00:03What did you make of that journey and what did you feel was lacking from your team?
00:08I think what was lacking, I think it was quite clear.
00:12I think it's the first game since I'm here.
00:15I think that we've had problems to create chances, to score goals,
00:19to make the difference offensively.
00:24That's the main reason that we couldn't create as many chances as we wanted
00:30and we haven't scored a goal and that's why we go just with one point.
00:38How much was the fatigue you feel from the Atletico Madrid game?
00:42Was that a big fact?
00:46At the end, it's the easiest one for me, for you, for everyone,
00:48because our players were tired.
00:50I think there is a lack of freshness, definitely.
00:53We cannot hide it.
00:55I think it's the worst turnaround in terms of 60-something hours
01:00between the games after a very big game the other day.
01:04But this is going to happen more times, maybe with one more day,
01:07but sometimes it's going to happen the same way during the season.
01:09We have to adapt to these circumstances.
01:14And it's these kind of games that you need to win sometimes with a set play,
01:19sometimes with a shoot from the edge, sometimes from a moment of brilliance,
01:23from the offensive players, and we haven't had that today.
01:27We've been clearly not as good offensively as we've been other days.
01:33James?
01:34You've tried different combinations in midfield.
01:36Yeah.
01:37And said that, again, today it's not fully played through you.
01:40Quite often there's a lack of control.
01:43Does that worry you?
01:45I think today, especially in first half, we were arriving late to the presses.
01:49It's clear.
01:51I think we improved this part a lot in the second half.
01:54I think we've been better structured.
01:57I think we controlled better the game in the second half,
01:59even without scoring the goal, but I was feeling more comfortable.
02:07Even if we haven't been incredible in that aspect, we've struggled sometimes.
02:13I think we haven't also conceded clear chances.
02:15I think the one we conceded is the one we messed up in the goal kick.
02:19And that's, I think, the clear chance we conceded.
02:21From there I think we've defended quite well.
02:26We've given us the chances in terms of keeping the clean sheet.
02:29We've had probably our best chances coming from set plays.
02:33The crossbar, the one from Alex, I remember, in the second half.
02:37But not clear enough or not.
02:39We haven't been able to score the goal that you need in this kind of games
02:45where you are not brilliant.
02:51What is the situation at the moment?
02:54You haven't given the chance to play.
02:59Yes, I think Wata lost quite a lot of the precision.
03:07I think he's still not at his best, but he's training very well.
03:14The problem is in front of him, in his position, I have a lot of players.
03:20He's competing against a lot of players, no?
03:23Because we are also giving minutes to Trey, Ryan, Alexis, Dom,
03:27players that I am selecting right now.
03:33But Wata is definitely a player that I like and for sure he will have his moments.
03:50I think I said it a lot of times.
03:51I think we have four wingers.
03:53Probably if you, before the season, everyone would say
03:55are more left wingers than right wingers because they played more there.
03:59And everyone, I think all the wingers will play on the right and will play on the left.
04:03And depending on the matchups, depending on where we think they are going to be more dangerous,
04:07depending on the defensive demands, depending on what we feel, what we analyse,
04:15we position them in the right or in the left.
04:18But I think Bradley, I think everyone, the four of them already have played both sides
04:23and it's going to be, you know, all the season like this because of the wingers, you know,
04:31with a lot of times the same, you know, preferences.
04:36What's on his first Premier League start?
04:38I think with Bradley now we are building also his physical condition
04:43because he hasn't had any minute in pre-season
04:45and I think there is a good part where today he played, I think, a little bit more even than
04:50three days ago
04:51against Atletico Madrid.
04:54He's had a good chance, second post, he blocked the shot, but he arrived well.
05:00Probably we know he has more, he has more, but now it's about giving him the minutes,
05:07keep building his confidence also and he's a player that is going to give us a lot.
05:15I don't know.
05:16The team has only won four Premier League matches at Anfield in 2026.
05:23It obviously predates you.
05:25Do you get any sense that the players find it more of a challenge playing here
05:30than you already sometimes with the pressure that's on them?
05:33I haven't felt, I didn't feel it three days ago against Atletico Madrid, you know,
05:38it's like, it's because we haven't won, I don't know.
05:40I prefer to play at home, definitely I prefer to play at home.
05:45And we cannot find the reasons outside, we have to find the reasons inside the pitch.
05:54We know that if we push, the people will be with us, this is 100%, yes.
06:00We'll see you later.
06:01Bye.
06:01Bye.
06:02Bye.
06:02You
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