00:00It's all the end for 10.30pm this evening.
00:01Let's start with Ian.
00:03Hello Pep. By tonight, Arsenal
00:05will have been top of the Premier League table for
00:07200 days in a row. What does it mean
00:09to you to have the opportunity tomorrow night
00:11to go back into the lead?
00:13That means how good they have been, how consistent
00:15they have been
00:17and
00:18a game to try to
00:21be same points as them.
00:24Obviously, it's a game in quick succession
00:25after Sunday. It's a different challenge
00:27facing Burnley than it is facing Arsenal.
00:30How do you ensure that everyone
00:32across the board resets after
00:34the high of Sunday to be ready to go
00:36again? Yeah, we'll talk immediately in the
00:37dressing room after the game. Don't lose the focus.
00:40The focus is
00:42Arsenal's top of the league.
00:44Right now, in that moment,
00:46we'll be champion.
00:47And of course, the recovery is much
00:50less than the last two weeks.
00:52It's just three days, so that's why
00:54you have to see
00:55how people recover, not just the
00:57demanding game that we had emotionally
00:59and physically.
01:01So, and
01:02but at the same time, so
01:03we have six games left, so
01:05we know exactly what
01:07is going to happen
01:09when we get resolved
01:10or just in case
01:11we don't get resolved.
01:13Can I ask you about
01:14Rodri? You said after the game
01:15he was going to be tested.
01:16Do you know the severity
01:17of his groin injury yet?
01:22I think for tomorrow
01:24we'll not be ready
01:24and we'll see
01:25the next game
01:26as a semi-final
01:27against Southampton
01:28or
01:29only in
01:3012, 13 days
01:31against Everton.
01:32Ruben Diaz
01:33fit for this one?
01:34Not yet.
01:37Hi, Pep.
01:38How much
01:39does the title race
01:40change
01:40psychologically
01:42if you
01:42beat Burnley tomorrow
01:43and go above the team
01:45that you described
01:45both teams know
01:46like what happened
01:47in the past
01:47with Arsenal last years
01:48in Liverpool
01:49that both teams
01:51know we cannot
01:54lose
01:55or drop points.
01:56So now it's
01:58will be difficult
01:59to recover
01:59in our calendar
02:01and that is so demanding.
02:02So, of course
02:02the three days
02:03and after
02:03but especially
02:04when
02:05in Everton game
02:06the opponents
02:07are really, really tough.
02:08Does the pressure
02:09shift in the title race
02:10when it's like this?
02:12Is there more freedom
02:13from a side
02:14that's chasing
02:15or the one that's
02:16more difficult
02:17for the tournament
02:18physically
02:19what happened
02:20after Arsenal
02:21and go to
02:22you know
02:22to Burnley
02:23and perform
02:24the well level
02:25that we had to do.
02:27So we had to
02:28adjust a few things
02:28thinking of Arsenal
02:30and
02:32and
02:33and yeah
02:34go
02:35go to win the game
02:37because it's what we need.
02:40Pep
02:40saw the analysis
02:41last night
02:42on the game
02:43at the weekend
02:43and it was spoken
02:44about Rodri
02:45and Bernardo's
02:46performance
02:46as one of the best
02:48by a midfield pairing
02:50that had been seen.
02:51What were your thoughts
02:52on that
02:53and the bravery
02:54that they had to show
02:54at times as well?
02:57The last games
02:58have been
02:59really important
03:00both their experience
03:01but they have a huge
03:02special personality
03:03and it seems like
03:04a man marking
03:05have a player
03:06that can make
03:07the drive
03:08lateral right
03:09right, left, left, left, right
03:12and
03:12and
03:14and next
03:15look the next action
03:17he's a composer
03:18with and without the ball
03:19his physicality
03:21his
03:22yeah many things
03:23so they are
03:24not
03:25young guys anymore
03:27experienced guys
03:28played a lot
03:29of this type of games
03:30and now have
03:31must be played
03:32and
03:33and they were
03:34exceptional
03:35but not just
03:36that games
03:36you know
03:37the last games
03:37you know
03:38we cannot forget
03:39we have been 17
03:40yeah
03:4160-17 months
03:42without Rodri
03:43so
03:44so
03:45the success of the teams
03:46belongs
03:49huge
03:49but huge
03:50massive part
03:51it depends on
03:51the players
03:52that you have
03:53you don't have injuries
03:54you are
03:54at disposal
03:55mentally
03:56they are
03:57in the right spot
03:58always you can compete
04:00so
04:02that's why I'm
04:03really pleased
04:04how much
04:04we deal
04:05without Rodri
04:06Lassizo was not
04:06perfect
04:07but we are
04:07in the FA Cup final
04:08and
04:09and we finish third
04:11so at the end
04:11it's not a
04:12big big big
04:13big mess
04:14and
04:14but of course
04:15having him
04:16with Bernie
04:16or Koba
04:17you could be
04:19because also
04:20we have an incredible
04:21player with
04:21Koba
04:22that have been
04:23one year out
04:24so
04:24when that happens
04:26everything is more
04:26more difficult
04:27to be more consistent
04:28more
04:28you know
04:29the patterns
04:30be better
04:31saying that
04:32Nico Gonzalez
04:33for example
04:33helped us a lot
04:34but a lot
04:35a lot
04:35this season
04:35absent from Rodri
04:36and they helped us
04:37to be in the position
04:38that we are right now
04:39how would you also
04:40describe the mentality
04:41because it seems
04:42at times
04:43if a mistake is made
04:44a player is able
04:46to react
04:46we saw it
04:47with Bernardo
04:48for instance
04:48maybe early on
04:49in the game
04:49but also
04:50Donnarumma as well
04:51yet they still play
04:52such massive parts
04:53in getting you
04:53over the line
04:54in that game
04:55listen
04:58absolutely
04:58I completely agree
04:59like the body language
05:00is in the right place
05:01since many
05:02many months
05:03so
05:05every mistake
05:06and
05:06the one player
05:07feels
05:08it's my mistake
05:09so
05:09we blame
05:10a few
05:11and everybody
05:12is
05:13trying to
05:13on to next
05:14so
05:15the young squad
05:16is happening
05:16but
05:17I know what I'm talking about
05:18because every time
05:20this type of games
05:21when you win
05:22always we talk about
05:23mentality
05:23when I said
05:24after the press conference
05:25it havers in the header
05:26in the last minutes
05:27that we defend
05:28the cross-corder goal
05:28what would be
05:29our mentality
05:31what would be
05:33I know perfectly
05:34what would be
05:34our mentality
05:35they don't have
05:36composer
05:36they don't have
05:37you know
05:38it's not experienced
05:40team
05:40and this kind
05:41and it's the same
05:42so
05:44people talk about
05:45they have two posts
05:47you know
05:47we had two posts too
05:49so
05:49the chances they had
05:50we had two
05:51so the game
05:52was so tight
05:54and the margins
05:55define
05:56define many
05:57many
05:57many things
05:59Pep
06:00we had the recent
06:00announcement
06:01about Bernardo Silva
06:02is there any clarity
06:03yet on John Stone's
06:04future at the club
06:06no
06:08the only
06:08I can say
06:10that he's back
06:10for already
06:11two or three weeks
06:12one month
06:12he's training with us
06:13and this is the best news
06:14okay
06:15and on defenders
06:17Vito Reyes
06:17has given some
06:18comments this week
06:19saying that he wants
06:20to be back at the club
06:21next season
06:22he's obviously had
06:23a Brazil call
06:24do you know
06:24how have you seen
06:25his development
06:26and what's his future
06:27for my infant
06:28Girona was
06:29unbelievable
06:30he played
06:31the reason why
06:32he went there
06:34at the age
06:35have maybe
06:36not much options
06:37to play here
06:39is grew up
06:41grow up as a player
06:42and he did it
06:43you know
06:43at the end
06:44he faced the best
06:44strikers in Spain
06:45and it's not easy
06:47to deal with
06:50and he
06:50he grew
06:52a lot
06:52people in Girona
06:53so pleased
06:54happy
06:55the decision
06:56is going to happen
06:57we are going to take
06:58at the end
06:58at the end of the season
07:00certainly
07:01bother there
07:01for 10.30pm
07:02this evening
07:02stop
07:03Mike
07:05if you
07:07you can finish
07:08on the same
07:09points as Arsenal
07:10if you win
07:11every game
07:12does
07:13does that mean
07:14every goal
07:15counts as well
07:16you know
07:17even if you're winning
07:17easily in a game
07:19but does every goal
07:20count
07:20for
07:21for
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