00:06Was that defeat just down to playing against a very good team who needed to win?
00:10How did you see the game?
00:12I think today it's worth to accept that City were much better than we were
00:17and were too good for us.
00:18If you want to get a point or even more here at Etihad,
00:21you need a top performance.
00:23We couldn't deliver a top performance today.
00:25It was OK in some parts but it was not good enough in some other parts.
00:31That's why at the end we lost.
00:34The second half was a bit better.
00:36We had a few moments maybe to come back but today we were not on our top level
00:42and that's why we lost at the end.
00:44You created a few chances on the counter in the first half before going behind.
00:48Disappointed that you didn't take those and then got punished?
00:52Yes, we scored one but we were slightly offside.
00:58Yes, I think also in possession we moved the ball too slow.
01:02We didn't really stick to the plan in possession, we did once.
01:06This was the tight offside decision and it was another ball.
01:11We knew that they played a very high line.
01:15We need the runs but you can't go straight in behind.
01:18You need to prepare it and in the preparation we were too slow.
01:22The ball movement was too slow.
01:23In the back we were not prepared so we lost two or three balls too easily.
01:29We were lucky that they didn't punish it.
01:31Also I think City was lucky that we didn't punish their mistakes in the build-up in the second half.
01:36But today players couldn't deliver what we wanted to do.
01:45Then when you play City you see the first goal, the quality they have.
01:50It's just a pass unpredictable to be honest.
01:54We were surprised, but the menu not.
01:58Then we were a little bit late and then you're 1-0 down and it just shows how good City
02:04is.
02:05You made a few changes but did you consider maybe making more?
02:09I know you talked about wanting to manage minutes and obviously you made a lot of subs.
02:12But to your starting line-up were you set on making that number of changes?
02:19Yes, it was 60-30 and then also giving some other minutes.
02:24But again we don't now play with 10 new players until then.
02:30We have just 18 players available from our squad.
02:35So I don't pick somebody from the under-21s because that would not be OK.
02:41Again, we could manage the minutes in a proper way with nothing to do with being fatigued or something.
02:52It was just today.
02:55I remember last year it was a bit similar when we lost 5-2.
02:59We had a great start but at the end we could have conceded seven or eight goals.
03:04We played the best team, we didn't manage minutes so it's just going to City.
03:11And to get a point or even more you need to do better and we couldn't do that.
03:16Hi Oliver, you were asked a lot of questions about your team strategy before this game.
03:21Were you slightly surprised that Pep made so many changes,
03:24that he made six changes in terms of the team you prepared to play?
03:29No.
03:30Again, we never know what the opposition is planning and Pep have the same topic.
03:36They have a final in three days.
03:38So that's maybe the legitimation to make a huge rotation against Arsenal.
03:43So nobody has to ask me again.
03:47Any others?
03:50No?
03:50That's it.
03:52Cheers.
03:52Which is the rough admire THAT.
03:52Here it is.
03:52Here it is.
03:52Just take off the corners.
03:54All right.
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