00:11Hi Arne, what chance do you still see to progress after tonight?
00:20Probably I have to refer to last season, what gives me the best feeling,
00:26and I have to refer to the history of this club,
00:28how much impact Anfield can make for a performance.
00:31We were outplayed here last season, which led to a 1-0 win from us, which was unbelievable.
00:40Paris Saint-Germain was by far the better team today,
00:43could have scored more than two goals.
00:46But the good thing was that the players of Liverpool today showed fighting spirit,
00:52kept going, almost every time when they had the shot,
00:57we had a lot of bodies behind the ball or protecting our box,
01:00which was necessary because I already said, if you don't track back, if you don't run back,
01:07these players, like the ones from City, are able to hurt you a lot.
01:13So, yeah, last season at Anfield we played a completely different game after ten minutes,
01:18we could have been already 2-0 up.
01:20But we need to have, A, a better performance, and B, we definitely need our fans to help us
01:27to create an atmosphere where we can rise to a better level than we did today.
01:34What was your thinking in the change of formation tonight, and how did you feel that went for you?
01:40Now they have pace from everywhere all over the pitch,
01:43so it doesn't matter where you look, you see pace, an incredible pace.
01:47So Hakimi and Nuno Mendes are an unbelievable offensive threat, apart from all the others.
01:54So we played them with Jeremy Frimpong and with Milos Kerkes,
02:00so that was the thought behind it, and in that way I thought we could try to press them really
02:05high
02:06and aggressive because Jeremy and Milos are also two players.
02:08If you press Hakimi and if you press Nuno Mendes, they play and they start to run.
02:14No, they don't start to run, by the way, they start to sprint.
02:17And actually it's not even sprinting, it's just a level above sprinting.
02:22And you have to cope with that, and usually players like Jeremy and Milos are better equipped for that
02:27than out-and-out wingers.
02:30But I think we could also see that every time when we tried to press them high and aggressive,
02:36those were also the moments where we were completely ripped apart.
02:39I think they got to five or six big chances of them when we tried to be high and aggressive.
02:47So it tells you how difficult it is to play against this team,
02:50and we try to do this in a high press with the players I just told you,
02:54and in a low block means that we have probably more defenders on the pitch,
02:58more tight, more aggressiveness.
03:01And the second part, I think you noticed this probably as well with bringing Joe in,
03:06and you have some set-piece quality as well.
03:10Does all that come into the fact that Mo didn't figure tonight as well?
03:13I mean, can you just give us the reasons why he wasn't used at all tonight, obviously.
03:17The other positive, though, is that Alexander Isak didn't get some minutes.
03:20Yeah.
03:22I think in the last part of the game it was more about surviving for us
03:26than there was ever a chance that we could score.
03:28Yeah, you never know because last season we scored five minutes before the end,
03:31Harvey Elliott when I took Mo off.
03:35But I don't think...
03:36I think this was a 20-25 minutes where we were only defending,
03:43and Mo has so many qualities,
03:47but for Mo to be 20-25 minutes defending inside his own box,
03:52I think it's better for him to save his energy
03:54for a lot of games that are coming up in the upcoming weeks.
03:59Mike?
04:02I was going to ask you about that.
04:04Obviously, you'd have wanted a lot more shots on goal today,
04:08but was that because against this team you were in survival mode
04:12for quite a lot of the game?
04:15Yeah, of course, that's not the plan.
04:17Of course, you think you can do better,
04:19and when you press them high you can force them to mistakes,
04:21but I think the way you describe it is maybe the perfect way to describe it.
04:26We were in survival mode for large parts of the game,
04:33but maybe also in the period of the season where we were in survival mode.
04:36So to try to find ways where we can try to make sure
04:44that their qualities are not seen that much,
04:46but that's really, really, really hard against this team
04:48because last season over here we were in survival mode as well.
04:53But as I said, Paris Saint-Germain was the better team,
04:58but we didn't give up,
05:00and that's why we have a chance now still in this tie,
05:03because they kept us alive by not scoring a few openings,
05:06and we had open chances,
05:08and now we can bring the tie back to Anfield,
05:11not unfortunately, but in between there's still a very important game
05:14to be played for us against Fulham.
05:22Hi Arne, just in terms of the system,
05:24obviously you've not used it before,
05:26is it something you see as purely a one-off for this one,
05:28or something going forward, or what?
05:32Yeah, there seems to be a lot of focus on the system,
05:35but what is the difference if I would have played, let's say,
05:38Rio or Cody Kakpo as a left winger,
05:41because actually Milos had to play almost as a left winger facing Hakimi,
05:47and then there were four defenders left, which we usually have,
05:51so if I could also explain this as a 4-3-3 with Florian of the right,
05:55Hugo in the middle and Milos of the left,
05:56three midfielders, four defenders.
06:00But because they are defensively minded, people now see it as a five,
06:05that's the way I would describe it, by the way, as well,
06:07but I think the margins are really small,
06:10and just try to think about it,
06:13what if we would have played with real wingers here today,
06:15how would that have looked like against Hakimi and Nuno Mendes?
06:25Hold on. On the side there, please.
06:30Hello, Arne, Ilias Peters from 90min.
06:32Is there still hope for the second leg and the qualification for the semi-final?
06:38Yes, of course there is.
06:40I think in football I've shown so many times that everything is possible.
06:45I think it was 10, 15, 20 minutes after the game when I watched at my phone
06:48and I saw Adetico beating Barcelona at home 0-2 because of a red card.
06:53So in football, red cards, incidents, penalties, yes or no.
06:58And don't forget that Anfield can do a lot,
07:04because I was sitting after the away game at Galatasaray
07:08in front of most of the same journalists,
07:10who were also not very positive about our game,
07:13and one week later at Anfield we played probably the best game of the season.
07:18So our fans do make a big difference for us,
07:21but that's also needed because I think it was completely clear today
07:25that we need our fans more than ever if we face this PSG team.
07:32I'm back.
07:35Hi, coach.
07:36In French, sorry.
07:42How do you deal with the return match?
07:43You had a defensive tactic this evening
07:46and it didn't make the PSG to have a lot of opportunity to mark two goals.
07:50You will have to deliver to the return match.
07:53How do you manage that?
07:58My first question to that was, have you ever seen a team playing tactics over here
08:04that didn't allow Paris Saint-Germain to constantly have the ball
08:07and to create chance after chance after chance?
08:10I've watched many games and there was all of the same pattern,
08:14and almost all of the same pattern you saw tonight.
08:16They were just outplaying, outplayed almost every opponent that they played here.
08:23I think now, first of all, it's time for me to reflect on this game,
08:27but focus mainly on the Fulham game.
08:29And then we'll try to come up with a game plan that will hopefully show a different game at Anfield.
08:38And I think, and I've said this now a few times already,
08:42that if you want to press really aggressive, then fans can be really helpful,
08:50the atmosphere being loud, it can just give you that extra, what you sometimes need.
08:57Now, it's clear and obvious that we will not play the same tactic as we played tonight.
09:03But, as I also mentioned just a second ago, that Miloš 10 yards further up or 10 yards further back
09:10means it's a 4-3-3, so it's completely fine with me if everyone wants to focus on the tactic.
09:19But for me, that's absolutely not the story of the game today.
09:22Every tactic has been tried over here, but the result is always the same.
09:27Paris Saint-Germain blowing the opponent away.
09:30Thank you very much for the French.
09:59What do you think of the match?
10:01How did you think of their performance tonight?
10:08Nah.
10:10It's Hakimi, it's Nuno Mendes, it's their midfielders, you have to be really tight on them.
10:14If you're not tight on the midfielders, they make the play, they dribble, they are so fast,
10:17so you have to be really tight on them.
10:19If you then start to help a little bit more with your full-backs towards the midfield,
10:25or closing the inside a little bit more, then their wingers come in 1-3-1 situations,
10:29which they dominate completely against any defender in the world.
10:33And if you then are really tight on their wingers, they make deep runs.
10:37So it's not an easy team to play against because they have so many weapons,
10:41where Nuno Mendes and Hakimi are two of them, but they have more.
10:45But again, I've said it multiple times now, I am convinced about the fact that we can show something different
10:54in a week time.
10:56Shorter than a week time, because we were so fortunate to play Wednesday and Tuesday,
11:00and have a game in between.
11:03So that means even less time to recover, less time to prepare.
11:08But I'm convinced about the fact that we will play a much more similar game in a week time than
11:17we played,
11:19as we played last season at home.
11:23You're welcome.
11:24You're welcome.
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