00:15No, no, if you talk about a goal and assist, the first play you think about is probably not a
00:21full-back.
00:22So if he can then add that to a game where we, till 91 minutes, again did not concede a
00:29chance,
00:31and he's of course part of defending, so that's the first job of a full-back.
00:35That is really positive, but the first goal he scored is not a big chance, it's a 20-yard shot,
00:42which we had a lot of three days ago.
00:46And now this one goes in after Cody and Mo did a good job in that lead-up to that
00:53goal.
00:54And the second goal follows straight away after, again, Cody having a good role in that attack, dropping low as
01:01a nine, switching it to Rio, and a great overlap by Robbo.
01:06And Mo, he's hardly ever offside, that is probably one of the most special things, he has a lot of
01:13special things, but that's definitely one of them.
01:15So when the linemen raised his flag, I was straight away questioning him, and that seemed to be fair because
01:21he wasn't offside.
01:22So, yeah, then we're 2-0 up, and then it opens up the game much more than three days ago.
01:29For the rest, I think it was an identical game.
01:40No, it's always pleasing if we score, but I think it's also important for attackers to score, because if they
01:51don't score over a long time, they are maybe starting to force it or going to do different things.
01:58So the more they score, the less they are going to force it, and that's why it's important for our
02:05attackers either to score or be part of the lead-up to a goal.
02:10Like I just said, Cody twice played a very good role in the first two goals we scored.
02:18Does it have a perfect response to the other night from your team, but also next week as well in
02:28terms of players available first back and the players that you rotated?
02:34Of course, it's a perfect response when you look at the results, but every stat is exactly identical than three
02:43days ago.
02:44I think they were on 0.44 xG, and they scored tonight.
02:49Their only chance they had, they scored one.
02:51The positive thing is, three days ago, they only had one chance and scored twice.
02:55We struggled to create a lot of chances from a lot of ball positions we had in the first 15
03:00minutes, but after scoring, not a big chance.
03:02The shot of Robbo is not a big chance.
03:04Things open up a bit more for us.
03:06Again, we conceded in extra time, so that's similar.
03:11So there was not so much difference, because in the first 15 minutes we were maybe a bit faster, going
03:17from side to side.
03:18That had also to do with the personnel, with the different type of players that were in certain positions.
03:24But overall, there were a lot of similarities between this game and three days ago.
03:29A lot of ball possession.
03:31But then, to your last part of the question, I'm really happy that a few players have come back, because
03:36I don't think I've ever complained about player availability.
03:41But if you have to play with 12, 13, 14 players every three days, then I don't think it's...
03:48It does make sense that maybe once in a while an individual performance is not at the level where we're
03:54used to of him.
03:56Because they have to play so many games.
03:58That's why I respect them so much.
03:59Every three days, the same players had to play.
04:01And now, I can also impact the game more off the bench, as you saw today as well.
04:07Players who came in did really well.
04:09And the ones that I started, that maybe not always playing, did really well also.
04:14So, a good thing that that happens now towards the end of the season.
04:25Arne, you just preempted my next question, which I hope you don't mind me saying, but there's only similarities between
04:30the first half of today and Tuesday's game.
04:33Is that something that you had to address at half-time with your players?
04:36Was that a concern to you?
04:37No, because we were penetrating more in their 18-yard box and coming closer to their goal than we did
04:46in the first half last week.
04:47So, I did saw the things we were talking about before the games, which we had to do better.
04:53That's also what we did better.
04:54But that also comes from different personnel on different position.
05:00So, one simple example is Dominic Zoboslai has a better diagonal over 80 yards than Jeremy Frimpong has.
05:07Jeremy Frimpong has other qualities.
05:11And Dom used that once or twice during this game.
05:15And apart from that, I think we knew even better how we had to play than we knew three days
05:24ago.
05:24Because we played them three days ago, so then game plans are usually easier to create.
05:30And the execution of that was better than three days ago.
05:35Still, it wasn't as if we were five times in front of the goalkeeper on a 1v1.
05:42That wasn't the same situation.
05:43But that's also really difficult against 11 players in and around the box.
05:47Tom?
05:48I appreciate you may not have had time to talk to him, but is McFadden okay to be solid?
05:52I think so, yeah.
05:54I was just going to ask, Andy, in terms of it's been, we had the challenging situation in January when
06:03Tottenham had made the bid.
06:05How he's handling himself and you know you can put him back into a situation like this and he's never
06:09a drop in what he does.
06:11Those five of the players are priceless.
06:14Yeah.
06:15He loves the club.
06:17And he loves to play in front of these fans.
06:19These fans were, again, amazing, by the way.
06:21Three days after, they were so disappointed, like us.
06:24They had to go again on a Friday evening over here.
06:28I don't know if they were all the same, but there were definitely more because in FA Cup you have
06:32even more away fans.
06:35So Robbo has, in the one-off year that I'm here, given his everything for the club.
06:42And I think the fans will tell me that's not only one-off year.
06:44He did this for all the years that he's been here.
06:46And every time I need him or the club needs him, he tries to give his best.
06:51And that's, again, what he did tonight.
06:53Not only scoring and having an assist, but I think he defended well.
06:59Calm, with a lot of composure on the ball.
07:02And that's crucial because if you play against a team where the full-backs are constantly open,
07:08you need, in those positions, players who are making the right decisions.
07:12And that's what Dom and Robbo definitely did tonight.
07:17Can I just ask you how you thought Rio did from the start?
07:21Good. I think it's special if you're 17 years old and you play in a Premier League match.
07:26I know it's an FA Cup match, but two Premier League sides playing against each other.
07:29If you then are able already to impact it with some very good 1v1 situations.
07:36That's also what makes him special because there are not many players in the modern football
07:40that can take 1v1s on. And that's something he can.
07:45He also, in my opinion, did better than three days ago because he kept the ball more.
07:50Three days ago he lost it a few times as well.
07:53So three days ago he also had his impact with his actions.
07:56Today he had it as well, but was even better in moments where he had to keep the ball.
08:03Nice game because you face five defenders, so for a winger you only have to go to one of the
08:09three centre-backs.
08:10So defensively you don't have to do as much when you face four defenders.
08:15So it was also a nice moment for him to use all his energy for the attacking part
08:21and not having to defend as much as when you have to do when you play against the four at
08:25the back.
08:26Thank you everyone.
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