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We competed well - Jakirovic
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We competed well - Jakirovic
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00:00How are you?
00:01Very good, how are you?
00:02Very good.
00:10I'm not interesting.
00:12I won't take it personally.
00:14I'm not interesting.
00:17Now you know me.
00:20It's normal.
00:25You must be really proud of your players.
00:28You said to me on Thursday that you didn't want to come here and sit back because you'd get battered.
00:33You were positive with your team selection and your team tried to create something.
00:37Yes, I'm very proud of how we performed today.
00:42Of course it's not easy, but defensively we were good and we tried to close the middle.
00:52Arsenal is doing everything to overload midfield zone.
00:56And also with Mendy and Shemi that they can help midfield players.
01:01We added extra midfield players and also Ali Cho.
01:05He joined to Oli that we have better pressure there.
01:08And every time, especially on the beginning of this game, because we know that they will start stronger.
01:15They will search first goal very, very quickly.
01:23But we start strong and also maybe some better decisions in counter-attack.
01:30Maybe better decisions when we are in possession.
01:33Maybe we need more quality in this phase and also we need faster players or quicker players.
01:44But this is also Arsenal quality.
01:46They can stop because they consider just two goals in home games.
01:50And now you see seven clean sheets.
01:52Now you see how it's difficult.
01:53But when they offer you something, you should use this and then they will be much more nervous.
02:00One of those moments came in the first couple of minutes when you had the corner
02:02and John Egan got really disappointed.
02:05He had the head at the back post that you put into the side.
02:07You know you're not going to get many moments here.
02:10When you get them, you've got to take them.
02:12Yeah, I know.
02:14And also that was one good action for John on the second post.
02:18And good delivery, good cross from Slater.
02:22But unfortunately they stopped.
02:24Also, I think that Stroud had very good shoot in the first half.
02:28And maybe this second ball, what they scored against us.
02:32Maybe if his team was quicker on this second ball, maybe he could score.
02:36But, like I said, this is their quality.
02:39But I'm very, very pleased with our performance.
02:42And it's a big experience for us to come here and play against Arsenal,
02:48who is for me, Man City, the best team in this league.
02:53And maybe we can take lessons for this game
03:00and also to improve some things that we can perform even better in the future.
03:06I don't know.
03:08Because I didn't see, if you watch the game, of course,
03:12I don't see consistency in decisions.
03:18I'm speaking overall about everything, because they kinking also us.
03:23And sometimes it's foul, sometimes it's not.
03:25But if I made substitution, Louis Cole and Orton Kofi,
03:30and then it's very soft, because I have a tablet on the bench,
03:35and I see a challenge.
03:36This is very soft.
03:37You can whistle foul, but this is not yellow card.
03:41Because if you will book every time, every touch,
03:45so we will have 20 yellow cards in the game.
03:48For me, it's a very strange, potentially red card challenge,
03:54that Solis and Ali Cho in second half, because Solis doesn't look the ball.
04:00So his eyes are all the time on Ali Cho, pulling him, pushing him there.
04:05I don't see where is the problem in this situation.
04:09Because he wanted to whistle penalty, Mendy,
04:12which is clear foul, clear pulling,
04:16but Sebas was offside before.
04:20But this is pulling, pulling.
04:23From our web, we have all the inputs.
04:27If you are pulling three, four, five seconds,
04:31he will whistle foul or penalty.
04:33We know everything about this.
04:35Did you say anything too?
04:36You asked him why he walked you?
04:38Nothing.
04:39Even Forth tried to explain, it's confirmed,
04:42but I don't hear their communication.
04:45He can tell me whatever.
04:47And I can get yellow.
04:48Is it the sort of decision that the big clubs are getting?
04:51No.
04:52Of course, Arsenal is a big club.
04:54What's the situation showing?
04:56It's good.
04:57It's good.
04:59He got Kramp.
05:01Kramp.
05:02Kramp.
05:03Kramp.
05:04There was an M in there.
05:06Sorry for my language.
05:07Kramp.
05:08And he and Elias Rout.
05:10That was the reason why we made the substitution.
05:12No injuries?
05:13No injuries.
05:14No injuries.
05:14Everything is fine.
05:16They gave everything today, so we're looking forward
05:19and we will try to perform even better.
05:21On Monday, you said that Charlie was going to play.
05:25Can we expect any of the first team players not away?
05:27Vaz will play in 90 minutes.
05:30Vaz.
05:31He will play.
05:32Davil will play.
05:35Oskar Zambrano should play, but he got an invitation for national team.
05:42Two friendly games, so he's travelling there.
05:46And one more.
05:47Four players.
05:48Four?
05:49No.
05:50No.
05:52One more.
05:53I can't remember.
05:54Ten games in then.
05:56What's your assessment of those ten games as a whole now?
06:00Sometimes, when I look back, I feel sorry for these three home games.
06:06Maybe we should win at least one, especially when we had a lead.
06:11And this is also experience.
06:13And like I said, you see how difficult it is to win the game.
06:18It's not easy.
06:21But overall, we are on the good way.
06:23And of course, we have to win.
06:26Now, after international break, it will be not easy.
06:30But we will try to do everything to take three points.
06:34Just quickly, finally, what's the situation with Magalini?
06:36Mo Bellumi, he didn't train since Ipswich.
06:39He tried to train on Tuesday.
06:43Thursday, sorry.
06:43And then he didn't feel good.
06:48His hamstring and the glute.
06:51And then our decision together, it's that he will skip this game.
06:55And he will skip international break.
06:57And then we will use these three weeks to recover him good.
07:02And that he is ready for the Brighton game.
07:07All good?
07:08Thank you very much, everyone.
07:11I wish you a pleasant night.
07:14Take care, mate.
07:15See you.
07:15Bye-bye.
07:16Thank you, bye.
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