00:00Vamos a ponerle a las personas que podemos, obviamente estamos muy ocupados hoy en día, si hay una pregunta, raise
00:03sus manos, vamos a venir primero a Darmesh de Sky Sports.
00:11Mikel, congratulations, you said que, you know, you wanted your team to write their own history, and they've done just
00:18that, is that the message that you've just sent to them in the dressing room just now?
00:22My message was gratitude to them, I know the effort, the commitment that they put in, so there's a lot
00:28of work behind it, we've done something that has never been done in the history of our club in 140
00:34years, so that tells you the difficulty of that.
00:37We have to do it as well in a very special way, missing a lot of important players, big credit
00:42to that, and I'm especially happy to our supporters, because they were right behind the team today, and we're going
00:48to have two magical nights, one in Madrid, and another one here in London against Atletico, so very proud of
00:55that.
00:56Hi Mikel, can you give us an idea of the physical strain on the players at the moment? It looks
01:02like a lot of them are just battling.
01:05Yes, but when I see them track back, when we lose the ball, and the habits that they have, it's
01:10just amazing, that's why I know what they are doing, these players, there is a reason why we are the
01:15only English team in the competition, because this league and this schedule takes the hell out of you, and it's
01:20very difficult to do what we've done.
01:23We're not perfect, we need to improve things, that's for sure, we recognise that, but there's value what these players
01:30have done, because they deserve it.
01:32Just on that theme, Nani came off, he was limping at the end, what is that injury and how bad
01:38is it?
01:38I don't know, it was something in his knee, so we had to take him off, so I don't know
01:42the extent of that.
01:44Josh, from the front, from the front.
01:45Hi Mikel, you spoke about the fire before the game, do you feel like you got that fire out of
01:49your players tonight?
01:51100%, and especially I saw that in moments of difficulty, when we give the ball away in circumstances that is
01:57not very much like us, how willing everybody is.
02:03Declan yesterday, he was shattered, he had no chance to play today, he wasn't feeling good at all today, he
02:09played 94 minutes at the level that he's on.
02:11And Piero, the same, every single player, he's putting everything through the line to contribute, to give it his best,
02:18and I really value that from the team.
02:22Alex, from the BBC.
02:23Hi Mikel.
02:24Do performances matter at this stage of the season, if you aren't at your best, does it matter, or do
02:28you care if Arsenal aren't at their best if you get over the line?
02:31You have to be better than the opponent, and I think we have many periods in the game that we
02:35were there.
02:36We didn't score the goal, we didn't finalise the actions well enough, but we had many other things that are
02:41very important to get the result that you need in a tie.
02:44And it's, at this moment as well, about the way you compete, and when you're going to go and win
02:52titles, that's when it's going to define the moments, and we certainly don't know that tonight.
02:57Hi Mikel.
02:58Hi.
02:59At the full-time whistle, you had a big sigh of relief, because there was a really close chance at
03:03the end, I saw you, when you were shaking hands with the sporting manager.
03:06Do you think that this kind of narrow progression into the semi-point can really help you now heading into
03:11Sunday's game?
03:12A hundred percent, this is a massive boost, I mean, to be in a semi-final of the Champions League,
03:17it's extremely tough, and we know what we've done, we deserve it, fully deserve it as well, and we're going
03:25to enjoy it, because we deserve it.
03:27Tom, for Blondon.
03:28Hi Mikel.
03:29Hi.
03:29Declan stepped up as captain, we've noticed that, you know, there's been games where Gabriel's worn the armband when Rice
03:34was on the field, you've made the decision to give Rice the armband now, what's behind that?
03:38They made a decision, and they made a decision because Declan has earned as well, the status, the role, the
03:45way he's taking ownership as well in difficult moments, and yeah, he's a great leader, he's a top player for
03:54us, and I love that the players take that ownership.
04:00If you were on the other side, if you were a sporting coach, would you consider this outcome fair?
04:08Sorry?
04:09If you consider this outcome, the result?
04:11I don't know, I'm the Arsenal manager, and I think it's very fair what happened over the last two leagues,
04:17yeah.
04:17Okay, we'll do James and see this.
04:20Hi Mikel, I'm sure from the outside it feels quite tense holding on to a one-goal lead, but when
04:25your team can go from the 67th minute to that last kick of the ball, not allowing a shot, no
04:30touches in the opposition box, I don't think.
04:32I mean, do you feel like, actually, you can trust your team on a one-goal lead, do you share
04:37the tension that may be?
04:39I do, but I prefer to score the goal, and especially when we have the transition when David throws the
04:43balls to Leo to finish that action, the game's a fini and it's over, and we don't even give that
04:48chance after the long throw to suffer in the manner that we did with that action.
04:52But that's something to learn and improve as well.
04:55I want to hear.
04:58Michael, can I do it in Portuguese?
05:00Do you have?
05:02Primeiro, porquê que tirou o Iócaras tan cedo do jogo, y o que é que é xo da exibição?
05:07Y depois se viu o lance en que o Sporting pediu o penalti sobre o Maxiara Urru con o Mosquera.
05:14Con Víctor, porque creo que el partido requería otra cosa, otro tipo de perfil de nueve que nos asociara más,
05:20que se quedara la pelota más, no había espacio para correr.
05:23Y Kai nos da eso, nos ha dado mucha consistencia.
05:26Sobre la acción no la he visto, lo que me han dicho es que no era penalti, pero yo personalmente
05:31no la he visto.
05:32We're not going to be able to get around to everyone, so I'm sorry guys, we'll do two more, we'll
05:35do Phil from PA first.
05:36Hi Mikel, I'll just give an insight into how you feel, because obviously there must be a bit of relief
05:41there, because this game was probably quite a banana skin given what's happened.
05:44So just do you feel that sort of relief?
05:47But what happened?
05:48The previous defeat against Bournemouth and the other results.
05:52I know, but what happens in reality of where we are, I don't know if the context and the reality
05:57are very much a sight.
06:00I wish that we were doing the Arsenal documentary this season, and you can film the last 48 hours, and
06:05everything that has been said.
06:06But we are watching the series in July, and then we have to ask ourselves the question, we are watching
06:12the movies and said, okay, where is Arsenal plays?
06:14I think all of us will say, they are in the bottom three.
06:19What are we talking about guys, please enjoy where we are as a club, if someone doesn't want to do
06:25it, so beer, we are doing, enjoying a lot, and I feel huge gratitude for what the players are doing
06:31and our supporters.
06:31So thank you.
06:33And finally, it's a question in Spanish, I believe you.
06:34Thank you very much.
06:35Javier Peña, de la Agencia EFE.
06:37Bueno, enhorabuena por volver a semifinales otro año consecutivo.
06:39Muchas gracias.
06:40Te quería preguntar sobre el Atlético de Madrid.
06:42Volvés a enfrentarte a ellos, ya jugaste con ellos en la fase de grupos, gran victoria 4-0.
06:47No sé si puedes coger aspectos de ese partido para esta semifinal, y también cuánto le das de favorito al
06:55Arsenal, o cuánto más importante que el segundo partido se juegue aquí en el Emirates.
07:01Cogeremos cosas, cogí muchas cosas de anoche también del partido, pero la manera que compiten, que juegan, lo que ha
07:07hecho Diego con ese equipo, es impresionante.
07:09He estado muy ilusionado de volver a Madrid el primer partido, prepararnos bien, llegará el momento de hacer eso, y
07:16creo que la eliminatoria está muy abierta para los dos.
07:18Ahora que ganándosela minuto a minuto, y esperemos que vaya para nuestro lado.
07:23Gracias, Aron.
07:24Gracias.
07:31Gracias.
07:31Gracias.
07:32Gracias.
07:34Gracias.
07:37Gracias.
07:38Gracias.
07:38Gracias.
07:38Gracias.
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