00:04Can I ask your thoughts on the performance and the results today?
00:09No, I don't think you have to ask me about the results because that speaks for itself.
00:14That's an unbelievable disappointment.
00:18Losing is already a disappointment, losing with 4-0 and in the quarter-final of an FA Cup
00:23against a team which Liverpool played so many times great games against
00:28or fights against and then losing 4-0 is of course a big disappointment.
00:32The 20 minutes where we conceded four goals were not of our standard.
00:40How do you turn this group then into one that can go and beat PSG?
00:45Champions League obviously is your final remaining chance for Silverware this season.
00:50Yeah, that's for Silverware but it's also very crucial that we qualify for Champions League for next season.
00:58Of course there are only three or four days to go, so there are a few things you can do.
01:03And one of the things we need to do if we play against PSG or against Man City teams of
01:08this level,
01:08you need to defend better than we did in the 20 minutes we did when we conceded the four goals.
01:15I think no one will probably remember it but the first 35 minutes there was a lot to like from
01:20my team.
01:23It would be nice if we then can score a goal once in a while as well from the chances
01:27we create.
01:30Again, we faced a team that was outperforming their XG by a mile and that's what happens constantly.
01:35And we every time are under that.
01:41But if you want to have a chance of beating PSG, you have to do both parts better.
01:48If you generate a chance you have to score and you cannot be so easily beaten with the four goals,
01:54then three because the penalty was with the three other goals, so we conceded.
02:01Understandably we've spent the last week talking about Mo Salah and how great a player he is,
02:05but do you need more from Salah and Van Dijk and the other senior players to help you out of
02:09this?
02:09No, I wouldn't like to point out to individuals after a loss like this
02:14or after a disappointing season that we're having.
02:17I think it's about the team and Mo had a few good chances,
02:22which is always important because you want players like him to get chances,
02:25and I think that's what we did this season,
02:27getting him or other players in good positions.
02:31Unfortunately, if you look at not only today but the whole season,
02:35the amount of goals we scored is far too low for the chances we created,
02:41but definitely for the Liverpool standard.
02:44Hi Honour, Dom gave an interview to TV and he said that the fighting spirit wasn't there,
02:49and it did feel like maybe there was a little bit of four goals in 20 minutes.
02:54How much of a worry is that, it felt like heads dropped a little bit when that first goal goes
02:59in?
02:59Yeah, I should ask him what he means and what period of time he felt that was the whole game.
03:08I did not feel this until the moment they scored the 1-0,
03:11and I think after they scored the 1-0 we were still in the game,
03:14but then we had a throw-in, twice we conceded when we had a throw-in.
03:18And they go so fast, yeah, in those moments you have to defend sharper.
03:22The second goal was a similar one we conceded earlier on this season over here,
03:27and the second time that we conceded just before half-time playing Man City.
03:33I missed the fighting spirit definitely in the first 10 minutes after half-time,
03:38and then afterwards it was just a game where both teams accepted it was 4-0.
03:44But in that 10-15 minutes of time I missed the fighting spirit,
03:50but just the willingness to win your duel, to be there first,
03:54to make it difficult for either a pass or a cross or a finish.
03:59Yeah, that is something we definitely have to do better on Wednesday.
04:04There are some videos on social media, the fans leaving early maybe seeming a little bit frustrated.
04:09What would your message to them be now ahead of a big game in midweek?
04:14We don't want them to leave early, we have to perform better.
04:16That's the first thing and we have to show now that we react after a loss like this
04:24and after so many disappointments we already had this season.
04:26The good thing is the fans have always been supportive, even today.
04:31During large spells of the first half they were very loud,
04:34before the game they were very loud, so it's up to us not only to react for them,
04:39but also to ourselves, and that's what we need to do Wednesday
04:41when we again face a very good team,
04:43where we again need to play as we did in the first 35 minutes,
04:47but in moments of defending we need to be much more ruthless than we've been today.
04:56You mentioned it yourself actually, a couple of things I was going to say about the two throw-ins,
05:00and not blocking crosses, and also not tracking runners and things like that.
05:05They are the basics of football, the very basics of football,
05:09whether you're playing at this level, whether you're playing on a park,
05:12it's the very basics of football.
05:13So as a coach, when you ask yourself tonight why your players aren't doing the basics,
05:19what's your answer?
05:21Yeah, that I don't agree with what you are saying,
05:23but in moments you're completely right.
05:27So if you tell me from the 15 runs Man City is making,
05:3215 times my players don't run, I disagree with you.
05:34But if you simply look at the goals,
05:37there I see runs that are not being followed,
05:39I see crosses that are not being blocked,
05:41I see duels in front of a goal that are not won,
05:44then you are completely right.
05:46But that's not the story of the whole game,
05:48but every single time we forget to block a cross,
05:51we forget to defend in front of a goal,
05:53we forget to follow a runner,
05:55every single time it's a goal.
05:56It's not the pattern of the game,
05:58I'm not saying,
05:59but it's the pattern of the crucial part of the game.
06:01When you go 1-0 down,
06:03you know that's then the crucial part of the game,
06:05and that is when they don't do the things that they've got to do.
06:08So why is that?
06:09Again, in the moment,
06:12I don't think they had a chance after the 1-0 until they scored the 2-0,
06:15but I completely agree with you,
06:17if you look at the way we concede a goal,
06:20I see the same pattern,
06:22but that's not a pattern over 90 minutes,
06:24but that's a pattern in how we concede a goal,
06:26and then you sometimes miss the lack of need to understand
06:30that if you're 1-0 down just before half-time,
06:33you have to do everything right to go with 1-0 down to half-time.
06:39Sometimes it's about maybe trying to score the 1-1,
06:42but in other moments making sure you don't concede.
06:47Like I said, in those 20 minutes,
06:49the way we defended when we conceded the four goals
06:51is absolutely not good enough,
06:54and then I see exactly the same things as you said.
06:56Concentration, effort, which?
07:00It's a bit of everything.
07:02Effort comes first, I think.
07:05Of course, if you look at how they outplay that in the timing,
07:09the moment Haaland comes in,
07:11but I think we have to try to make it more difficult for them than we were doing,
07:15because they're already good players,
07:17and if you don't make it difficult for good players,
07:20it's immediately a goal, and that's what we saw four times,
07:23and Wednesday we face again very good players,
07:26so we have to make it more difficult for them in those moments
07:31when we have to defend than we did today.
07:34And related, really, do you think the fact that you have that 20-minute period
07:38where the game goes, is that the heads drop after the first goal?
07:44Is it an inability to kind of cope with a setback?
07:47Is it tactical? Is it panic?
07:50What is it you think that causes that kind of difference?
07:54Could be a bit of everything, of course.
07:58But like I said, it wasn't as if it was chance after chance after chance.
08:03So when it's chance after chance after chance you concede,
08:05you start to feel like maybe we should change our game plan or our tactics.
08:10But if it's moments, which it were,
08:14because I don't think they had many more chances than the goals they scored,
08:16then it's about understanding the importance of a moment
08:19and understanding that you need to be ruthless in those moments.
08:23Even if things go against you or you're mentally,
08:26you find it a bit hard that again you're 1-0 down after 35 minutes
08:31where you felt you were at least equal to the other team.
08:34This has happened many times to us.
08:36So yes, mental could be a part of that,
08:39but it's never an excuse because if you play in this shirt,
08:42if you play for this club, then being 1-0 down or 2-0 down
08:46is never an excuse not to put that effort in that specific moment.
08:56Then it's almost impossible to get a result if you face teams of this quality.
09:00If you let your runner go or you don't block a shot or you don't block a cross
09:04against players of different levels, you can maybe get away with it,
09:08but not at this level.
09:11Arne, I've lost 15 games this season, that's the most since 2015.
09:17When you've had a lot of defeats, what do you do as a manager?
09:20Do you change the message when you're looking to get intensity back
09:23or fighting spirit back?
09:25Is there a change in what you do or is it reinforcing messages or what?
09:30Nah.
09:32I think throughout the season, it doesn't matter if you win or lose,
09:35you constantly adjust to what you think is necessary to win the next game.
09:41If you've won three, you're also wondering by yourself,
09:44what should I do next to make sure they're ready for the next one?
09:47This is also what the current situation is.
09:52The reaction is not always the same after the 15 losses we've had.
09:59And you try to react in a way or do the things that I think we as a staff think
10:04is necessary to either challenge them or either get them back on track again
10:09for Wednesday evening.
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