Manchester City's Laura Coombs on UWCL tie with Hammarby
Man City women - Hammarby
11/11/2024
Man City women - Hammarby
11/11/2024
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00:00Hi Laura, I can't actually see you because of the sun, so sorry if I'm not reacting in the right way.
00:05But yeah, just obviously another big game, it's been such a good start to the season for you guys.
00:10I asked the same question to Gareth, but for you as a player,
00:13what does it mean when you look at the table for both the Champions League and the WSL
00:17and you're top of that table, that must be really good to see as a player.
00:20Yeah, and having been there a few years now, we've not always had great starts,
00:25so we feel really good at the minute.
00:28I think that's really being reflected in where we are in the league and in competitions as well.
00:35And the competition in the squad is super high,
00:40and every week the people who go out know they really have to put on a performance,
00:45which is really good and it's helping us.
00:47And yeah, I just think we're in a really good spot.
00:50Yeah, you mentioned that competition in the squad.
00:52I know I've spoken to you about this before, but obviously the last couple of games you've come off the bench.
00:56I wonder, is that a role that you think you play really well or do you want to be starting games?
01:00Do you think you can have more impact from the start as opposed to from the bench?
01:04Everyone wants to start, everyone wants that.
01:08But I think if that's the role I have at the minute, I just want to do it to the best of my ability
01:14and I'm going to try and bring my energy and everything off the bench as I would do if I was starting.
01:21Obviously it's disappointing not to play, but everyone wants that
01:25and only 11 can go out at the end of the day.
01:27Yeah, and it's obviously such an experienced squad in terms of the players that are there
01:31and obviously you've got European champions in the squad.
01:34But in this specific competition, do you think actually as a club,
01:38as Manchester City as a club in the Women's Champions League is still quite inexperienced?
01:42Yeah, we've not been in it for one or two years now,
01:47and then the years before we went out quite early.
01:51So yeah, I would say in this competition we are inexperienced,
01:55but in terms of the group, we've got World Cup finalists, Euros winners
02:01and there's a lot of similar experiences I would say
02:06and people can draw on that in this competition.
02:09And I guess just when you look at the group stages as a whole,
02:12obviously that win against Barcelona set you off on the perfect platform really,
02:18but I just wonder is it an ambition of yours as a club that maybe you've spoken about
02:22to actually win every group game this year?
02:25I don't even think people need to speak about it.
02:28I think that's just what everyone wants
02:30and I think the game against Barca, there was belief,
02:36but I think from that has given us a real belief that that is possible
02:42and we can go into Christmas being top of the group, which would be great.
02:47All the best. Thank you.
02:49Thank you, Emma.
02:52Sorry, I don't see you for the sun either.
02:55Hi, I'm Jane, Swedish television.
02:57More or less the same question as for Gareth Taylor.
03:00Your experience, not your experience, but your expectations for tomorrow meeting Hammarby.
03:07What do you see in front of you?
03:09We've watched them quite a bit.
03:10We've done a lot of analysis on their style of play.
03:13They look extremely physical as do a lot of Swedish teams
03:18and we're expecting them to be quite direct,
03:22so we're preparing for that in our training
03:24and although they maybe haven't had good results in their previous games,
03:30we don't expect it to be an easy game at all
03:32and we're going to prepare as such.
03:34Have you had any contact with Julie Blackstone?
03:37Have you said anything to each other?
03:39No, but I'm looking forward to catching up with her after the game.
03:43Will you have a special eye on her if she plays?
03:45Yeah, I always want Julie to do well.
03:47Not against us, but in general.
03:50Thank you so much.