00:12and only hugely impressive home performance you gave everything but is there a sense of frustration
00:17you didn't get all three points tonight yes probably we are not fully pleased i think
00:23we wanted the three points i think uh because also they finished with 10 no we were the closest team
00:31to to winning it at the at the end but overall i think the performance has been good the game
00:38has
00:38been i think quite high level game quite entertaining i i think we've controlled the
00:44game in a lot of phases but i always was feeling that they are very dangerous every time they
00:50recover the world their transitions there you you can feel the danger no and i value the point
00:57probably looking at the big picture doesn't give us a lot because we are coming from five draws
01:02in some of those games clearly we should have gotten more but also you have to be
01:11humble enough to recognize okay we are playing a big team big a team that is in a great run
01:17of
01:17results and one point against them is it's not the worst it was a game of penalty decisions obviously
01:23alexis pull in the first half the one not given to amad diallo and then the one at the other
01:28end
01:29how did you see those three incidents i would add another incident i think there are four incidents and
01:34i think the two penalties they've called are clear penalties i think the defenders in both situations
01:40they lose that position and they have to commit the foul uh the amad penalty i don't think it's a
01:46penalty there is no contact law and he goes to the floor he's very light we complained also about the
01:51first half two hands behind the back maguire against evan nilson but i don't think it's enough
01:57also the same way to call a penalty so i think the decisions in the four cases have been correct
02:04after we win because i've had time to review them and at least in the big decision i think has
02:10they've
02:11gotten it right the fact that you've scored two goals and look dangerous when you've gone forward
02:15tonight is that the key positive considering how many nil nil draws you've had recently i think we are
02:21we're having our chances we scored two goals we hit the crossbar we had the first chance from
02:26rayon the the good good situations to score no but we knew before the game it's gonna be very difficult
02:32to keep the same defensive level they don't need a lot to score we could see it i think we've
02:37been
02:37unlucky in the corner because i think marcos touches the ball hilly touches the ball is an own goal
02:43that you don't want to concede the first goal probably is more a mistake from alex no that doesn't
02:49need because hilly was in front of cuña we don't need to do that that that penalty but overall i
02:54think
02:54we've defended quite well and i think we've had very good performances the reward is not big it's
03:01one point and it doesn't change a lot our situation in the on the table but overall i think has
03:10been a
03:10good game from our side and overall the whole game and just finally for me um away from tonight athletic
03:17club have announced uh that velverde is going to leave at the end of the season the warmer fans have
03:24been
03:24saying to me today that means andoni's going back we're going to lose him what's your message to
03:29the warmer fans that are concerned you'll be leaving in the summer no affects me probably as a supporter
03:33because you know i support this club obviously i've been playing there for a lot of of years and has
03:38been a surprise also for me you know i have a lot of friends there and they in your group
03:43you you see
03:44the news and you they send you the messages and and i can only speak very well it's my my
03:50biggest
03:50reference in football ernesto so uh it's a decision that he has made but it's it's not affecting me
03:59apart from the supporter side let's say if they were to pick up the phone too and say can we
04:03have a
04:03conversation would that interest you say it's your club it's not a situation that has has happened
04:08it yeah so the message to warmer fans is don't worry no i think there are situations that i said
04:16a lot
04:16of times we have to discuss with the club internally but it's not about any other club it's about uh
04:24as a normal and these are the only discussions that we are we are having yes um obviously you came
04:32from
04:33behind again twice you came from behind having come from behind so many times at old trafford you just
04:38seem to never die against united no against united i think we've come from behind a lot of times the
04:44same way we've also lost points from winning positions it's the way we play at the end our the
04:51first goal in our games is not as decisive as it is in other in other in other games as
04:58a good thing
04:58and a bad thing but i think it's clear that this team has characters and and beliefs you know in
05:05what they are doing and the reward is not big the n1 point doesn't change a lot of our situation
05:12no
05:12especially considering it's the fifth in a in a in a row but you have to continue pushing and obviously
05:19we want that you know they have sometimes these things have to go to your way you know the crossbar
05:23of alex scott the first i think the big chance from ray and some moments where i think a goal
05:30would
05:31have helped us a lot but overall quite quite happy because i've seen identity in our in our performance
05:41i've seen things that i like to see in my team and you've mentioned the five five draws in a
05:47row obviously
05:48presumably you'll be happier at that point than the previous four but yes it is 15 draws now the
05:54season only three teams have lost fewer games than you have just must be so frustrating getting so
06:01it would be much better if you remember you are very young but when i was a kid it was
06:08like two
06:08points if you win when one point if you draw no we would have been in a much better situation
06:12in
06:13the standings and but it's not like this anymore now the reward of a of a win is much much
06:20bigger
06:21definitely we are not we've never played for a point in any of these draws i would say in any
06:27of
06:27these draws sometimes draws are good because you've been the worst team and then you find a way to get
06:32one point but i don't think has been the case in in any of these five heroes in any uh
06:39you know one
06:41but it is what it is you know it's not like we're drawing and we are going to throw the
06:44the point and
06:45i lose it and we we try to to get the three but now is everything is costing us and
06:52i say it in a in
06:53a run of i think 11 games and beaten also is uh but it's it's football and we have to
07:00keep pushing
07:02uh now it's difficult to recover these these points not this one probably the ones we lost
07:06against brentford against sanderland against apparently the last day but we will try yes and
07:12alex scott obviously wasn't named in the england squad this morning i imagine there was some
07:16disappointment from him around that but he's put on a brilliant performance this evening and and i think
07:22got man of the match from sky so just how pleased were you with him has been playing like this
07:27consistently he's not just today has been very good no i think has been giving these performances
07:34consistently lately for us and i've said it before the game he has he's in the best
07:42form i've seen him ever you know in this my three three seasons here
07:48uh but i also understand uh to hell in the sense that if you consider you know the gardener adam
07:56wharton eliot anderson they are incredible players you know you have such a good national team
08:03it's very expensive to to be in the in the squad but he will continue i hope he continues playing
08:10like
08:10this and maybe he has a chance at the end of the of the season because he's doing everything from
08:17his
08:17side to be to be considered and far from me you sort of said in the build-up that you
08:23needed to be more
08:24ruthless in front of goal you see seven expected goals i think in the last four before this one
08:29yes with only one goal tonight you look much more threatening in terms of actually scoring goals and got
08:34two how pleased are you with that yes at the end we with the score two we've i think we've
08:40created
08:40the chances to score two also no uh normally they say no it levels at the end of the season
08:47we still have a lot of things to points to recover if it's the case and we don't have i
08:53don't know we
08:54have the time uh enough but i always prefer to have the chances if we don't score i think against
09:00partly against uh against the drenford the numbers are very very high you don't the score you don't
09:08the score but i always prefer to win this the case and and and also trust our offensive players that
09:13are very good players sorry one more for me um ryan christy looks brilliant again tonight and looks
09:18really back to his his best just how important is he in in your midfield yes ryan has had a
09:25very difficult
09:25season obviously has been out some time with with some injuries and i think now is he's recovering
09:31his form and for us a healthy on form ryan christy is a very good player no and i'm happy
09:40to have him
09:41i'm happy for him also personally because i know that has been a difficult uh period also the performances
09:47of of alex scott of tyler adam louis cook has made even more difficult for him to get the the
09:56minutes
09:56and now even today he's adding more more minutes yes physically see him stronger i hope no he can
10:03continue forming the national team and finishes the season strong because also these games that he
10:09hasn't played probably make him like more fresh no for this end of season and also from his individual
10:15side for the for the world cup it is 11 games unbeaten and like alex only the top three have
10:21lost less than you i know there have been many draws but surely that's a big mentality boost for your
10:26players yes it's it's not easy to be 11 games and beaten in the premier league in this level i
10:32think
10:32we've tied the record that we had past season in 11 games we will need a big big big performance
10:39if we
10:40want to to add a 12 to one because you know we play arsenal away and it doesn't get a
10:48lot more
10:48difficult than that game but why not and i think we can also use it as a as a motivation
10:53no to try to
10:54beat the the run we had past past season and and go there after this this kind of break we
11:00have with
11:00uh the the mentality to do it uh the mentality to do it uh yes happy because has uh gone
11:13through a
11:13difficult period when you had surgery you come back to the team to the training to the training
11:21like slowly slowly and probably has had his best minutes you know we were playing against 10 and
11:28uh those situations one against one you can feel no still needs you know this this minute this
11:35freshness not to make the difference but it's the first step no i think now we have also for him
11:41good very good spell uh to train normally with the players that are here that will not be a lot
11:48maybe he plays a minute with the under 21 so use this two three weeks that we have here to
11:55put him
11:56in a better place so we can be valuable for the end of the season
12:00thanks
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