00:04Who would like to start, please?
00:10We've seen that game quite a lot this season with the missed chances and being punished,
00:15but how do you see the game? Are you pleased with the performance overall?
00:19Yes, absolutely, we are very disappointed about the result,
00:24but we are very pleased with our performance.
00:26I think it was our best performance here at Anfield,
00:29even when we lost the game.
00:33We created so many chances,
00:35but today I think the difference was the efficiency.
00:39Liverpool took their half chances and we missed our big chances,
00:43so that's maybe the summary.
00:45I just talked to the players because they were really disappointed.
00:47It was a huge effort again.
00:50Then I showed them the stats, having 14-9 finishes here
00:54and NXT of 2.3 to 0.9, that's just amazing.
00:57It shows how competitive we have been and this should give us a lot of confidence for the final part
01:05of the season.
01:06What I liked most and credit to the players is 2-0 down at halftime.
01:11They could also think in five days we will play the conference league semi-final,
01:16let's rest a little bit of power for Thursday.
01:19But it was completely the opposite.
01:21We wanted this goal and then also played for getting the equaliser.
01:27We were close to get it and that's why we really go home now and take a lot of positives
01:33from this performance.
01:34Did you feel like Ryza was going to come?
01:37You came so close, Jürgen was around last and hit the post.
01:40It must have felt like it was just not there for you.
01:43Yes, it felt the same in the first half.
01:46I just sum up with a big chance.
01:50So their first goal is we clear the ball and then they get the second shot.
01:55I don't know who but the player doesn't really hit the ball well.
02:00It falls to Isaac and he also has no clinical finish but bounces and is a goal.
02:07Then the second you have a big chance with JP's header, amazing save from Woodman.
02:11And in the next situation, Robinson hits the post and the ball is in.
02:17Or similar in the second half when we had our chances, our situations and I think we kept them on
02:23two finishes in the second half.
02:25Then the last, to be honest, was not really a chance but just shows also the quality or the finishing
02:31quality Liverpool had today.
02:34That's what we have to accept but the way we played and not just how many chances we created.
02:41So how less we gave to Liverpool.
02:44And I remember when we won 1-0 here, when I just arrived, I think it was 25-6 shots
02:49for Liverpool.
02:51And the crossbar and Dean Henderson, 5-6 incredible saves.
02:54And then we say, ah, what a game because we won 1-0.
02:57I think today's performance was much better.
03:00The way we played, I really liked how brave we were in and out of possession.
03:04There were many very high, when we won the ball very high.
03:14In pressing situations, being brave, pressing them high.
03:18And also in possession, we were really confident finding the right areas.
03:23But we have to accept that the finishing wasn't good enough today.
03:27What was your perspective on the sort of controversy around your goal, your team's goal?
03:33Obviously, at the time, Arne Slott seemed pretty angry, a good performance was very angry.
03:37Did you feel like it was perfectly OK for Daniel?
03:42No.
03:43No.
03:43That's why we also discussed with the fourth official, with Arne Slott, with Virgil van Dijk,
03:47so we watched it back.
03:51It was, so it's good from this side.
03:55If Ismail Azar hits his head, it's clear the referee has to stop the game immediately.
04:01But I think the save was with his leg.
04:03Then the ball goes to Dani Munoz, he tries to stand up.
04:07And in this moment, I think Dani Munoz takes the finish and the keeper raises his arm.
04:13He didn't really see it, or it was more or less at the same time, and then it was a
04:19goal.
04:19And I think just the referee has to stop if he believes it's a serious injury immediately, definitely.
04:28But we could see that the keeper could end the game.
04:31And I just think that in these situations, to demand that the referee has to stop can be very dangerous
04:37for the future.
04:38Because we see in every set play, the keeper is involved in a duel, let's say he clears the ball
04:45with his arm
04:46and then just stays on the grass and the referee stops, you never get a second face.
04:50Or you have one against the keeper, it's always when you get hit from four or five yards, it always
04:55hurts.
04:55And if he then just stays on the grass and the referee has to stop, I think this wouldn't be
05:04the best for football.
05:05So that's why I think at the end it was, let's say, not so clear, to be honest, but I
05:13think it was the right decision.
05:14Did you ever consider maybe thinking we should let Liverpool score here?
05:20Was that ever something that you thought about in that moment?
05:23We were discussing, to be honest, and I also said, for me, it was clear,
05:29and this is what I told the players, if the keeper has to get subbed,
05:33we would have definitely scored an on-goal.
05:40Because then it was a serious injury and then it would have been wrong, I think.
05:46But in this situation, again, he felt pain in this moment.
05:49But I ask the keepers how often they feel pain when they get hit from four or five yards.
05:54And also Danny Munoz, I think it was very parallel, at the same time.
06:01So when the keeper raised his arm, Danny Munoz took the finish.
06:04So that's why I think it was right.
06:10This gentleman?
06:12It's OK, I was going to ask about whether Van Dijk was asking you to let them score?
06:18No, no, he asked me because nobody really on the pitch and everything goes so quick.
06:23As far as it's easier, especially on the stand, you see everything from like a bird,
06:28this perspective.
06:29We watched it back on the video and I told him that it was more or less the finish.
06:32He saw that the goalkeeper already raised his arm and gave the signal that he can't continue playing.
06:40And then Danny Munoz took the finish and I explained to him that it was more or less at the
06:45same time.
06:46And I think he didn't see it.
06:48Thank you, Bobby.
06:49Can I just check on Tariq? Was that tactical?
06:52No, no, Tariq felt his Achilles. To be honest, it's not just since today.
07:03It's an ongoing issue he has. Our medical department is treating it very well.
07:08And today he said he can't continue and I think Bonas did really well.
07:15He didn't play for many weeks now and did very well.
07:19Like all the other subs, I think they had, like in the last games always,
07:23they had a good impact.
07:24And it's just we missed the final margin to get the equaliser at the end.
07:30Do you think he can be managed inside for Thursday?
07:33I think so, yes.
07:35OK. Any others? No? Thanks a lot.
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