00:00First of all, for Dayton and how is he? What's the solution for the injury?
00:05Yeah, for the injury. We still need to do some assessments,
00:10but it's clear and obvious that he will be out for quite a long time.
00:16Again, it's become such a problem for you. I know he's generally a midfielder,
00:20but the fact that he can cover it at right-back involves you another option.
00:25Yeah, but don't forget that he's a good centre-back and a good midfielder as well,
00:30and it's not as if in those positions, if you look at the number six position
00:33or the two centre-back positions, we are quite vulnerable over there as well,
00:38if something happens, so yeah, let's try to make sure the players we have stay fit now.
00:44How does it all impact your thinking in terms of managing minutes?
00:47Because you go in Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday,
00:49but then of course you do have eight days before you then face Nottingham Forest in the Premier League.
00:54Yeah, not the first time this season that we have to play three games in seven days,
00:59and I said many times it's part of being a top club, a big club that you play a lot
01:04of games,
01:05but three and eight is already better and some teams are three and nine.
01:09And then it also depends, of course, in the FA Cup what draw you have,
01:12and we play a very strong Brighton team because I think there are a lot of comparisons between Brighton and
01:18us.
01:20They absolutely don't deserve to be in the position they're in at the moment.
01:23They play so much better than the league table shows.
01:27Almost every game they're competitive and deserve more than they get.
01:31So, yeah, it's another challenge and another, I just said to Tony yesterday evening,
01:40it took me a long, long time before I could fall into sleep,
01:43because I was constantly considering what options I have for the line-up or what I should do.
01:48Because indeed, do you play the same players again or is this a moment for the others,
01:54but which others in which position?
01:57So, I need another 24 hours to decide on the line-up.
02:01I take it that priorities come into it as well, so where does this competition come in terms of priorities?
02:07Because we would always assume in this situation that you're in this season,
02:11that maybe Champions League qualification, league position is the priority this season.
02:15So, what are you weighing up in terms of your priorities?
02:17We've got three priorities, FA Cup, Champions League qualification and the Champions League.
02:25But we're also aware of the limited options I have, we have, so in terms of the squad.
02:32So, the load management is important as well,
02:35because the last thing we could use right now is another injury.
02:37But yeah, that is always the difficult balance for a manager, including his performance staff and medical staff,
02:46what is the best decision to make every single time.
02:50And it is also true that it wouldn't be for the first time that a player could get injured
02:57if he has to play three games in seven days.
02:59So, that's the challenge we're having, but the most important thing is we have to train today,
03:11see how the player is doing, listen to them how they feel,
03:14and then make the best possible decision.
03:19When you're talking about your mulling over those options right now,
03:23and thinking who you could bring in, youth here, you've seen young kids go and win a trophy,
03:28is that something now you could delve into?
03:30Are you looking more at the younger end of your squad?
03:34I'm looking always at them, because yesterday they trained again, all of them.
03:38But on a serious note, a few of them come closer and closer to first-team football,
03:44and a few of them already had it with Rio and Trey.
03:48Games like this could be an option for them as well,
03:51but like I said, it's finding the right balance,
03:56because we do play a very strong and good team with Brighton tomorrow,
04:02and finding the right balance in who to play is something we're going to think about even more.
04:08With it being at the Premier League opposition in the FA Cup as well,
04:12does that make it tougher for you and give you more questions?
04:15Yes, of course.
04:18If we would have had a different opponent tomorrow,
04:23then I maybe would have made other choices as well.
04:29Karl?
04:31This might be an obvious one, but how important has the captain been during this?
04:38We've talked about the low-minded stuff.
04:41He's played nearly every minute of every game.
04:44He always shows up.
04:46How wide has that been for you this season?
04:50No, vital, of course, because not even looking at the amount of options we have at centre-back,
05:00because if he's not playing, there are no options left, same for Ibu, by the way.
05:04Although Joe is coming back now, but he's been fit every single time,
05:10and I've said this before, how big of an accomplishment that is for a player of his age,
05:17because he's not the youngest anymore, he plays every three days.
05:21But that's not a coincidence, because if I look at how much work he puts in on a daily basis
05:25to recover,
05:26to be ready for the next, immediately when the game finishes,
05:31till the moment the next game starts, and I've said before that it's always harder to stay fit in a
05:37season
05:38where you have a team and he as well had so many setbacks.
05:43So it tells you a lot about what he does off the pitch in recovery,
05:48but definitely also about his mental strength, that he's able to stay with the team,
05:53and not only stay with the team, but also bring in very good performances
05:57and lead the team, as he always does, on and off the pitch, by example.
06:03And that is also what he did Wednesday night in Sunderland.
06:07You spoke about improvements in both boxes, and obviously he's becoming a threat.
06:14Attacking set-pieces score again on Wednesday night or the winner,
06:17so that's an important attribute to have.
06:22I would almost say that in the current Premier League,
06:24it's the only attribute you should have, doing set-pieces well.
06:29Yesterday I again watched a game where set-pieces were almost part of everything that happened during the game.
06:39So, yes, Vital, he scored one against Bournemouth, scored now one,
06:42and has already scored a few important goals for us this season,
06:46definitely last season as well from set-pieces.
06:48So, yes, he's a big threat in the air offensively,
06:54and defensively is really important for us not to concede.
06:59So, yes, Vital, and I hope he will score many more for us in set-pieces this season.
07:07Just to follow up on that, has your opinion on set-pieces changed this season?
07:20My first thought through my head was no, because I've always said set-pieces are almost impossible
07:27to win a big game of football with a negative set-piece balance.
07:31And Premier League, every game is now a big game because of the strength of the league.
07:38But looking at where the league has gone to, I should maybe not say no,
07:43I should say yes, because I cannot stop talking about the importance of set-pieces.
07:50It's every single day, it's so obvious.
07:52You have asked me multiple times what the difference is between our Champions League performance
07:56and our Premier League performance now.
07:59The most simple answer is set-pieces,
08:02because in the Champions League we are top in set-pieces,
08:05in the Premier League we are completely bottom,
08:08and that reflects in the league table as well.
08:11And, yes, the current Premier League is so, so, so much more about set-pieces
08:18than it was last season, that even though I found it very, very, very important,
08:25it's now gone through the roof in terms of how important it is.
08:31It's actually impossible to win the league if you have a set-piece balance like ours,
08:36you need to have plus five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
08:39to even, no matter what you do in open play, to have a chance to win the league.
08:47Hello, Arne, after the game in Sunderland,
08:49where you played without your Hungarian players for the first time in the season,
08:56what qualities or dynamics could return to Liverpool's game,
08:59obviously, if you bring them back to the team,
09:02and how important might it be against Brighton?
09:07For a moment I thought we won because of all different reasons,
09:10but now you tell me what the reason was why we won.
09:18No, these two have been very, very important for us,
09:20so this is definitely a joke.
09:24How important these two have been for us? Was that your question?
09:27Yeah, and what dynamics or what policies will them bring back to the team if you play again?
09:35No, the energy both of them bring is very important to the team.
09:40Miloš has, I think, shown this season that defensively he's very, very solid,
09:48but able to defend 1v1 against the best wingers in the world.
09:54And more and more and more we see what we saw in Bournemouth as well,
09:58that he's an offensive threat as well, that he has the power to go up and down,
10:03also to be an offensive threat.
10:05Dominic, I could almost say I cannot start talking about him,
10:08all the quality he has, that is close to ridiculous,
10:12so off the ball, on the ball, he can score a free kick.
10:18His work rate is at another level off the ball,
10:22so not only the way he runs but the intensity he presses with, that's unbelievable.
10:26And I think we can all see how much technique and how much game inside he has.
10:32So if you are able to play right full-back, defensive holding midfielder,
10:36offensive midfielder, right winger,
10:38then you must have so many qualities if you are able to play in all these positions.
10:41So, yeah, he's been vital for us this season and last season, by the way.
10:50And he will continue to be that for the upcoming season, like Miloš.
10:53All right, thank you.
10:56You mentioned at Sunderland that the away fans helped the team over the line
11:00in that last period of the game,
11:01but it felt like there was a greater calmness and assuriness about the team
11:05defending that lately compared to the game against Manchester City.
11:08I think Curtis Jones came on to compete 100% of his passes,
11:12but he maintained an attacking threat.
11:14I think Sunderland only had one shot after the 75th minute.
11:17What do you need to do to make sure that that's the blueprint
11:20and how do you do those situations?
11:23Yeah, but I think City only had one shot after we scored against them,
11:30but that was immediately a goal,
11:32and that changes the momentum, that changes everything.
11:35So, margins have been so small for us this season.
11:40Every single time when the other team has a bit of a sniff in the game,
11:45all of a sudden they scored and we need to put so much, so much, so much in it.
11:50Before we are able to score.
11:53I didn't see that many differences in the last 20 minutes than I saw against City.
11:58The big difference was that the first time they arrived after us scoring the 1-0,
12:03it was a goal.
12:05Before that we were challenging them in their box to score the second.
12:12So, yeah, the margins are really small.
12:14I think there was a moment that was definitely after 1-0 when Ibu was in a fight with Robby
12:19inside our box,
12:22and I felt he lost it and then Ibu could still put his leg in front of him and play
12:26the ball.
12:27If that is the margin, if that is not happening, he turns and might score,
12:34because it would have been a bigger chance even than the one Benadio Silva had.
12:39But Ibu defended it perfectly.
12:41But those are the small margins we are talking about.
12:44And, yeah, I see a lot of football and I see a lot of chances being missed.
12:49But that's not happening a lot with our opponents this season.
12:57You're welcome.
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