00:08Okay, Chris, do you want to start? Thank you.
00:12Hi, Chris.
00:13I see a very disappointing afternoon. How do you summarise how that happened?
00:21It's difficult to summarise because there's a lot of negative points in this.
00:28It's difficult to call that performance, but in this game, we started really bad.
00:35It's completely not normal to take three goals in this kind of game after nine minutes.
00:42And, you know, I prepare the team. That's why I'm responsible of what's happened on the pitch.
00:52And I have a lot of work to do because I have to change this kind of thing.
00:58I don't create the conditions for the players to start well and to come back in this game.
01:04And the first work is to do is on me.
01:10I know you can't give away too much about what goes on in training and what goes on behind the
01:14scenes,
01:14but this has been a trend, I think, with the slow starts and especially with the chances conceded
01:19and the goals that Crystal Palace have conceded the most in the premier at the moment.
01:23You said you need to change. What is it about? Do you need to kind of make drastic changes due
01:27to your approach tactically
01:28or something personally that you're doing at the players?
01:30Yeah, it's maybe in the preparation, in the way we give them the motivation to start the game.
01:38Just before in the local room, in the warm-up, we have to analyze that because it's not normal.
01:44And today it's what was really at the highest level we cannot expect.
01:52And that's the moment to change the thing because, you know, when that kind of thing happen one time,
01:58you say it's like this today, we will see next game, but it's not the first time.
02:03So we have to exchange with the players and I have to take some decision about that.
02:09I don't know for the moment I have to exchange with my staff about that, but I know there are
02:15things to do.
02:16And every day it's not about the defeat, it's not about how we lose today.
02:22We have to consider the things to improve them.
02:28And there's a big folder in what you spoke about.
02:37Because the Palace have lost some really big defensive individuals in the last couple of transfers,
02:43do you think they've been replaced adequately?
02:47Is it almost impossible for this team to defend in the way you like with the individuals that you have
02:53currently?
02:53You know, it's the case when we won too. That's why we cannot use that as the excuse today because
03:04we lost.
03:06It's always difficult to lose some good players, but the club needs to sell this player to you because the
03:13economic model is built like this.
03:15And we have to understand that. And I agree with that. I was agreed before coming here with this kind
03:23of decision because I understand the football business.
03:28But as I told you today, it's not the excuse we have did. We have done a better performance defensively
03:37as today without this player too.
03:42And the most difficult thing for us is to change the back three because of the suspension, because of the
03:48injury, because of one of them is not in the European list.
03:55And every game we change the back three, but the way of defending is not only on the back three.
04:02It's for every player. If we players and there are some things to do collectively too. And, you know, I
04:09like the pressing and I think we are better when we defend high.
04:15Because when we defend low, we struggle a lot. And we have to be able to do the both things
04:27because sometimes in the game you can press, but sometimes in the place they have the control of the player.
04:32And you have to be together low. And we have to improve our way of defending when we are in
04:39low block too.
05:03I don't know what happened today. I just want to apologize. Apologize to the fan because it's not normal to
05:09to share.
05:10This face when we are this club against this other club. We are not at the level we expected. And
05:18I really sorry for that because I know how it's important it's for them.
05:24But we didn't show today. That's really important for us too. I think we didn't understand in which context this
05:33game was played.
05:35But to come back to your question. It's not my decision. You know, I will always give my best.
05:45When I, when we lose, I'm really frustrated, but I, I always take the lesson and change to try to
05:55change the thing. Sorry.
05:56But it's the same thing when I win because I know we can improve and I don't want to accept
06:04the level of the moment if we are able to do better.
06:07And today, the works are really important to do and I will do it. It's my job and I like
06:17to change this kind of thing.
06:18Ed.
06:38You know, I think you understand that it's really difficult to, to be on the pitch after three minutes by
06:47losing 2-0.
06:48And doing what we, we did or did not on the pitch. And another feeling is about shame because that's
06:59my feeling after the game and from the beginning because it's not normal to, to not respect the, the necessary
07:06of this kind of game.
07:09And, okay, the players are like this, but minutes after minutes, they try to play better. And it was difficult
07:18because the opponent was really good today and was really better than us.
07:22And they deserve the win. We, we, we are not able to compete today. And that's a fact, but it's
07:32not only about confidence. It's about how we start the game.
07:35And from your, from your perspective, you know, the fans being in a break, very, very upset, a lot of
07:40them have left before the end. Do you feel that you can sort of recover from, from such a humiliating
07:45beat?
07:46I didn't understand the end of the question.
07:49Can you recover, get the fans back on side?
07:52Yeah, we have to show, we have to show them the face of one team who want to win, who
07:58give his best on the pitch, who play with his quality, who are able to fight.
08:04But today I understand them. And I cannot blame anybody because we didn't do the job in a good way.
08:12And me the first, because as I told you, I'm responsible of this team.
08:16And when the play, when the team play as, as today, it's not normal. It's my fault. I understand them.
08:26Thank you. Any others? Are we done? That's it. Thanks a lot.
08:29Thank you. Cheers.
08:31Thank you. Cheers.
08:36Sorry.
08:37No, no, no. Thank you.
