00:00What were your thoughts from the game?
00:02Well, first of all, what a privilege to play the Champions League final in this stadium.
00:06What an energy, what an atmosphere they created.
00:10We had big parts of the game, very similar to what we wanted.
00:14We went ahead with the penalty.
00:16Unfortunately, in the second half, we started a bit sloppy with certain giveaways
00:20and giving them some momentum.
00:22And that's the moment that they used it.
00:27That's something that we knew we had to go through
00:29in the manner that we gave the penalty very disappointed.
00:34And in the Premier League, it's not a penalty,
00:35but here I have to accept that with the rules and obviously how consistent they've been,
00:40for example, yesterday with Bayern Munich, I accept that this is a handball.
00:45What I'm incredibly fuming with is how the hell the penalty on Epps gets overturned
00:51in the manner that happened when it's not a clear and obvious error.
00:53And this changes the course of the game.
00:55And at this level, I'm sorry, but this cannot happen.
00:59Have you had any explanation on that?
01:01No.
01:01Very clear explanation.
01:03The decision and what happens for a period of time,
01:05and the referee has to watch it certain times.
01:07It's more clear than that.
01:08I think it's impossible.
01:11And yeah, we are all fuming about it.
01:14We saw the reaction of the crowd and the Atletico bench to that moment.
01:19Do you think that had any impact?
01:21That has nothing to do with that.
01:22I'm sure that they are very, very well aware of what the reaction is going to be.
01:27It's normal that reaction.
01:29We need to apply the rules.
01:30The same thing that I'm saying, that they applied the rules on Ben White's penalty.
01:33That is difficult to accept, but it is a penalty with a handbook
01:36and what they said at the beginning of the season.
01:39Epps is a clear and very obvious penalty.
01:42That's it.
01:43James ESPN.
01:44Can I ask, do you think the process of the use of VAR needs looking at, in general?
01:50I don't know.
01:50That's their job.
01:52And they have a process.
01:53And whatever they do, I'm sure they believe it's the right thing.
01:56I have nothing to say to that.
01:57I'm just judging the action and the manner that happened and the way it got overturned.
02:04Darmish from Sky.
02:06Michael, you said you're fuming.
02:08Can you and your players now use that as fuel for the rest of the season and in particular
02:14for the second leg?
02:15Yes, but when you have fought so hard for nine months to be in this position,
02:18I mean, that's another goal that changed completely the course of the time.
02:21And it cannot happen.
02:22I'm sorry.
02:23We put so much on it.
02:25So, so, so much on it.
02:26This cannot happen.
02:28Alex from BBC.
02:32Hi, Mikel.
02:33Just on the decision again.
02:34Will you approach UEFA or put a case forward about this decision not going your way?
02:38I don't know.
02:38I'll leave that to the club to decide what's the best thing to do.
02:41Now they're not going to give us the penalty.
02:43That's gone and that's it.
02:45Let's talk about football.
02:47Tom Reach.
02:48Mikel, can I ask you about Victor?
02:49Because, you know, he's come in for a lot of scrutiny this season, but it's his 19th goal
02:53and he had a really strong first half performance.
02:55Just some reactions to his display.
02:57Yeah, I think I agree with that.
02:59I think he had a very strong first half, especially when we were more dominating.
03:03You know that the Warwick is going to put a situation he created.
03:06He created the goal and the penalty and he was high school to score it in the manner that he
03:10did.
03:11And then the second half changed a little bit, credit to them, but as well,
03:15a lot of things that we need to do much, much, much better.
03:19And I think then we have to, we changed that.
03:22With the changes, I think the game changed as well.
03:24And I'm going to finish on top.
03:26Phil from PA.
03:27Sorry, Mikel.
03:28Just going back to the penalty.
03:29Do you think that the referee needs to be a bit stronger?
03:32Because obviously he was told to go and look at the monitor,
03:33but he watched the replay 12, 13, 14 times, and then decided to overturn it.
03:38I mean, he obviously still had the power to...
03:41I'm not here to judge the process.
03:44It's their process.
03:45It's a decision that is clear.
03:46Okay, stick to it because that's the rules.
03:49That's what we've been coaching the players to accept that.
03:53And when there is something different when you play in the semi-final of the Champions League
03:57and change it, it cannot happen.
03:59You guys let's wait.
03:59First, let's go back.
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