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.
01:14Last season at Anfield we played a completely different game after ten minutes,
01:18we could have been already 2-0 up, but we need to have a better performance
01:24and we definitely need our fans to help us to create an atmosphere where we can rise to a better
01:32level 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.
01:46So 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 and aggressive,
02:06because 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 than
02:28out-and-out wingers.
02:30But I think we could also see that every time when we try to press them high and aggressive,
02:36those were also the moments where we were completely ripped apart.
02:39I think we had that to five or six big chances of them when we try to be high and
02:44aggressive.
02:46So 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, more tight, more aggressiveness.
03:01And the second part, I think you noticed this probably as well, with bringing Joe in,
03:07you had some set-piece quality as well.
03:10Does all that come into the fact that Mo didn't figure tonight as well?
03:13Can you just give us the reasons why he wasn't used at all tonight?
03:17Obviously, the 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.
03:32Harvey 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.
03:44Mo has so many qualities but for Mo to be 20-25 minutes defending inside his own box,
03:51I think it's better for him to save his energy for a lot of games that are coming up in
03:57the upcoming weeks.
03:59Mike?
04:02I was going to ask you about that.
04:05Obviously, you'd have wanted a lot more shots on goal today,
04:08but was that because against this team you were in survival mode for quite a lot of the game?
04:15Yeah, of course that's not the plan.
04:17Of course you think you can do better and 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 are in survival mode.
04:37So to try to find ways where we can try to make sure that their qualities are not seen that
04:46much,
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 and that's why we have a chance now still in this tie
05:02because they kept us alive by not scoring a few open chances.
05:08And now we can bring the tie back to Anfield, not unfortunately,
05:12but in between there's still a very important game to be played for us against Fulham.
05:22Just in terms of the system, obviously you've not used it before,
05:26is it something you see as purely a one-off for this one or 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, Rio 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, Hugo in the
05:55middle,
05:56and Milos of the left, three 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 and 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?
06:25Well done.
06:27On the side there, please.
06:30Hello, Arne Ilyas-Pieters 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 Atletico 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, don't forget that Anfield can do a lot
07:02because I was sitting after the away game at Galatasaray in 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.
07:17So our fans do make a big difference for us, but that's also needed
07:22because I think it was completely clear today that we need our fans more than ever
07:28if we face this Parisian-Germatt team.
07:42How do you deal with the return match?
07:43You had a defensive tactic this evening and it didn't prevent Paris Saint-Germain
07:48having a lot of opportunities to mark two goals.
07:50You will have to deliver you to the return match.
07:53How do you manage that?
07:58Now my 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 the same pattern
08:14and almost all 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.
08:55And now 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.
09:11So 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.
09:30Let's go to the French.
09:38Bonjour coach en français aussi.
09:44En vous écoutant, vous avez beaucoup parlé de l'apport de Nuno Mendes et d'Achraf Hakimi.
09:49Ils ont l'air de vous avoir beaucoup marqué sur le terrain, leur utilisation.
09:52Ils sont beaucoup rentrés dans l'axe pour créer le surnombre au milieu de terrain.
09:54Ils se sont également beaucoup projetés vers l'avant.
09:57Est-ce que pour vous le déclic du match c'est jouer sur l'utilisation de ces deux latéraux
10:01et comment avez-vous jugé leur performance ce soir ?
10:03Merci.
10:10It's Hakimi, it's Nuno Mendes, it's their midfielders.
10:13You 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, shorter 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
11:17than as we played last season at home.
11:23You're welcome.
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