00:01You had to wait a little bit?
00:04Fine for Lucas, isn't it?
00:06Whatever. His colleagues?
00:10His colleagues where we were, or was that...?
00:12Ah, it was his colleagues.
00:13Oh, Floyd, we are following him.
00:17Usually everything is my fault.
00:23We'll start, obviously, we heard last night the announcement
00:26regarding Andy Robertson's future.
00:28How do you feel about the fact that he's going?
00:30Was it a case of not reaching agreement on the contract?
00:33How has it effectively come to this?
00:37First of all, he had many great seasons over here as a player,
00:42but I think people got to know him as a great person as well.
00:45I got to know him as a great person.
00:48I think every teammate of him will tell you how funny he is
00:51and how great of a person he is.
00:53And I think that has been shown a lot on social media as well.
00:57from our social media people.
01:02But what I remember most about him probably is the intensity
01:06he's always playing with.
01:08And we've seen, we've learned something about intensity two days ago.
01:13But I can also remember Robbo making a press from the left fullback position
01:18to the right wing a few years ago.
01:19I showed that to my players that I was working with back then.
01:23And, yeah, won everything over here.
01:29Served this club for so many years.
01:30Really loves this club.
01:31So it's been a great eight or nine years for him at the club.
01:39But I think it's also, we saw also that this season he didn't play as much as he was used
01:45to.
01:46Still a lot, but not as much as he used to.
01:48And, yeah, as a result of that, he's leaving probably next season.
01:56But not only that, I think it's also difficult to be in that position longer than a season.
02:01So, yeah.
02:04Just to clarify on that, is that effectively Andy's decision?
02:06He wants that more regular first-team football?
02:09That's a question I think it's smarter to ask him than to ask me.
02:13Fair enough.
02:14But I think every player wants as much regular first-team football as possible.
02:18But it's a question you should ask him.
02:20Obviously, Arno, as well, you said that you're fully involved in recruitment for next season,
02:25which again suggests the support that you have from above.
02:27But at times you have had to answer questions about the future as well.
02:31In those kind of moments, what support have you felt from the likes of Richard Hughes,
02:35Michael Edwards, the owners as well?
02:39Yeah, I'm repeating myself a lot, but I've said it many times.
02:42I feel a lot of support, but not only from the owners and from Richard and Michael,
02:46but I feel a lot of support from them as well.
02:50But, as weird as it might sound, I also feel the support of the fans.
02:55And we were going out in Paris when the players went out for the warm-up,
03:01and the fans, after a 4-0 loss, immediately started saying,
03:04we love you Liverpool.
03:06And after we were, I think it's fair to say, outplayed over 90 minutes,
03:12we went to the away end and they were still singing for us and clapping for us.
03:16So that support, I felt, we felt constantly.
03:22And I think, as I've said this many times as well, the club knows in which period of time we
03:29are in.
03:33And in the meantime, I feel complete support, yes.
03:36And in the short term, it appears that this is a real defining week,
03:39because you've got Fulham, you've got the second leg against PSG, Merseyside Derby.
03:43It all seems to be pointing towards a real defining moment in terms of what you can still achieve this
03:49season.
03:49I mean, how do you see it?
03:51Yeah, and I think that's completely normal in the end of the season.
03:54It's not only for us, it's for all the teams.
03:56These are defining moments and periods of time.
04:00We've given ourselves not the best situation to be in.
04:05But as you said, Paris kept us alive.
04:10So we're still in that tie.
04:12And there are two massive, massive games in the league coming up as well.
04:15And afterwards, four more.
04:17And hopefully a few more in the Champions League as well.
04:20But first, the focus should be on Fulham.
04:23And that's where the focus is on.
04:24Good luck.
04:26Just a nice back to Arne.
04:28Given the fact that there is going to be naturally so much focus on that second leg against PSG,
04:32do you have to do anything to make sure that everybody's full focus is on this game against Fulham?
04:37Because obviously, like you say, it's very important that you get this run going together
04:41to make sure that you qualify for the next season as well.
04:44No, there might be anything positive from the Paris Saint-Germain game.
04:48It is that we faced the Champions of Europe
04:52and we've experienced that we were on that evening, not at the level where we want to be.
04:58And the good thing is that in four or five days, we have another chance to show that we can
05:04be much more competitive than we were two days ago.
05:09But it also tells us if we want to keep improving, we have to keep playing at that level as
05:15well next season.
05:16And that means Champions League football.
05:18And I think if you've experienced that two days ago, you want to be involved in that again next season
05:26to show that we can do even better than we did two days ago.
05:31And that chance we get in three days, but we also want to have that chance next season.
05:35And therefore we have to perform in the league as well.
05:39And yeah, that's going to be interesting because yesterday was a recovery day and let's see where a few of
05:46our players are.
05:47Because I think it's, I'm also not telling you for the first time that not all of our players are
05:52able and capable of playing.
05:54Three days later, another intense game.
05:57So let's see what the line-up brings this time.
06:02In terms of that line-up then and injuries and players coming back, any news in terms of other players
06:10coming back in?
06:11And obviously you had Alexander Izak coming back from the week.
06:15How important is he going to be to the running coming now?
06:19Now we don't get a player back yet, but Alisson is working hard to find his way back into the
06:26squad.
06:27So that's really positive, but he will not be in the squad this weekend yet.
06:31That Alex is available for us again is vital, of course, because I said many times over here that it
06:41was hard for us to convert the chances into goals.
06:44And he's been a goal scorer his whole life.
06:47Now, we did not get a chance against Paris, but in all the other games we've had many chances.
06:53So to have him back is really nice.
06:55It was only 15 minutes, but it's good to have him back and hopefully we can progress his minutes and
07:02he can grow to his form as soon as possible.
07:08But the last time, of course, it took him a while, which is completely normal.
07:13But now we are hoping that after the great rehab period he had with the people we are having in
07:18rehab, that we can bring them faster to the level we want them to be at.
07:25Hi, you could argue with the players that have come back recently, this is sort of the fittest your squad
07:30has been all season.
07:31I just wonder, obviously that will be welcome for you I imagine, but does that also increase the pressure on
07:35you to achieve that goal of getting the Champions League football next season?
07:39Yeah, it's right that compared to the whole season, this is the best period of time when it comes to
07:47players available.
07:49But if I go away from here and I go into my office, I'm looking at my list, I'm seeing
07:54two free defenders injured, a right full-back Connor Bradley, a centre-back with Johan Leone and a player that
08:02can play at centre-back, Wattaro Endo.
08:04And one of the players I'm, of course, worried about again for tomorrow will be Jeremy Frimpong and Joe Gomez.
08:11So, yes, it's the best that has been this season.
08:16I think when you look at our bench against Paris Saint-Germain, it's the best bench we've had throughout the
08:20whole season.
08:22But sometimes things don't look as good as they might be if you don't understand what I just tried to
08:28explain.
08:29And Fulham are in the hunt for Europe themselves.
08:32In fact, they're the only Premier League opponent you haven't yet beaten of the teams that have been in the
08:37division in your two seasons in charge.
08:39I just wonder what you think makes them a good team?
08:45As almost always in football, the quality of the players compared to the manager they are having,
08:51they're having a manager that is already working a long time with them and you can also see that when
08:55you see them play.
08:58Clear structure, clear identity of how they want to play.
09:03Mainly with the same players, I think, in the last two seasons that I'm here now.
09:09And maybe even for longer, but I can't really remember how it was three years ago.
09:13So we played last season at home when we got a red card.
09:22It was probably one of the best games we played last season.
09:25Which sounds weird, but with ten men we were really good.
09:29I think twice we were a goal down and twice we came back.
09:32It was a 2-2 draw in the end, but I think twice we were a goal down.
09:37And of course this season, I say it many times, but that game maybe summed up our season.
09:44It was unbelievable that we didn't win that one.
09:47If you look at the moment we scored, not that we played an unbelievably good game over there,
09:51but I think I saw it yesterday, I don't know where I saw it.
09:54But it was 94th minute that we scored, I think, the goal.
09:58So how often does it happen then that you don't win the game?
10:01Unless it's Liverpool this season, then it happens a few times more.
10:08Hi Arne, you mentioned before about the support of the fans, particularly in Paris.
10:12We've heard in the last few days that they have been playing protests on a range of support groups
10:17regarding the club's stance on ticket prices.
10:19I just wondered, in your time there at Liverpool, how important has that special atmosphere created by the fans been,
10:27particularly in terms of when you and the team have come through tough times?
10:32Not only when we go through tough times, I think Anfield has shown in the history,
10:37but also since I'm here, how important these fans are for us when we play a home game.
10:44A recent example, of course, was Galatasaray, where we had a tough game away from home,
10:53where their fans were really loud, but then Anfield showed what being loud really is.
10:59So they helped us through that game and I can come up with so many examples
11:04where I've been part of, but also in the history of this club.
11:08So that is what makes Anfield special.
11:12But I think in general, playing in front of your home fans is for every team very helpful.
11:17And so, yeah, we've always felt that support.
11:22I've always felt that support when we are playing in good and in bad times.
11:25And I hope, even though there are protests, that the fans can be as helpful as they've always been for
11:35us this season in Dancy.
11:39You're welcome.
11:42Yes.
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