00:00Ask what you made of the referee in the middle.
00:02Yeah, I'm disappointed.
00:03I'm disappointed.
00:04There's more focus and emphasis on the things that don't matter.
00:07I'm going to make it really clear.
00:09I want to protect my players.
00:10I'm respectful to the game.
00:12My players made a decision that they wanted to be around the ball
00:15to respect the ball and show unity and leadership.
00:19That is not my decision.
00:21That was a decision between a leadership group and a team.
00:24There is nothing that they're doing with that huddle
00:26that is disrespectful to the opposition.
00:29Do you know what it's amazing?
00:30Before the game, it wasn't me.
00:31We had a meeting with the referee.
00:32My assistant goes in.
00:34The first thing he talks about is our huddle.
00:36He says about when I complained about Arsenal being in our half.
00:41It wasn't the goalkeeper coach that was in our half.
00:44People who were at that game at Arsenal know why I said what I said.
00:48We're not being disrespectful to the opposition.
00:50If Paul had focused more on his job,
00:54which was to make the right decision,
00:55we have a penalty today.
00:57I don't think anybody in this room can say
00:59that Volta Marder doesn't kick Cole Palmer down in the box.
01:03So let's focus on the things that are important.
01:05My team showing unity is not as important
01:08as getting the decisions right on the pitch.
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