00:15¿Qué chances do you still see to progress after tonight?
00:23Probably, I have to refer to last season, what gives me the best feeling,
00:29and I have to refer to the history of this club, how much impact Anfield can make for a performance.
00:35We were outplayed here last season, which led to a 1-0 win from us, which was unbelievable.
00:44Paris Saint-Germain was by far the better team today, could have scored more than two goals,
00:50but the good thing was that the players of Liverpool today showed fighting spirit,
00:56kept going, almost every time when they had the shot we had a lot of bodies behind the ball
01:02or protecting our box, which was necessary because I already said,
01:08if you don't track back, if you don't run back, these players, like the ones from City,
01:13are able to hurt you a lot.
01:17So, yeah, last season at Anfield we played a completely different game,
01:21after ten minutes we could have been already 2-0 up,
01:24but we need to have a better performance and b we definitely need our fans to help us
01:30to create an atmosphere where we can rise to a better level than we did today.
01:37What was your thinking in the change of formation tonight,
01:40and how do you feel that went for you?
01:44Now they have pace from everywhere, all over the pitch,
01:46so it doesn't matter where you look, you see pace, an incredible pace.
01:50Hakimi and Nuno Mendes are an unbelievable offensive threat, apart from all the others.
01:58So, we played them with Jeremy Frimpong and with Milos Kerkes,
02:03so that was the thought behind it,
02:05and in that way I thought we could try to press them really high and aggressive,
02:10because Jeremy and Milos are also two players,
02:12if you press Hakimi and Nuno Mendes, they play and they start to run,
02:18no, they don't start to run, by the way, they start to sprint,
02:20and actually it's not even sprinting, it's just a level above sprinting.
02:25And you have to cope with that, and usually, usually players like Jeremy and Milos
02:30are better equipped for that than out-and-out wingers,
02:33but I think we could also see that every time when we tried to press them high and aggressive,
02:39those were also the moments where we were completely ripped apart,
02:43I think they had to five or six big chances of them when we tried to be high and aggressive.
02:50So, it tells you how difficult it is to play against this team,
02:53and we try to do this in a high press with the players I just told you,
02:57and in a low block means that we have probably more defenders on the pitch,
03:02more tight, more aggressiveness.
03:04And the second part, I think you noticed this probably as well with bringing Joe in,
03:10you add some set-piece quality as well.
03:13Does all that come into the fact that Mo didn't figure tonight as well,
03:16can you just give us the reasons why he wasn't used at all tonight, obviously?
03:21The other positive, though, is that Alexander Isak could get some minutes.
03:24Yeah, I think in the last part of the game it was more about surviving for us
03:29than there was ever a chance that we could score.
03:31You never know, because last season we scored five minutes before the end,
03:35Harvey Elliott, when I took Mo off.
03:39But I don't think, I think this was a 20-25 minutes where we were only defending,
03:47and Mo has so much qualities, but for Mo to be 20-25 minutes defending inside his own box,
03:55I think it's better for him to save his energy for a lot of games that are coming up in
04:01the upcoming weeks.
04:03Mike?
04:05I was going to ask you about that, obviously you'd have wanted a lot more shots on goal today,
04:11but was that because against this team you were in survival mode for quite a lot of the game?
04:19Yeah, of course that's not the plan, of course you think you can do better,
04:22and when you press them high you can force them to mistakes,
04:25but I think the way you describe it is maybe the perfect way to describe it,
04:30we were in survival mode for large parts of the game,
04:36but maybe also in the period of the season where we were in survival mode,
04:40so to try to find ways where we can try to make sure that their qualities are not seen that
04:49much,
04:50but that's really, really hard against this team because last season over here we were in survival mode as well.
04:57But as I said, Paris Saint-Germain was the better team,
05:01but we didn't give up and that's why we have a chance now, still in this tie,
05:06because they kept us alive by not scoring a few open chances,
05:11and now we can bring the tie back to Anfield, not unfortunately,
05:16but in between there's still a very important game to be played for us against Fulham.
05:25Hi Arne, just in terms of the system, obviously you've not used it before,
05:29or is it something you see as purely a one-off for this one, or something going forward, or what?
05:36Yeah, there seems to be a lot of focus on the system,
05:39but what is the difference if I would have played, let's say, Rio or Cody Kakpo as a left winger,
05:44because actually Milos had to play almost as a left winger facing Hakimi,
05:50and then there were four defenders left, which we usually have,
05:55so if I could also explain this as a 4-3-3 with Florian of the right,
05:58Hugo in the middle, and Milos of the left, three midfielders, four defenders,
06:03but because they are defensively minded, people now see it as a five,
06:08that's the way I would describe it, by the way, as well,
06:10but I think the margins are really small,
06:14and just try to think about it, what if we would have played with real wingers here today,
06:19how would that have looked like with against Hakimi and Nuno Mendes?
06:33Hello, Arne Ilyas-Pietos from Nainzimin.
06:35Is there still hope for the second leg and the qualification for the semi-final?
06:39Thank you.
06:41Yes, of course there is.
06:43I think in football I've shown so many times that everything is possible.
06:48I think it was 10, 15, 20 minutes after the game when I watched at my phone
06:52and I saw Atletico beating Barcelona at home 0-2 because of a red card.
06:57So in football, red cards, incidents, penalties, yes or no.
07:02And don't forget that Anfield can do a lot because I was sitting after the away game,
07:11it got us right in front of most of the same journalists who were also not very positive about our
07:16game.
07:16And one week later at Anfield, we played probably the best game of the season.
07:21So our fans do make a big difference for us,
07:24but that's also needed because I think it was completely clear today
07:28that we need our fans more than ever if we face this Paris Saint-Germain team.
07:34Thank you very much.
08:01My first question to that was have you ever seen a team playing a tactics?
08:05There are tactics over here that didn't allow Paris Saint-Germain to constantly have the ball
08:11and to create chance after chance after chance.
08:14I've watched many games and there was all of the same pattern and almost all of the same pattern you
08:19saw tonight.
08:20They were just outplaying, outplayed almost every opponent that they played here.
08:26I think now first of all it's time for me to reflect on this game but focus mainly on the
08:32Fulham game.
08:33And then we'll try to come up with a game plan that will hopefully show a different game at Anfield.
08:42And I think, and I've said this now a few times already,
08:45that if you want to press really aggressive, then fans can be really helpful,
08:53the atmosphere being loud, it can just give you that extra, what you sometimes need.
08:58And now it's clear and obvious that we will not play the same tactic as we played tonight.
09:06But as I also mentioned just a second ago that Milos 10 yards further up or 10 yards further back
09:13means it's a 4-3-3.
09:15So it's completely fine with me if everyone wants to focus on the tactic.
09:22But for me that's absolutely not the story of the game today.
09:26Every tactic has been tried over here.
09:28But the result is always the same.
09:30Paris Saint-Germain blowing the opponent away.
09:33Thank you very much for French.
09:35Thank you very much.
09:43Thank you very much for the French.
09:47You talked a lot about the support of Nuno Mendes and Ashraf Hakimi.
09:52They have a lot of impression on their use.
09:55They are a lot of use for the form of the field.
09:58They are also very close to the front.
10:00¿est-ce que para ti el desclic del match
10:02es jugar con la utilización de los dos lateros
10:04y cómo jugaste su performance este día?
10:06Gracias.
10:33¿Qué es lo que se ha hecho con la utilización de los dos lateros?
11:00porque fuimos tan honrados a jugar Wednesday-Tuesday y tener un juego en entretenimiento.
11:06Eso significa menos tiempo para recuperar, menos tiempo para preparar.
11:11Pero estoy convencido por el hecho de que vamos a jugar un jugador más similar en un tiempo
11:20de la semana que jugamos en la semana que jugamos en la semana.
11:25Gracias.
11:25Gracias por ver el video.
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