00:14Okay, guys, who'd like to get us started?
00:18Kieran, just in the middle here, please.
00:21Hi, Callum.
00:22Hi, Kieran.
00:23Can you just give your thoughts on how the final unfolded
00:25and you had a few penalty claims,
00:28which one stands out in your mind that you're disappointed
00:31didn't go any other further?
00:34I thought it was an evenly matched game.
00:36I thought both teams had moments of control.
00:38Both teams had momentum at different times.
00:41Two really good sides.
00:42Got a lot of respect for Manchester City
00:44and what they've done over the last period of success.
00:48So congratulations to them first.
00:51Disappointing result, but a very evenly matched game
00:54in terms of the penalty incidents.
00:55I thought they're tough calls,
00:57but for me, the Jarrell-Hatto and Kusinov collision in the box
01:01is a penalty.
01:01Jarrell gets in front and it's a collision in the back.
01:05If that's anywhere else on the pitch, it's a foul.
01:07Very similar to last week at Liverpool with Jao Pedro
01:09and Fringpong.
01:10I said the same.
01:11I thought that was a penalty as well.
01:12So sometimes you get them, sometimes you don't.
01:16James Svindra, just in the front here, please.
01:19Callum, in terms of the goal itself, a brilliant finish,
01:22but is there more you could have done to prevent it?
01:25Not for me, no.
01:26Not personally for me.
01:27I think we hold the line really well.
01:30Semenyo goes into an offside position.
01:32The ball is meant for him.
01:33Bernardo's trying to slide Semenyo in.
01:35Haaland reads it, gets onto the ball.
01:38We make him play an awkward right foot cross under pressure.
01:42Semenyo finishes from outside the line of the front post
01:44under pressure.
01:45So for me, it's a one in 100 goal.
01:47It's a really low XG goal.
01:48So for me, no, there's not much more we could defend
01:50in that moment better.
01:51Can I just ask you what it was like for you personally
01:53to lead the side out at Chelsea today,
01:55considering your own journey as a coach?
01:58The same as any other game.
02:00We prepared the same.
02:02I wasn't thinking about the occasion
02:04or that there's enough to think about
02:06with Pep Guardiola's Manchester City.
02:08So that was my focus.
02:10I'm just disappointed that for me,
02:12the lads didn't get what they deserve today
02:14and sometimes football can be cruel.
02:16Thanks, James.
02:17Simon?
02:18Hey, Callum.
02:18Commiserations.
02:19Is there any consolation that Chelsea can take
02:22from the man in the performance
02:23and perhaps a reminder that there are talented players
02:26in this squad, despite, you know,
02:29sort of how it's gone over the last few months?
02:33Yeah, it's hard at this moment in time
02:34to think like that because of the recent form
02:36and losing a cup final.
02:39But I felt we went toe-to-toe.
02:41We were one of the best teams in the world
02:42and I thought there was very, very little
02:43between the sides.
02:45And in those sort of games
02:46against two really good sides,
02:48when you have momentum,
02:49I thought we had momentum
02:49at the end of the first half.
02:50I thought we had momentum
02:51at the start of the second half.
02:53If you get that moment of quality
02:54and you get yourself in front,
02:56it makes the game very different
02:57and we didn't manage to do that.
03:00So, yeah, we know what this team's capable of.
03:02They need to produce that
03:03on a more consistent basis
03:06and they've shown that this year
03:07that when they're at their best,
03:08they're a very difficult side to play against.
03:11And I appreciate you don't want to talk too much
03:12about the Knicks coach,
03:14but if they are watching,
03:16they're obviously going to like
03:17what they perhaps saw
03:18from some of the players on the pitch today.
03:20Yeah, it's a really talented group.
03:22Lots of quality in that group.
03:24The fight and heart has been questioned at times,
03:26but the last two performances,
03:29I don't think you can question that.
03:31I think they gave everything today
03:32to try and win that trophy for the club.
03:39One more over here, please.
03:45What would it mean
03:46if Chelsea didn't get into Europe next season?
03:48What would be the implications for the club?
03:51You're asking an interim coach
03:53what the implications of the club are going to be.
03:55I'm not privy to that information.
03:58My job is to prepare the team
03:59for games and training,
04:01which I'll be doing on Tuesday for Spurs,
04:03which is a massive game for this club.
04:07If there's no more questions,
04:09we'll end it there.
04:09Thanks, guys.
04:10Thanks, guys.
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