00:13Good evening, everyone.
00:16As always, if you have a question, raise your hand.
00:18We won't be able to get to everyone.
00:19I don't think there's too many people in the room, but who wants to kick off?
00:21We'll go to Sam from the telegraph.
00:23Hi.
00:26Well, very sad, very hard one to take, especially for our players and our supporters,
00:31because we know how much it means to them and how much we want it.
00:37And the fact that we haven't managed to deliver that, obviously, it's disappointing and sad,
00:42and it leaves you a really bad taste.
00:44It's going to be a lot of focus on your choice of goalkeeper.
00:47What was your thinking, and how do you see that performance?
00:50I understand that, but I have to do what I feel is right, which is honest, and which is fair.
00:56And I think we have an understanding keeper on Kepa.
00:58He's played all the competition, and I think it would have been very, very unfair for him
01:03and for the team to do something different.
01:07Tom, Football London.
01:08Hi.
01:09Man City seemed to push Harland and Cherokee quite high up,
01:12and it prevented you from breaking out and getting the ball to do with Mendy in particular.
01:16What was the struggle with Man City press and being unable to break through?
01:20Depending.
01:21There were different moments in the game.
01:22In the first half, I think we had some really good moments,
01:25and I think we were the better team.
01:26We had the biggest chance of the game by far that we should have been 1-0 up,
01:29and that would have changed the course of the game.
01:32In the second half, we had, especially in the first 18, 20 minutes,
01:35some issues to get out from that block to press them better,
01:38and especially to manage the ball when we regained it much better than when we did.
01:43And then we conceded the ball in a really unexpected manner, obviously.
01:48And three minutes later, they scored another one in similar conditions to that.
01:53But someday you have to get credit to the opposition as well,
01:55when they are so good in these periods.
01:57And they capitalised on that, and we had our periods.
02:00We didn't, and then we have to accept that.
02:03Alex, BBC.
02:05Hi.
02:06You were very unfair to change Kepo to come into this game.
02:09When he signed, was that part, had you said, in the cup?
02:13No.
02:13Was it going to be where he would get his game time?
02:15No, I can never promise a player to play certain competitions,
02:18because at the end they have to earn it,
02:20and they have to do enough, like any other position, to do that.
02:24We are guided by what we've seen,
02:25and when he's done what he's done in the competition,
02:28and he helped us to go all the way through here,
02:32I believe it's the right thing to do, and that's it.
02:36Errors are part of football,
02:37and today it happened, unfortunately, in a crucial moment.
02:41Amy Athletic.
02:42Juan Miguel, can I ask how you help the players to process this?
02:46They've obviously got a lot of other things to aim for this season.
02:49Is this something that you want them to use this disappointment
02:53to fuel them for the things ahead?
02:56Well, especially to have some perspective on it,
02:58and what this team has done in the last eight months has been incredible,
03:01and we're going to use this disappointment and this fire in the belly
03:04to have the most amazing two months that we have ever together.
03:08And that's on us, and we'll manage that energy in the right way.
03:11Now we have to go through that pain and disappointment,
03:15and it's normal, and it's part of football.
03:18James, CBS.
03:19We've got your team that's rallying pretty well this season.
03:22Do you feel like you've learned something from this game?
03:24Do you feel like you can apply the meeting and see the issue?
03:27For sure, and there will be a lot of aspects that we will discuss.
03:31I think we have to reflect on that,
03:32bring the temperature down a little bit,
03:34and we will discuss that.
03:36Isan, tell him more.
03:37Hi.
03:38Aside from Capodaro,
03:39what more did you want to see from your team to go to the line there?
03:41It wasn't just Capodaro, was it today?
03:47It was about the wider team performance.
03:49What more did you want to see from Capodaro?
03:54But again,
03:55somebody has to create a position when they play at that level,
03:58they raise it,
03:59and they capitalise on those moments.
04:01But for sure,
04:02there are things that we can improve and do better.
04:04Philippe A.
04:05You said he wants to use this to be this far in the bedding,
04:08but is there any danger at all that the season could spiral?
04:14We played 50 games, I think, today, no?
04:17So, yeah,
04:17every time you have a defeat or a draw,
04:19if there's the consequences,
04:21you're not prepared to play 70 games
04:22because it's something that it will happen at some point.
04:25So,
04:26we haven't allowed that to happen.
04:27We have to prove it.
04:28We have to do it again.
04:29The good thing is that
04:30we have a very recent history
04:32how this team has reacted in those moments,
04:34and I'm sure that we're going to do it again.
04:36Simon, on this side.
04:37Do you expect him to go to England next week?
04:42No.
04:43No, he's out.
04:44No.
04:44Do you know how long he's going to be out?
04:45We have to do another scan in six, seven days,
04:48and I'll wait and see the results.
04:51Is it a leg injury?
04:52His calf.
04:53James, yes, Ken?
04:54I might be wrong,
04:55but it looked like you and the players stayed at the end
04:58a bit longer than it was normal
04:59to watch City if the trophy came down the stairs.
05:03Is that...
05:03Is watching that...
05:05No, I think it's something
05:07to show respect,
05:08and they won the cup,
05:10and I think you have to wait for that moment
05:11when they lift it,
05:13and once they've done that
05:14and they're going to have their own celebration,
05:16I think we need to get out of the door,
05:18and I think that's what we did.
05:20Okay, we do the...
05:20Can you use watching that?
05:21There's no situation.
05:22What's that?
05:23Can you use watching that?
05:24I wouldn't say so today, to be fair, no.
05:27Okay, we do the last couple.
05:28Jamie, Guardian.
05:29Hi.
05:30Obviously, you play a wide,
05:32but you feel collectively
05:34when you turn up today,
05:35particularly in South Justice.
05:37I don't think that's the case in the first half.
05:39In the first 20 minutes of the second half,
05:41we were in our best,
05:43and the standards that we won,
05:45that's for sure.
05:46And finally, Oli.
05:48There is always a lot of talk about the mentality of your team,
05:52which you've shown this season,
05:54you've shown time and time again,
05:57but was there any part of today's performance
06:00that now put down to a sort of mental,
06:02psychological scenario?
06:03I wouldn't mean to the mentality part of that,
06:06especially when you lose or draw again,
06:08to go through that,
06:09I think it's too easy,
06:11but that's my opinion.
06:12It just seems to be a very different second half performance.
06:18They looked like something was wrong.
06:21Do you think it's more tactical?
06:24As I said before,
06:26in the first half,
06:26there were some very, very good moments,
06:28and we didn't capitalize on them.
06:30The second half,
06:31there were some moments that they had,
06:32and we had as well,
06:33because we hit the post,
06:34we had a big chance as well of Gabi,
06:36another big chance through Victor,
06:38and we didn't.
06:40And you have to be credit to the opposition,
06:42because they play as well,
06:43and it's not a coincidence
06:44of what they've done in that period.
06:47Okay.
06:47Okay, thanks everyone.
06:48Good night.
06:50Good night.
06:53Good night.
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