00:00We were training, I came straight from the pitch.
00:05And only we'll start with Team News, Shibosla and Munoz, any chance this weekend?
00:11I think they have a chance, but I don't know for sure if they will be involved or not,
00:17but we still have two days, so I think we have chances.
00:24Five wins on the bounce in all competitions after City,
00:27you can move to within two points of Arsenal.
00:28How much of a gauge, though, is this one gain as to where you're at as a squadron?
00:34I think it's too early to start looking at the standings.
00:38I think it's about preparing ourselves for a very difficult game.
00:43We know Arsenal, we know how good they are, very good players,
00:49working a lot, working in synchrony, knowing each other very well.
00:53And we have to be ready for that challenge.
00:55I think it's going to be demanding the game.
00:59But I also trust our players, trust ourselves,
01:04and in a good atmosphere that for sure we'll have on Sunday.
01:09I hope we can be at the level to win this game.
01:12Jerry Carragher said Liverpool have emerged as Arsenal's biggest tackle challenges.
01:17How do you see it?
01:18And how would you feel going toe-to-toe with Mikel Arteta in the tackle race?
01:22I think, like I said before, it's still October.
01:25I think it's still one game at a time.
01:31And I think I always say the first reference,
01:34more or less normally, is when we play against each other once.
01:38So halfway through the season and then you can start thinking on the standings and this stuff.
01:42But right now we are in a position where we need to improve.
01:46We need to keep getting better.
01:49And the second question about Mikel.
01:53I've been, I think last week, against Inigo, against Xavi.
01:56Now it's going to be against Mikel.
01:57So a lot of friends in the opposition bench.
02:01I think it's a good thing in terms of spending at least five, ten minutes after the game normally with
02:08them.
02:09But I know that he will give us a very difficult game,
02:13so we will have to be at our very best.
02:15Just one thing, should the fans go one game at a time or should they start dreaming?
02:19No, the fans, you know, it's good if they have expectations or if they think we can win.
02:26And normally it's a good thing, you know, but if you ask me,
02:31I think it's still very early in the season.
02:35Hi, Andoni.
02:37You've beaten Arsenal three of the last four times that you've faced them.
02:41How do you beat them? What are the details you need to get right?
02:43It's true that we had good results with Bournemouth against them,
02:46but this doesn't mean a lot, honestly.
02:49Because it's a totally different team, different group of players,
02:55different moments, so I think we will have to...
02:59We cannot use exactly the same things we used with Bournemouth against Arsenal.
03:05I think we have to use different tools, use our players as good as we can and trust them.
03:12At the end it's going to be a matter of winning the duels, running more than them,
03:17winning the aerial duels, winning the set-play mini-games,
03:23these things that you have to control against Arsenal.
03:25Are they still the team to beat for you this season?
03:28I think they are the actual champions, they are top of the league right now,
03:33they've only lost one game this season, so they are in a good place,
03:38and definitely it's going to be a good challenge for us on Sunday.
03:44With five wins in a row right now, do you feel the players are starting to get used to the
03:50positions and the roles that you want from them?
03:53I think obviously winning helps a lot.
03:56But it's true that from the five wins, just two are on the league.
04:00So if we are talking about the league, we still need more wins to recover points,
04:07but definitely we know that we are not where we want in terms that we need to improve a lot
04:15of things,
04:15but if you can do this process while you are getting results, it's always nicer and better, I think it
04:21is.
04:21Berger Van Dyke said in the week that he is feeling the energy coming back to Anfield.
04:27Are you feeling that? And is that performances? Does that come from winning?
04:33I think it's not just winning. I think especially at Anfield everyone feels when the team goes for it,
04:44when everyone is giving everything, when everyone is trying his best.
04:50Our supporters will be there to help the team. Even when we have started losing some of the last games,
04:54I think they have been there and they have helped us massively.
04:59The other day against Chelsea, I think the atmosphere was really, really good.
05:03I think it's nice to recover, to feel these things at home,
05:09because we have a big advantage with respect to other teams.
05:11I think this atmosphere that we can create is special.
05:17You mentioned there that you couldn't use the same tactics from Bournemouth as you do with Liverpool.
05:22I think you've seen the benefit of the fearlessness of being an underdog, obviously, with the game against Fleetwood.
05:28Is that part of what's different when you're at Liverpool, particularly playing at home,
05:32you can't really have that kind of underdog spirit?
05:34Yes, absolutely. This changes. But I knew since the first day I stepped into this building,
05:40I knew this was going to happen. It doesn't matter the position, it doesn't matter the competition.
05:44But we accept this. There is always a good thing.
05:47And also the people expecting a lot of things from your team.
05:54And it doesn't change a lot the approach of the game.
05:57At the end, it's a matter of how we can have more chances than the opposition, more chances than Arsenal.
06:02We know they are very good defensively. I think also, as defensively, we are in a good place.
06:08So, every situation we can create, every chance you can get, it's very valuable.
06:13And after what happens in the boxes, it will be decisive.
06:18Can you just ask about the playing ground a bit?
06:20A season ago, when the Liverpool title was one of the most important players,
06:24you maybe had a bit of an off-and-down season, a difficult night the other night.
06:28Where do you see his progress, his development?
06:31I think, as you said, he has had better games this season, worse games.
06:35I think lately he's playing a lot, a lot of minutes.
06:41And has played also very good games recently.
06:45And we trust him.
06:47We know what he can produce.
06:51And like with other players, when they don't play well,
06:55try to help him to improve the things that I think he can improve.
06:58And when he's in a good place, try to keep him there.
07:01And it's the same with Ryan, I think he is.
07:06Before you got the job, there was obviously quite a lot of talk.
07:09You know, the fact that you hadn't managed regularly three games a week.
07:11How are you finding that challenge personally?
07:13Do you feel like you're getting enough time in training?
07:15Can you get the ideas?
07:16No, it's true that I didn't have a lot of experience.
07:18I had some coaching in the Europa League.
07:21But I've had a lot as a player.
07:23I played a lot in Europe as a player.
07:24So it's not, you know, a lot of the stadiums we visit.
07:27I've already been there.
07:28I've already been there when you arrive at three o'clock in the morning.
07:31And it's different to manage it.
07:35But I think you have to do a lot of the job with the analyst,
07:39in the video room, with the board, without spending the legs.
07:43But I think our players are very used to it.
07:47So a lot of the work is done.
07:49And now it's more a matter of getting the decisions right,
07:53in terms of the loading, the freshening the legs.
07:57I think we are changing a lot from game to game.
08:00And I think we will continue like this, this approach,
08:03which I think is going well.
08:04Do you feel like there's another level to come then?
08:08It has to be.
08:09There always has to be another level.
08:11We need to improve things, yes, yes.
08:17Lately we are getting good results,
08:19but we need to improve in different areas.
08:21We know this, yes.
08:25Yes, thank you.
