00:12okay good afternoon and thank you for joining us we shall take the usual format today and begin
00:18with Gary Cottrell and Sky Sports News up you go Gary apologize for starting on this but understand
00:33yeah it's had a really good conversation myself had three or four with Enzo he's apologized to me he's
00:43apologized to the to the club and we'll deal with that after a massive game on on Sunday
00:53I don't know if you it's a serious meeting it's a serious meeting about something very serious to
01:02Enzo I said from the every single step along this way I'm not questioning Enzo's character I'm not
01:07questioning who he is as a person I believe people make mistakes and and you can't overstep the
01:13punishment for the mistake I think we we've made a sanction we made a decision I made a decision
01:20and what I want for Enzo is for him to go on here and have an outstanding career
01:30no he won't play on Sunday but hopefully after that he'll be a part a massive part of the group
01:37moving forward there's still a few hurdles that need to be overcome that I won't go into but at
01:42the same time I want every player really really focused now on a huge running
01:46sorry to go on about it and we're coming to an end but is that not shooting yourselves in the
01:50foot
01:50the best player certainly in that position that's you know it's not about it's not about it the football
01:54is a team sport it's not about individuals it's not about shooting yourself in the foot there are
01:59certain values and cultures that I believe in that this club believe in that makes the team stronger
02:04if you get that right
02:06what about it's been mentioned I have to say not by Arsenal but people have mentioned on Arsenal's behalf
02:10the integrity of the competition
02:12who's that who's mentioned that
02:14I've heard pundits I've heard
02:16I haven't heard I haven't heard that
02:18is that a concern
02:19no I've got an outstanding squad full of outstanding players it's still a very difficult
02:24team to pick in terms of the starting 11 I need to get that right in the next few days
02:28in terms of team news then anyone back who has been out for this game
02:34no the positive is Este having the 90 minutes against Port Vale
02:39in terms of any others Trevor's working really really hard he's back on pitch Levi's full training
02:45but he still needs to overcome some hurdles in terms of selection
02:48Reece has been running today which is great
02:50but no I've got a good squad and we're ready to go and take on Man City
02:53so it sounds like all those three maybe not quite
02:56they're not ready for Man City
03:15of course I spoke to Callum when I first joined the club I was actually watching that game
03:21in an airport on a plane ready to come here to talk to the club
03:24I thought their performance especially in the second half
03:26was outstanding obviously we know what a fantastic team Manchester City are
03:31full of world-class players and unbelievable coach
03:34but we know if we put our game together
03:36we get the game plan right the mentality right
03:38we can cause them problems
03:50no huge respect you can have respect
03:53my I don't have a big enough ego to not respect people
03:57I think Pep's influenced everyone in football
04:00he's influenced the game and he's an unbelievable coach
04:03he's had an unbelievable career
04:04but no I want my team to show what we're capable of on Sunday
04:07thanks Gary
04:08Alex
04:09how are you?
04:11must win for Manchester City in their title hopes
04:14but is it just as important for Chelsea?
04:17yes three points
04:18that takes us closer to our objective
04:21which right now is to qualify for the Champions League
04:23that's all we can focus on
04:24we have teams who fight relegation
04:27teams who are mid-table
04:28teams who are pushing at the top end of the league
04:30it doesn't matter because every game is so difficult in this league
04:33and we know it's going to be a big challenge on Sunday
04:35but one that we're looking forward to
04:37you've just said how highly great Manchester City backs
04:40about Winsman going to this against Arsenal
04:42and Liverpool playing so so well
04:44how do you beat them when they're playing like that?
04:47of course
04:48of course we can
04:50we're a very good team
04:51who've gone through a difficult run
04:53even though in that run
04:55we were punished for mistakes
04:58there were good moments
05:00when I actually analysed the games that we've had
05:02we've caused every team
05:04we've played against problems
05:05but haven't had the results for that
05:07we need to make sure
05:08that we keep the back doors shut
05:09we need to not switch off
05:11we need to not make mistakes
05:12because Manchester City will punish you
05:14but I still want us to go out
05:15and play our game
05:17Moises Kayseri will make his 100th Premier League appearance
05:20if he plays
05:21what makes him such a good fit for Chelsea
05:24in the Premier League?
05:25Moises Kayseri
05:26Moises for me
05:26he's one of the best defensive midfield players
05:28if not the best defensive midfield player
05:30in world football
05:31because of his intelligence
05:32his physicality
05:33his technical quality
05:35how he understands the game
05:37and he's going to be huge for us on Sunday
05:39just finally
05:40Pep
05:41you've already spoken about him
05:42but he's coming up to 10 years
05:44at Manchester City
05:45how would you sum up that decade
05:47for Pep Guardiola?
05:48yeah he's won trophies
05:50he's reinvigorated the team
05:52he's refreshed the team
05:53he also had time
05:55to put his style together
05:57and when you have that
05:59with the record he's had
06:00not just at Manchester City
06:01but Bayern Munich
06:02and then Barcelona
06:03yeah he's an unbelievable manager
06:06yeah one that you look to
06:07because he's had such a good career
06:09thank you
06:11thanks Alex Nizar
06:12hi Liam
06:12I just wondered
06:13with the week to prepare
06:14and having the international break as well
06:16is there a chance
06:17you might see a different style
06:18of Liam Rossini team
06:20maybe you know
06:20with extra training time
06:21on the pitch
06:22and things like that
06:22it's been nice
06:24it's been the first week
06:25since I've been there
06:26that we've had two clear training days
06:27in a row
06:28to work on things
06:30I think
06:31I don't think a magician
06:31can make a team look exactly
06:33how he wants to
06:33in the time
06:34I've been at the club
06:35but I want to adapt
06:36I want to evolve the team
06:37but never at the expense
06:38of winning in a short time
06:40you can't change too much
06:42too soon
06:42and that's something
06:43that I looked at
06:44with the staff
06:45we looked at
06:46in the international break
06:47to make sure
06:48we don't change too many things
06:50so that we can win games
06:51in a short time
06:51but still work towards
06:53what we want
06:53in a long time
06:54has that been a challenge
06:55throughout your time
06:56because it feels like
06:56there are things
06:57that you're changing
06:58but there's obviously
06:59some similarities still
07:00with your predecessor
07:01is that one of the big challenges
07:03in terms of the inconsistency
07:04that you might have had as well
07:05yeah I think
07:07that's not an excuse
07:08any manager that comes in
07:09in the middle of
07:10I think the start of January
07:11you have 20 games
07:12in 10 weeks
07:13with a new group
07:14a new club
07:16you're trying to get
07:17to know those players
07:17you're trying to pick them
07:18obviously I watched
07:19before all of the games
07:22you try and make
07:24evaluations
07:24as you're in
07:25because you get to know
07:26the players better
07:27that's difficult for anyone
07:29but for me
07:30it's making sure
07:31we use the time
07:31the best that we possibly can
07:33I know where I want
07:34my team to get to
07:35I know what I want
07:36the team to look like
07:37that may take time
07:38but it cannot be
07:39at the expense
07:39of winning games
07:40and fulfilling
07:41our short-term objectives
07:43could I just ask
07:44if the players
07:44mentally refreshed
07:45you said they needed
07:46a bit of a reset
07:47have you seen that
07:47in the years?
07:48yeah
07:48they look really really good
07:50I feel
07:51you saw that
07:52I know
07:52it was a game
07:53that we were expected
07:54to win
07:54but I felt
07:55the way we went
07:55about the game
07:56against Port Vale
07:57was very very good
07:58and hopefully
07:59that springboards
08:00the rest of our running
08:01thanks Nizar
08:02Simon
08:04Chelsea haven't beat
08:06Man City
08:06as Gary said
08:07five years
08:08it's 12 games
08:10is there a concern
08:11that it's a mental barrier
08:13as much as an ability one?
08:15no that's in the past
08:16it's in the past
08:17the record that's happened
08:19before
08:20before this game
08:21has no relevance
08:22on the game
08:23we need to focus
08:24on what's going to be
08:24a really difficult game
08:32of course
08:33of course
08:33it's three points
08:34closer to our objective
08:36that's what it is
08:37and that's what
08:38we're focusing on
08:38ok
08:39thanks Simon
08:40thank you everyone
08:41cameras off please
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