00:00Thank you very much.
00:30I think they are very good in their jobs, they understand very well what they need to do and I
00:38wish him all the best in his next stages and I think now the club, we are still working with
00:45the people that have been taking the decision this summer, I have a continuous connection especially with Mike Gordon, we
00:53talk about the needs and we will keep working, yes.
00:58Does it impact you at all though because Richard is someone that obviously you have worked closely with, he brought
01:04you to the club and you worked very closely with him at Bournemouth as well previously.
01:08Yeah, now it's a matter of the club, deciding the next step, where to go, the next direction.
01:18I think a lot of the people involved in the decisions, they are still with us in every day and
01:24I continue talking to them but it's true that as you say, for Richard I can only speak very well
01:31about him and I wish him all the best now in his next adventures.
01:39Alexis McAllister has just told us that in the summer he was told the club wasn't in a position to
01:44offer him a new contract and he feels a little bit upset by that but at the same time it's
01:49a situation that can change particularly if he performs well.
01:53How much hope do you hope that that situation changes and that he will remain at the club beyond 20
01:58-28?
02:08Thank you very much.
02:12Thank you very much.
02:22Thank you very much.
02:34How much are you looking forward to your first Champions League game in charge of Liverpool and facing someone in
02:39Diego Simeone who you've obviously faced before back in Spain and I think you've faced as a player as well?
02:44Yes, I think obviously it's a special night for me, everyone talks, the Champions League night at Anfield and also
02:56the first game is against a strong opposition, it's Atletico Madrid as you said, Simeone is doing an incredible job,
03:04someone a year, I think to be all the years that he has been achieving every season, the goals of
03:10the club I think is remarkable
03:13and definitely it's a big challenge for us, as you said, I think I played against him as a player,
03:19he was still a player and I played against his teams when he was a coach and I also coached
03:25against him, so we had a lot of precedent before, definitely he has much more experience than me, this kind
03:34of game, but I hope tomorrow now we can give him a good game, yes.
04:04I think Milos played really well the other day
04:08past Friday, past Friday, past Friday, I think I know him very well, I know what he can achieve, he
04:18has still a big potential, being very young, also a good amount of experience in the Premier League, also with
04:28his national team and he's a player that I trust, definitely he needs to improve a lot of things like
04:36all the others,
04:36like I have to improve a lot of things, otherwise there is no bigger sailing, but I think I'm ready
04:48to try to help him first, to become a better player and I think he's in a good line, I
04:55think the other day he played really well for us.
05:07Definitely, it's one of the dreams probably when you start, it was difficult for me when I started my coaching
05:19career seven, eight years ago to position myself in the position that I am right now and I hope I
05:27can enjoy it.
05:27Enjoy it, it's a big responsibility, massive challenge, but I feel privileged to be there in that dugout tomorrow and
05:36now my thinking is about putting the team together in a position where we can play a good game, win
05:45the game and start strong this Champions League.
05:48Do you feel that you're sort of up and running now after the win against Ipswich, I mean you didn't
05:52lose the other two games, but was that a big result for you?
05:56I think last Friday, no, it was first of all about winning, because we had this bad taste after two
06:03draws and we needed the win definitely, but also I think I was encouraged because I saw very good performances
06:11from some individual players, I saw the team starting a lot stronger the game with a lot more intensity, especially
06:18in the first half and I think it's the line that we want to continue.
06:51I said, I think past week, I don't know how much I need to improve my players so they can
06:57help me to win games and this is the interchange we make, you know, and I think the same case
07:02with Alexis, with everyone else.
07:04I think I think I'm very happy with, you asked for Alexis, I'm very happy with his performances, I think
07:11he played really well, especially last night on Friday and I hope I can help him to still improve.
07:20He's a very experienced player, already has achieved massive things, but I hope I can help him also in his
07:27development as a player and then if everything goes well, those problems will be definitely solved.
07:35Good evening, let's talk about the type of game, what's the main difference between the styles of Atletico Madrid and
07:44Liverpool, in your opinion?
07:46I think Atletico Madrid are a team that plays very well, always if you look at teams, Simeone teams, they
07:57have more possession, they're starting to have more possession of the ball in that first phase, they build up play,
08:03they have lots of dynamism in terms of the four attacking players,
08:07so it's difficult to tie them down at times, because ultimately, there's lots of rotation between their players in offensive
08:18positions, so it's not easy for the opponents and for us tomorrow.
08:22And your style, how do you prepare for Atletico's playing style, to be more interested, to be more effective?
08:34I think we need to play our game, we know we're facing a team that are of a very high
08:41level, as they've shown in previous seasons in the Champions League,
08:45but we need to play at our pace, we want to be proactive, and start well, to pressure our opponents
08:53early on in the game.
08:55In the way that we played on Friday, we started very strong, we wanted to score that first goal,
09:02but obviously you have an opponent in front of you that is very good, and that is what we face
09:06tomorrow.
09:10You've spoken of tomorrow night as being a massive challenge, how much of a test is it of your coaching
09:16credentials and what you know,
09:18that there's obviously a step up again from the Premier League, what you've been used to?
09:23I think it's a Champions League game, it's the first game, it's the first game against probably one of the
09:29strongest opposition that we are going to face,
09:32but at the end it's football, you know, we play against very good teams also in the Premier League,
09:37I think I kind of know quite well Atletico Madrid, some of their players, and it's going to be a
09:45big test,
09:45but it was going to be even if I wasn't the manager, you know, it's the first game in the
09:50Champions League against another big club,
09:52it's a great game to play, it's a massive test for the team overall,
09:56and I think it will show us a little bit also where we are, you know, in terms of, okay,
10:03we showed past Friday, I think, good signs, and now let's see, you know, against a team like Atletico Madrid
10:10where we are.
10:18Andoni, will the rhythm of three games a week from now on cause you to change much in what you
10:25normally do?
10:26Because obviously you have three games a week sometimes at Bournemouth, but not over an extended period.
10:32Will you rotate more?
10:35This is going to be a challenge, I hope, all the season, because it would mean that we continue in
10:41other competitions,
10:42and I think in this case it's not the worst scenario because we played past Friday,
10:46so we've had, I think, good recovery.
10:49Probably it's going to be more difficult for next weekend, especially for the next game against Spurs in Carabao Cup,
10:55because we will have just today's game, today's game, but we have to get used to this,
11:00is what big clubs do, and definitely you have, there is a part in your mind where you have to
11:07think,
11:08in the next games, but for us the game tomorrow is very important.
11:13Do you plan to maybe rotate a bit more over the coming months?
11:19I will not tell you the starting line-up.
11:22You are asking me if I am going to do a lot of changes or not.
11:26Still my players don't know the line-up, so I will definitely not tell you,
11:31but I have to consider.
11:33We have more games, where they are physically,
11:36but I don't think it's going to be the most difficult scenario that I will find this season,
11:41because we are coming from playing on Friday, so we've had good days of recovery.
11:47James?
11:50Andoni, just on Barkela, he played 25 minutes, I think, at Ipswich.
11:54Do you feel as if you're going to need to ease him in gently,
11:56or do you think he is ready to start a game like this?
11:59Yes, I think he played overall with the extra time,
12:01and this game was 31 maybe, or something like this.
12:04I think he's ready to play more minutes.
12:09He has been training quite normally.
12:12The only thing is he hasn't had the precision minutes that normally players have,
12:16and we have to consider this, but I see him in a really good place.
12:20I think he can play more minutes, definitely.
12:25And I don't see him like limited, or no.
12:28I see him like a normal player with this circumstance
12:31that hasn't had a lot of precision minutes to build his form,
12:35but I saw him very well, playing very well,
12:38and I think he's ready to play more minutes.
12:41Adam, last one.
12:46Don, it's always like I spoke about intensity,
12:49and sort of if Liverpool have a certain level of intensity,
12:52no one will be able to stop them this season.
12:54How do you plan to sort of balance that
12:56when you've got four games in 12 days and so on?
13:01I think it's something that has to be in us, no?
13:05I think we have to be always as intense as possible,
13:09because I think we are better like this.
13:11Sometimes we have to control games,
13:13sometimes we have to have the ball more,
13:16but you can be on the ball and continue being intense,
13:20continue making runs behind, continue moving the ball fast,
13:22continue doing the things that are going to make you a better team.
13:27I don't want my players to think,
13:29no, we need to save energy,
13:30because we have a game in three days,
13:32so I have to play 90 minutes.
13:34No, you play 55 minutes for me,
13:36you are dead and you ask for a chess.
13:38Ah, perfect,
13:38because we will have a top level 55 minutes
13:41and another top level 35, 40, whatever it remains.
13:45So if I have to choose,
13:47I prefer they are not with the calculator,
13:51thinking, okay, let's win a little bit,
13:53but not a lot,
13:54because we have to play in three days,
13:55and no, let's push,
13:58let's do our best,
14:02and I think the way to get used also to play at a higher rhythm,
14:07I think we need to increase a little bit our rhythm,
14:10and the only way is pushing and being more demanding.
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