00:00We'll take a share of hands for questions, please.
00:02We'll start with Sean, thank you.
00:05Plenty of goals and a great watch for the neutral, but how are you feeling?
00:09For you?
00:11No, to be honest, I prefer to win 1-0 than 5-3.
00:15But again, I expect a very difficult game.
00:20I knew how good they are.
00:22Off the ball, very aggressive.
00:23On the ball, they have different weapons.
00:26Set pieces, Bromby.
00:27So, I know that was a difficult game, but again, happy because we found a way to win the game.
00:35The good thing also is that these seven official games that we played, they have been all different.
00:41We experienced different things.
00:43The last one with 10 players.
00:44Today, you know, was a complicated one.
00:47At the bottom of one, we were losing 1-0.
00:49So, also a chance to learn from the game.
00:53It looked like in periods, your side weren't in full control of the game.
00:56And also conceding three, could have conceded more.
00:59Is that a concern for you?
01:01I'm always concerned.
01:03I'm always trying to see what we can do better.
01:05For sure, two of the three goals that we conceded, they have been too easy.
01:09The second goal came from, you know, Chaka, a free kick quick, and that cannot happen.
01:15The third goal, again, came from another free kick.
01:20So, too easy in that way.
01:22But, yeah, we conceded probably more chances, but we also, I think, we scored five,
01:27but we could have scored probably a few, two or three more.
01:31Hi, Enzo.
01:32I know you asked after the Norwich game about how close you are to, like, the final product of the
01:38City team,
01:38how far along.
01:39Okay.
01:39With that game today, it was so chaotic and so difficult to control, basically.
01:46Do you see in the future you'll be able to control that game and just keep possession and just see
01:51it out that way?
01:52Or is that just not possible in matches like this?
01:55Do you just have to fight and win the jewels and keep going?
01:57No, for sure you can control better, keeping the ball, no doubt.
02:02But, again, there are games that you want to control the game or you want to keep the ball.
02:07But there is also another team that they do their best.
02:10Again, I'm sure that you watched Sander and Arsenal last week, but it was another crazy game.
02:18And it's difficult.
02:20Sometimes you want to control the game, but there is also another team that they do their best
02:25because they don't want to allow us to control the game.
02:28But, again, there are things that for sure we have done good and we can do better.
02:32Yeah, I guess that's why it's so important to have players to make the difference so quickly
02:37and the way that City kept attacking, you can attack so quickly.
02:41Haaland's goal obviously comes from Josko making that run in behind.
02:44So, it must be important to have those difference makers in games like this where it's just into it.
02:48Yeah, absolutely.
02:49And I think Jeremy was very good when he was inside, making the pass for Josko, also another pass for
02:55Nico.
02:56But Ily was good, Antoine was good, not just because he scored twice.
03:01I think overall the performance from the players was good.
03:04And I also like because today they need to deal with different kinds of things,
03:10second ball, this kind of things.
03:14Can I ask you about the second goal, Ryan Cherky's goal?
03:20In the build-up to it, you had Anderson pressing in the Sunderland box
03:24and Fernandes was really high and it ended up being Illumin and Jao
03:28that won the ball on the left-hand side of midfield to then turn over possession.
03:33Is that planned or was that the chaos of the game?
03:37How does that happen?
03:38Because that feels like a lot of people are in areas that you wouldn't expect them to be in.
03:42Yeah, but we try just to be, you know, as I said many times, we try to be ourselves.
03:48Before the game, this was for me the main message.
03:51No matter if we are home, away, which competition, it's important that we are ourselves.
03:58We try always to be aggressive off the ball.
04:00Again, sometimes we are able to do that, but sometimes also there is another team that they do the right
04:05things.
04:06Today I think for Sunderland was quite easy in terms of just play with Bromby.
04:10From there, everything can, the free kick from the goal, they come both from the same free kick, the same
04:18situation.
04:19Again, we had players inside the box ready to react and recover the ball and it's something that we have
04:28done since we started.
04:30So that would be the message for the midfielders to go and win the ball out, and then if it
04:34does come into midfield, others then have to fill that space and then win it back for you, whether it's
04:39in Jai or a defender.
04:40Yes, the message is to try to win the ball back as soon as possible, also if there is a
04:47chance to attack immediately, we can attack immediately.
04:51But again, I think it was a nice goal also because we were off the ball, we recovered the ball
04:56and we scored immediately.
04:58Hi Enzo, two goals for Antoine Semenya today and an assist, I think.
05:03He's a player who seems to find these moments in games to contribute, how important a player is he for
05:09you?
05:09How do you assess his contribution to your cities?
05:12Very important, but also when he didn't score a goal, for us he was good.
05:16If you remember, Palace away, an assist for Erling and then the game at home, also another assist.
05:23So it's not just about the goal, for sure, in terms of wingers, at the end it's the final product,
05:28goal and assist.
05:29I think also Jeremy, when he came inside, the ball for Riosko, the action started from there.
05:34And also, I think Elyman, he played quite well.
05:39You've won five Premier League games in a row to start the season.
05:42You've obviously won in the League Cup, you've won in the Champions League.
05:45Has that exceeded your expectations, where you thought you might be?
05:48And if so, what's pleased you most with the progress and what perhaps still needs a little bit of work?
05:53First of all, for a manager it's much more easy to learn when you win games.
06:00It's more easy.
06:01The good thing for me is that these seven games that we played, they have been all different.
06:06We experienced, again, ten players against United, we experienced that we were losing against Bournemouth.
06:11We experienced different things and we won the game, but also we can learn from that.
06:18I think today we made mistakes that we need to improve and we need to avoid.
06:24Hi Enzo, I know it's very early days, but you're three points clear at the top of the league.
06:28How does that feel? Do you bother looking at the league table at this time of the season?
06:33No, I think, again, it's much better to win games, but in this moment it's better to have three points
06:41more than less, no doubt.
06:42But at the same time we know that it's quite early.
06:46Will you allow yourself a little glass of wine or something this evening?
06:50It's been quite a good few weeks, hasn't it?
06:52Yeah, the international break is good because we can review what we have done and what we can do better,
07:00but at the same time we can relax a little bit more.
07:03You said you'd obviously prefer 1-0 and clearly you want clean sheets and control undoubtedly,
07:09but watching how bold your team are at times in attack and the chances they prepare to take
07:15and how entertaining they can be, that does really, really excite fans as well
07:21and it's probably really, really going to get them behind you.
07:24Is there an element, do you recognise that benefit as well?
07:29No, in terms of, again, today we scored five, we could have scored probably more goals,
07:34so that means that we create enough, but at the same time we need to avoid to concede goals like
07:41today and our chances.
07:43I think we had three or four clean sheets in a row before today and today we conceded three goals,
07:49so it's just a matter to find a balance between what we can create
07:54but also what we can do better and avoid to concede chances.
07:57Can I just ask, Regis Labrie thought that at 3-2 there was a handball incident with Enzo Lafitte and
08:06Anderson,
08:06he thought that Sunderland should have had a penalty?
08:13I don't know to be honest, I don't know about the other.
08:18Just over in the corner, thanks Paul.
08:28Hi Enzo, four players on the score sheet but I wanted to ask you about Ilerman and Jai.
08:34He didn't get a goal or an assist but it felt like he was involved and a threat throughout the
08:38game.
08:39I wonder, because he's still quite new to the team, is it not so much about tactics or more about
08:44letting his natural instinct
08:46to drive at people really take over?
08:49I think he had a fantastic impact against Man United and also today I think he was very good.
08:58First half, he had one chance and he preferred to pass the ball to Erling, the one that he missed.
09:06Overall, yellow card for the full-back is doing what we need in terms of wingers and we are very
09:14happy with him.
09:15Again, at the same time, he's one of the last players to arrive here,
09:19so probably he needs a little bit more time to adapt and understand what we want on the ball and
09:23off the ball.
09:23But in this moment we are very, very, very happy with him.
09:30On Sundle's second goal, you had the defensive line holding on the 18-yard box.
09:37Obviously it didn't work at that time but I think this is a tactic you used a little bit in
09:41your previous jobs and also here.
09:43What's the logic behind defending those situations in that way?
09:47No, for me it's how many times your manager said things happen inside the box.
09:54What do we try is to avoid to bring them inside our box, so it's just that.
10:02I think in the first moment they set me on the bench that was offside quite clear with the shoulder
10:08and then they needed the technology because it was very tight so it was very difficult.
10:13Again, sometimes we concede goals like today but sometimes also we avoid.
10:19And the idea behind it is just to bring as much as players in the opposite box
10:24and bring less players in our box.
10:28Great, thanks everyone.
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