00:00Good evening, everyone. I hope everyone is well.
00:02We probably want to get around to everyone.
00:04Raise your hand if you have a question and we will come to you.
00:07A look to the front row. We will come to Sam Dean from The Telegraph.
00:12Shout!
00:14What were your thoughts on the game?
00:15Well, first of all, what a privilege to play the Champions League semi-final in this stadium.
00:20What an energy, what an atmosphere they created.
00:23We had big parts of the game, very similar to what we wanted.
00:27We went ahead with the penalty.
00:30Unfortunately, in the second half, we started a bit sloppy with certain giveaways
00:33and giving them some momentum.
00:35And that's the moment that they used it.
00:41That's something that we knew we had to go through.
00:43In the manner that we gave the penalty, very disappointed.
00:47And in the Premier League, it's not a penalty.
00:49But here, I have to accept that with the rules and obviously how consistent they've been.
00:53For example, yesterday with Bayern Munich.
00:55I accept that this is a handball.
00:58What I'm incredibly fuming with is how the hell the penalty on Epps gets overturned
01:04in the manner that happened when it's not a clear and obvious error.
01:07And this changes the course of the game.
01:08And at this level, I'm sorry, but this cannot happen.
01:12Have you had any explanation on that?
01:14No.
01:15Very clear explanation.
01:16The decision and what happens for a period of time, the referee has to watch it 13 times.
01:20It's more clear than that.
01:22I think it's impossible.
01:24And yeah, we are all fuming about it.
01:27We saw the reaction of the crowd and the Atletico bench to that moment.
01:33Do you think that had any impact?
01:34That has nothing to do with that.
01:35I'm sure that they are very well aware of what the reaction is going to be.
01:40It's normal that reaction.
01:42We need to apply the rules.
01:43The same thing that I'm saying that they apply the rules on Ben White's penalty.
01:47That is difficult to accept, but it is a penalty with a handbook.
01:50And what they say at the beginning of the season, Epps is a clear and very obvious penalty.
01:56That's it.
01:57James ESPN.
01:58Can I ask, do you think the process of the use of VAR needs looking at in general?
02:03I don't know.
02:04That's their job.
02:05And they have a process and whatever they do, I'm sure that belief is the right thing.
02:09I have nothing to say that.
02:10I'm just judging the action and the manner that happened and the way it got overturned.
02:17Damesh from Sky.
02:19Mikel, you said you're fuming.
02:21Can you and your players now use that as fuel for the rest of the season, in particular for the
02:28second leg?
02:28Yes, but when you have fought so hard for nine months to be in this position,
02:31I mean, that's another goal that changed completely the course of the time.
02:34And it cannot happen.
02:36I'm sorry.
02:36We put so much on it.
02:38So, so, so much on it.
02:39This cannot happen.
02:42Alex from BBC.
02:45Hi, Mikel.
02:46Just on the decision again, will you approach UEFA or put a case forward about this decision not going your
02:51way?
02:51I don't know.
02:52I leave that to the club to decide what the best thing to do.
02:54Now they're not going to give us the penalty.
02:56That's gone.
02:57And that's it.
02:58Let's talk about football.
03:00Tom Reach.
03:01Mikel, can I ask you about Victor?
03:03Because, you know, he's come in for a lot of scrutiny this season.
03:06But it's his 19th goal and he had a really strong first half performance.
03:09Just some reactions to his display.
03:10Yeah, I think I agree with that.
03:12I think he had a very strong first half, especially when we were more dominating.
03:16You know that the Warwick is going to put a situation he created.
03:19He created the goal and the penalty.
03:21And he was high school to score it in the manner that he did.
03:24And then the second half changed a little bit, credit to them.
03:27But as well, a lot of things that we need to do much, much, much better.
03:32And I think then we have to, we changed that with the changes.
03:36I think the game changed as well.
03:37And I'm finished on top.
03:39Phil from PA.
03:40Sorry, Mikel.
03:41Just going back to the penalty.
03:43Do you think that the referee needs to be a bit stronger?
03:45Because obviously he was told to go and look at the monitor, but he watched the replay 12, 13, 14
03:49times and then decided to overturn it.
03:51I mean, he obviously still had the power to, to, to, to.
03:54I'm not here to, to judge the processes.
03:57Their process is a decision that is clear.
04:00Okay.
04:00Stick to it because that's the rules.
04:02Well, that's what we've been coaching the players to, to accept that.
04:06And when there is something different, when you play in the semifinal of the Champions League and change it, it
04:11cannot happen.
04:12Issan Daily Mail over there.
04:14Hi, Mikel.
04:14How pleased were you with the way your team dealt with this occasion and this atmosphere?
04:18There was obviously Luro that was launched at the kickoff.
04:21Grass apparently was a bit too long.
04:23Pitch was getting watered at half time.
04:25So with all that backdrop, how pleased are you with your, the way your team handled it?
04:29I'm very proud.
04:30I said that to the boys, the way we handle any kind of context for nine and a half months
04:35is just remarkable.
04:37And I really value what they've done because I've seen some of the best teams in the world here fall
04:43apart.
04:44And I'm going to see three and four.
04:46And we don't, we didn't get the result that we wanted.
04:50And the way we planned the game, we wanted to win it.
04:54But at least it's in our hands in front of our people to be in that final.
04:59And in a week's time we're going to have the opportunity to do so.
05:03Okay, last two questions from Spanish Media.
05:04First, he didn't here.
05:05Hola, Mister.
05:06Buenas noches.
05:07Aquí Rubén Martín en directo para el partidazo de la Cadena Cope.
05:09Perdóneme que le pregunté por el penalti que sé que ha contestado en inglés.
05:12Ha dicho que es consistente la opinión de la Champions, que la mano es mano en Múnich hoy,
05:18pero que no entiende la revisión del tercero.
05:21Entonces le quería preguntar por los tres y si no es un poco loco que en el mismo deporte se
05:24pide de manera diferente en función de la competición.
05:26Ayer hubo dos y yo lo acepto.
05:29Si han tomado ese criterio y vamos al libro y lo que nos explicaron al principio,
05:33yo de verdad, es difícil de entender porque en la Premier la mano de Ben White, por ejemplo, no es
05:37penalti,
05:38pero en la UEFA sí, lo sabemos.
05:41Está bien, ya está, lo aceptas porque hay un criterio y han tomado esa decisión.
05:45Lo que pasa después con él no lo entiendo.
05:47Es un penalti claro, hay contacto y que eso te lo lleven al VAR
05:51y tengan que revisarlo 13 veces para quitar el penalti a este nivel me parece que es inaceptable.
05:58¿Qué tal?
05:59Hola.
06:00Miquel Martín Talavera en directo para el Larguero de la Cadena SER.
06:03Más allá de esas jugadas, viendo el cómputo general del partido,
06:06donde el Arsenal ha sido mejor en la primera parte,
06:08pero generando pocas ocasiones y lo que ha ocurrido en la segunda parte,
06:11no sé si te vas contento con el empate a uno o crees que podíais haber merecido más
06:18o incluso iros con un resultado peor.
06:19Gracias.
06:20Creo que ha habido momentos.
06:21Bueno, lo primero decir que es un privilegio y un gusto jugar en un ambiente así.
06:25Creo que lo que generan en este estadio la energía, la pasión con la que todo el mundo viene al
06:30campo,
06:30es una cosa impresionante.
06:32Ha sido increíble jugarlo.
06:34Hemos tenido momentos donde hemos sido superiores, hemos dominado.
06:37Es verdad que no hemos materializado más situaciones para marcar otro gol más
06:42y luego hemos tenido un periodo de 15-20 minutos en la segunda parte.
06:44No hemos estado bien.
06:45Una por mérito de ellos y otra por de mérito nuestro también.
06:48Y es verdad que el partido ha acabado de una manera diferente después de los cambios,
06:51donde hemos sido otra vez el equipo que queríamos ser.
06:54Pero es lo que hay.
06:55Podría haber sido diferente.
06:56Ya he hablado de la decisión, que en mi opinión cambia el partido,
06:59pero es verdad que hay dos situaciones de ellos y dos nuestras dentro del área
07:02que también podían ir para cualquier lado.
07:04Así que nada, a jugarse todo en Londres.
07:06A prepararnos.
07:07Nosotros jugamos la vida ahora con el Fulham el sábado para ganar la Premier
07:10y después de eso ya empezaremos a preparar la segunda parte de la semifinal.
07:20Miguel, buenas noches en directo Radio Marca.
07:22Hablabas de la semana que hay por medio ahora.
07:24Después del resultado, de la polémica arbitral,
07:26hay una semana para preparar un partido de vuelta.
07:29Vosotros jugáis la Liga en la Premier,
07:31el Atlético de Madrid tiene una semana con menos exigencia.
07:35No sé qué conclusión sacas para hoy pensando en la vuelta
07:38y luego cómo afrontas esto,
07:40el tener un partido tan importante vosotros ahí intercalado.
07:44Ha sido el pan de cada día durante diez meses para nosotros,
07:48cuatro competiciones y si al final quieres ganar la Premier
07:50y quieres estar en la final de la Champions, tienes que pasar por eso.
07:53Valoro increíblemente el esfuerzo que están dando los jugadores,
07:56cómo están rindiendo y hemos tenido muchas bajas
07:59y seguimos teniendo bajas, pero estaremos ahí el sábado
08:02y estaremos ahí otra vez seguro el martes.
08:06Gracias a todos.
08:06Buenas noches.
08:07Gracias.
08:07Gracias.
08:07Gracias.
08:07Gracias.
08:08Gracias.
08:08Gracias.
08:08Gracias.
08:09Gracias.
08:09Gracias.
08:10Gracias.
08:10Gracias.
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