00:00Yes, the coach from San Sebastian, Andoni Areola, enjoyed his first taste of Champions League football at Anfield.
00:09Before the match, the manager had described his excitement of being in the dugout during a European fixture in Liverpool
00:19on Merseyside.
00:21And the first game lived up to expectation.
00:24Liverpool came from behind to win the match 2-1, and it was Alexis McAllister who scored the winning goal.
00:35Areola took responsibility for a poor first-half performance.
00:39Here's what the Spanish coach had to say.
00:42Yes, I think today I have to blame myself a little bit for the start of the game.
00:50I think Atletico has used a structure that they haven't used before this season, and it has cost us a
00:56little bit to match properly.
00:58I think until we considered the goal, and we've had a couple of minutes where we've, I think, adjusted things
01:05and we matched much better.
01:07And it was the moment where we've started playing better.
01:10Obviously, after half-time, you have more time, everything was better set, and in the second half, I think we
01:18were the best team.
01:20I think the team, the players have shown big character, and also the crowd has helped us massively in the
01:27second half.
01:28In this kind of night, you are there doing your job, but you also can enjoy it.
01:33Also, how good a way to go about earning a new contract is that from Alexis McAllister?
01:39Yeah, lovely, lovely goal from Alexis, lovely goal from Dom Sooslai.
01:43I think it's good also, the midfielders can add goals, because we have midfielders that naturally, they are going to
01:52arrive to the box.
01:53You know, sometimes we are talking about the structure, keep your position, but it's inside them.
01:58For Ryan Gravenberg from Dom Sooslai, for Alexis McAllister, and it's good that we can also benefit, you know, offensively
02:06from those situations where they arrive to the box.
02:08Any concerns over Bradley Barkeler, though? He was holding his left calf before he went off.
02:13No, he's cramped. He's just cramped. There is no injury.
02:17With Bradley, it's about building his physical condition.
02:20We don't really know, we didn't know until now, probably, how much he can play, because he hasn't had any
02:28minutes in precision for PSG.
02:30He played 30 the other day. Today we had some question marks, any minutes he can give us, and probably
02:38now we know.
02:39And I'm very happy, because also he has had two very clear chances against the keeper.
02:43He hasn't scored, but I want him there.
02:47There is where he has to make the difference, arriving to those spots, those positions, and I'm very happy, because
02:53in, I don't know how many minutes he's played,
02:55two times against the keeper is a good sign with Bradley.
02:57There is a good sign with Bradley.
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