00:11Hi everyone, if you have a question, raise your hand, we'll come to you. If you're ready
00:15at the back, we'll kick off with Issam, Issam from the Wales.
00:31The first question that we have to discuss is, and this is not acceptable at this level,
00:36because it was a beautiful game of football. With two teams, with an atmosphere in this
00:41thing, it was unbelievable. With Sunderland, they are so well organised, they are so good
00:45in so many phases, they have great players, they create a lot of issues. We have to go
00:50with all of that. It was a lot in a really difficult week after Chelsea and Napoli. And
00:55on top of that, we have to go through what we've done today that, in my opinion, is not
00:59acceptable. And I watched it 20 times and I cannot find a way to understand how even
01:05to think to give a penalty in that situation or the way the VAR has to intervene. So I
01:15I'm sad that we have to discuss in such a beautiful game something at this level that has the
01:21gravity of that because that changes the course of the season and it can cause you the championship.
01:26And at this level, with all the work that we put in, this cannot happen.
01:31What about that decision inferior to you the most?
01:35When you see it, that is a judo role. We don't do nothing. It's a judo role and it brings
01:40the
01:41players on the floor. So how can this a penalty? I mean, I don't know. I cannot find an explanation.
01:46Honestly, that's why I'm going to try to find an explanation now.
01:49Has anyone explained it?
01:50No, but I have to be here in front of you guys and talk about it. I don't want to
01:53talk
01:53about it. I want to talk about the game and how good we were, how good Sunderland it was
01:56and the level of the league and how beautiful this is. We should not never be talking about
02:02this or the safe of David, which was incredible. We should not even be talking about that.
02:07Speaking about the game, did the referee offer any kind of explanation as to what he gave
02:13it?
02:24Yeah, but there is an element of luck as well because they are so good at doing that. They
02:33throw in numbers, they know exactly how to do it, the timing is so good, the type of
02:37players that they do. But not only that, when you give them a space to play as well, they
02:41play. They are a really, really good side and in any other moment we could have conceded
02:47a goal in a different way and that's part of the game as well.
02:50Martin?
02:52Mikel, can you talk us through how good Bruno Guimara's goal was and what he faced today
02:57coming back to?
02:58This one I watched it 20 times. It was a penalty 10, that one 20. Unbelievable. But I
03:03again, the personality that he has. He comes in and this is a special game for him as well
03:07and what it means for him, how he grabs the game, the decision that he's made and the
03:12two actions. The goal is incredible and the assist as well to Bukayo to put him through
03:16in front of the goal, it's unbelievable as well. So, really impressed with him.
03:20Is he knocking down your door to start games?
03:22They are all are, to be fair. We had a really tough week, as I said. They all played, they've
03:28all been really, really important and that's what we're going to need because every three
03:31days to maintain this level, otherwise it's impossible.
03:36Can I just ask how tough Fierce and Brian probably is when he plays like that and how pleased you
03:40are with your centre-hearts that they weren't pulling out a bit but they also kept their composure
03:45in what was a difficult night?
03:47Yeah, really tough, really intelligent the way they do it as a team and to isolate him
03:51in these actions and he's extremely good at that and then how they run off him as well.
03:56It's not only him, that's why they connect with him after he gets on the ball. That's
04:00why I said that they have so many good things as a team and they make it really tough for
04:05you.
04:05Okay, finally Tom. Tom's going to ask a question about tonight and then two into the Ipswich
04:09game. We're not doing a press conference so that will be for 10.30 for Monday.
04:13It felt like last season, at 96th minute, there was such pain and tonight it's flipped
04:18the other way, you've got a penalty. Did you use that game from last season as inspiration
04:23to say we need to make right what didn't go well last?
04:26Yes, because we still have something in the tummy and the manner that it happened as well.
04:32And we knew that we were going to have to go through certain difficult moments and very
04:36chaotic moments inside the box to earn the right to win the game. And we've done it.
04:41We've done it. We suffer, but we've done it.
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