performances at home,
07:44also the away games, but also especially at home, speak for itself.
07:48And it's a good feeling that they are also in this moment having the back of my players,
07:52and we have a great unity throughout the club.
07:55And having a home game so quickly as well?
08:00Yes, of course, for a promoted side it's always important, especially at home to have a fortress.
08:06And yes, to have the next home game then on Friday evening, floodlights are on,
08:11can't be much better, but it won't be an easy game.
08:14So it's still a difficult game and we have to prepare in the best possible way.
08:19We face again the side also was qualified last season for Europe,
08:23has spent lots of money on the transfer market.
08:25And in terms of individual quality, it's definitely a really good side
08:30and we have to be back at our very best to give ourselves a chance to win the next points.
08:35Nobody else?
08:36Yeah.
08:37Daniel, you said Arsenal are the best in Europe in terms of Champions League.
08:42Do you think they'll win the league from what you've seen today?
08:45That's difficult to say.
08:47And each of the top side is also different.
08:50You can't really predict what happens, for example, on Champions League level
08:53because the Spanish side, Bayern Munich, they also have chances
08:57and it's more or less the same in the league.
08:59So it's just obvious if you are top of the league after this amount of game,
09:04there are reasons for it and you deserve it in Europe and also in the Premier League.
09:08And for that, at the moment, they have the best possible solution.
09:12But it's also important to keep the nerves and run in to show this consistency further on,
09:16to show this consistency also when important Champions League games will be on.
09:21So this week they had a bit of advantage, more or less, that they could rest their first team.
09:27Perhaps it would have been a bit easier for us if they would have played with their first team,
09:31more or less, during the week.
09:33But there will be also difficult games upcoming, but they definitely have a chance.
09:37I see that for sure.
09:39All good. Thank you very much.
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