00:20We knew how difficult is this stadium, the team that we have in front of us with top players,
00:28top coach against a team that I think they are the team that press more high than in the Premier
00:35League.
00:37I'm happy with the point but more with the performance of my players and the way that they play,
00:42with the character, the personality, the ambition that they play and they show here in this stadium.
00:48I know that everything in football is about points, it's about the points that you get, it's not about what
00:55you deserve.
00:56I think we deserve more against Chelsea, against Crystal Palace but we didn't and after the Crystal Palace game,
01:04I think my players realised how important is attack well but defence when you lose the ball and control the
01:12transition
01:12and we were more balanced today, we defence so well with the ball as well as we did in the
01:20other games.
01:21So I think this is the way we could score one or two goals and we were a little bit
01:27unlucky but if we continue playing in this way,
01:30I think we will win games.
01:32You said you've worked on the defensive structure as well, do you feel like you've executed that today?
01:37Yes, from my first day we trained so hard about the transition but I think everything changed after the Crystal
01:47Palace game
01:48because I think we have been working all this week but in the first week also how important it is
01:56to be balanced when you have the ball.
01:58Of course, when you have the ball you need to think about what you want, what are you going to
02:02do with the ball
02:03but also what are you going to do when you lose it and against a team like Liverpool that they
02:10have players that they are so quick and their transitions are so good.
02:17I think we did so well and with the ball also so I am very happy.
02:22We need to continue to play in the same way and for me we are not being so lucky in
02:29the first four games
02:31and we knew how difficult it was going to be this first month but I am so proud of my
02:38players.
02:39Just finally, sometimes it can be hard to adjust coming to a game differently.
02:43Yes, they were so important for us, so, so important because we needed that energy and also I think we
02:53put a place that can't threat Liverpool defence
02:57and we had some chances for Rodrigo, for Kevin so they did really well, they gave their best and obviously,
03:09like I say always, I can choose only 11 players and I have players that deserve more minutes, deserve more
03:17opportunities
03:18but they are doing so well and a season is so, so long and we will have so many games
03:24and I think the opportunities will come.
03:29You've had some criticism already this season so how satisfying was it for you personally to see a response from
03:35the players?
03:35Yes, for sure, I know that when you are not winning games it is not so easy that your players
03:41believe in your ideas.
03:43I know everything is easy when you win but they believe in the way that we have been working and
03:52I saw them the things that we were doing so well.
03:57I think there were so many things that we did well but we have been making mistakes and of course
04:05in this league if you make mistakes they will punish you.
04:08I think that's the level and we need to understand that how important it is if you have chances try
04:16to take that chances but also to be a little bit more balanced and control the transition against a team
04:24that all teams here in England have quick players and I think we did better and we realised how important
04:32it is to be balanced.
04:33Just a word for the central defender who came in.
04:36Yes, what a difficult game for him. First game here in the Premier League at Anfield against Isaac, against very
04:47good and top players but he proved how good he is.
04:51I knew him from Spain and he did very, very well with Elce and I knew the personality that he
05:01has and the character and he is very good with the ball but also he is really powerful and he
05:08is very intelligent so I am so happy with him.
05:11Any further questions? We are going to take a couple more, one here and one there. We will start here.
05:18Hi, you touched a little bit there on mistakes and being punished but today your defence looked really comfortable on
05:25the ball in possession.
05:26How do you instil that kind of confidence against a side at Liverpool?
05:30Yes, I think we have been training because I have the players to take the ball, to play in short,
05:37to beat the pressure of our opponents and we have been training from my first day and the most difficult
05:44thing is to do it during the games.
05:46Because when you make mistakes in the training session, it's so easy because you are not punished. When you make
05:55a mistake here, that's the problem.
05:57But I want that my players show this character that they want the ball, they want the ball under pressure
06:03and they can play and we know what we have to do, how we can beat the pressure of Liverpool.
06:10And we did so, so well against a team that pressed so high and so well. We know how good
06:17is Andoni and his teams pressing and I am so happy and so proud of the way that we play
06:23today.
06:24Final question just here in front.
06:26Hi Alvaro, just with your history with Liverpool and the time you've spent here, how nice is it to come
06:31back here and get your first point here?
06:33Yes, I came here when I was a player with Real Madrid and we won and today it was a
06:41little bit difficult, I am different as a coach and difficult also, difficult.
06:45And of course I spent here almost three years and some of my best years and like a footballer here,
06:54fantastic time and I am so grateful to Liverpool Football Club and the opportunity that they gave me.
07:02It's twenty years ago and if I'm here it's because one day I came here and Rafa and I think
07:10he was watching the game gave me also the opportunity so I'm here because one day I was Liverpool player
07:16so I wish them all the best.
07:20Thanks everyone.
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