Pochettino on Chelsea final heartbreak after Van Dijk seals Liverpool Cup win
Pochettino on Chelsea final heartbreak after Van Dijk seals Liverpool Cup win
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00:00 Okay, good evening. If you'd like a question, please raise your hand because it's quite
00:07 a big room to get round. Who wants to start things off today?
00:11 Sammy, where you at?
00:13 How crucial were those chances at the end of the second half?
00:20 I think so, that was the key. I think today we created, I don't know, four, five, six
00:27 big chances and we didn't score. In a game like today, it's a final, who scores first
00:36 maybe should be a big advantage. But we didn't score, that was the problem and then we conceded
00:44 on the last minute and it was difficult to react. Yes, finals are finals. It's about
00:54 to win, it's not about to talk too much because you cannot go back and we don't have revenge
01:00 from that.
01:01 What do you think of the players?
01:07 Nothing, nothing, now nothing.
01:08 How do you think they are?
01:11 They are professional and we are very competitive and now we need to move forward. But they
01:18 need to feel the pain, I think they need to feel the competition. We played for a trophy
01:23 we didn't get and now it's the same. What can you tell me to feel better? Nothing. They
01:36 need to feel the pain like us and of course they need to realise that we need to work
01:41 more, we need to do better things, we need to improve. To compete at this level, again
01:47 a team that in the last five, six, seven years has competed for big things. It's about to
01:53 arrive here first and then feel what it means to play for a big trophy. I remember after
02:04 three, four years in Liverpool they lost the Champions League, they lost the Europa League
02:08 and they kept believing and moving in the project and were stronger in the next season
02:16 until they got what they wanted. That is a good example of Liverpool, if we want to
02:21 challenge a team like Liverpool it's not to be frustrated today because we didn't get
02:28 the trophy. It's about to take the example that we need to keep believing, that is the
02:33 most important thing.
02:34 Did you expect a bit more extra time in your time?
02:46 Of course that was difficult, I think always experience some leadership inside the pitch
02:51 helps but of course after to be frustrated because I think the players feel the disappointment
02:59 because we were so close to winning the game after 90 minutes. I think we feel a little
03:06 bit that we start to lose energy and some players like Gallagher or Chilli start to
03:15 feel really, really tired and we should use different players to go in and help and we
03:24 need to change Gallagher after five minutes and then in the second half when they start
03:29 the second 15 minutes I think Chivura and I think start the team to feel that maybe
03:37 the penalty will be good for us, should be good for us. But of course we cannot blame
03:44 and we cannot say nothing, I think the effort was massive and I am happy with the effort,
03:51 I think the effort was massive. It is only that it is about to keep believing in that,
03:57 we did not get the reward that we wanted but now keep moving.
04:02 James, you said the players need to feel the pain, what are your emotions and how important
04:09 could this have been to you?
04:14 My emotions of course, I feel the same as the players, if you ask the players how they
04:18 feel, I feel the same. I think they are so disappointed, so painful. I think I am the
04:25 only guy that has less time to win titles, they are younger than me and for sure they
04:32 have time but I think in football it is always about when you have the opportunity because
04:39 all is about to arrive to the final, to achieve the final, should be good, the first item
04:44 to be challenged, the opponent. But after, when you do not get what you want, it is like
04:51 all the effort that you made during seven, eight months is disappeared so quick and that
04:59 is difficult to manage, to deal with this painful but we are competitive and if we want
05:06 to win we need to move on and think tomorrow that we need to train and recover for Wednesday.
05:12 In his commentary on TV, Gary Neville called Chelsea's performance an extra time of blue
05:19 bottle jolts because you were playing against a team with a lot of youngsters. Is bottling
05:28 it a very harsh way of describing what happened extra time?
05:34 I do not hear what he said but I think if you compare the age of the two groups I think
05:41 it is similar but look I have good relationship with Gary and I do not know how I can take
05:55 his opinion but I respect his opinion. Of course we made a few changes like Gallagher
06:03 and of course Chilwell on extra time but it is true we did not keep the energy that was
06:13 how we finished in the second half. I do not know how you can describe this situation but
06:22 for sure I feel proud to the players. I think they made big effort and we are a young team
06:35 and nothing to compare with Liverpool because they finished with also a few young players.
06:42 I think it is impossible to compare and he knows that the dynamics are completely different
06:49 and we were playing today Liverpool and Chelsea. Chelsea, Liverpool and I think it is not fair
06:55 to talk in this way if he says that but I think we are going to keep strong and believe
07:03 in this project and see what we can do in the future.
07:09 Thank you very much.
07:11 Thank you.
07:14 Thank you.
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