00:09A proper London derby. We expected that because of the quality of the position,
00:15because of the individual quality that they have and because we played them four times
00:19already so we know how good and difficult they are to play against. After we started
00:23the game so well, the first half it was very, very dominant. I think the margin, the scoreline
00:28should have been bigger but we were 1-1. Game on, I reminded them that we were in the exactly
00:35same position against the Spurs seven days ago in that dressing room and said look what happened
00:40in the second half so we win the game. We certainly done that, we took the moment to score the
00:44second
00:45goal and after the red card we all expected a very different outcome in the last few minutes but we
00:52didn't manage to control and dominate that scenario as well as we wanted and on top of that.
00:58Chelsea did some very, very good things in that period and we needed David to win us again.
01:03Alex, BBC.
01:04Hi, Michael. A lot obviously going to be made of how good Arsenal are from the corners,
01:08they got you over the line again today. Have you had to go to another level with them this season
01:12because of how much sides are focusing on that aspect of the game?
01:16Yeah, about every team to be fair, look where they are in terms of the amount of goals that they
01:19score and they have more in this aspect so we haven't scored set pieces for a few weeks now
01:25but we scored so many in open play, today it was an option to score from this kind of situation,
01:31we've done it so well and we conceded as well.
01:33Amy Athletic.
01:34Hi, Michael.
01:35Hi.
01:36I'd like to ask you about someone who doesn't always get the headlines and that's David Raya.
01:40Okay.
01:40Today it felt like, as usual, he really made some unbelievable saves. How vital is his personality,
01:49his presence, what he brings in that department?
01:52Well, David is one of our leaders without a doubt and he's a keeper that knows how to
02:02maintain his focus and decide a football match when you need him because sometimes he doesn't
02:12participate at all and then in one action you have to be there and that's very, very difficult to do.
02:17And they said that he made it in the last action. It's a cross, it's not a shot, but he
02:23ended up
02:23being an unbelievable shot and I got the right angle and my heart almost stopped but David's
02:30hands were there to get it back to life.
02:32How was he after this? He looked like he might have got an injury at some point and also he
02:36was
02:36quite animated at the end talking to you and now he is okay in every way?
02:39I don't know what happened in that action. He had some niggles this week so I don't know
02:44what he's related to that. But yeah, overall very happy.
02:48Tom?
02:49We talked last week about how you control the end of games following the Wolves draw and
02:55you talked about keeping the tempo, keeping calm. After the 85th minute your team completed
03:00just seven passes in that 11 minutes that was left. How big is the challenge in trying to keep the
03:05players calm and do their roles in those moments of high pressure?
03:08Well, that's what we have to do. To train game context and scenarios is becoming really difficult
03:14because we don't have time to train and to replicate those moments is almost impossible
03:18because the emotional part is not there and the quality of the opponent you cannot do it basically.
03:22But it's certainly something that we'll discuss tomorrow because we have to improve it and do better.
03:29But at the same time you have to give credit to Chelsea for the manner that they've done it,
03:33the way they use the keeper as an extra player, the courage that they showed,
03:35how they get out from tight situations is unbelievable. Any player, like I said,
03:40or Cole, there's not many, many players that they can do that and cause you the problem and turn you
03:46around.
03:47Matt, take off.
03:48I'm sorry, it might be the lighting, but it looks like you've got black eyes.
03:52Black eye?
03:53Yeah, the left eye. Are you OK?
03:55I'm very good, thank you.
03:57No way for celebrating.
03:59That's your fault. OK.
04:02That's literally it. I just wanted to check it out.
04:05Thank you so much. I'm going to give you a hug now. Thank you for checking on me. Very good.
04:10We'll go to Phil from Pierre.
04:11Mikel, earlier you said your heart almost stops in injury time.
04:16What's it like when you're watching that and you can't control it and what goes through your mind?
04:20Are you expecting it basically to be like that now for the next couple of months at Barcelona?
04:25No, I'm trying to stay calm, but obviously we weren't getting the dominance and the sequences of play
04:30that we wanted and expected against the 10 men. So you have to navigate through that.
04:35And the margins are so small, so it's good.
04:49I don't know. Declan has to be substituted, so we're going to have to get checked and see if he's
04:58available for Wednesday, unfortunately, and the rest hopefully OK, but we don't know.
05:03It's going to be hard to start that same team every match, isn't it?
05:06No, we haven't done it. I mean, we're going to have to make changes and give opportunities to everybody to
05:12be fresh.
05:13And finally, Mikel.
05:14Mikel, you mentioned that everyone is suffering there. Are ugly games a bit inevitable with the calendar now for the
05:20end of the season?
05:22Yeah, well, it's not ugly. You have to play the game that is there for you to play and against
05:27Chelsea,
05:28you know exactly the game that you're going to play. And for me, it's a beautiful game to play
05:32because they have so much quality and you have to adapt so much to what they do.
05:37And they have to do the same against us, so the margins are very, very small.
05:40And the duels at the end decide these kind of games and hopefully we can play many top games like
05:46this.
05:47OK, everyone. Thanks so much. Thank you.
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