Van Nistelrooy frustrated after Arsenal's late double keeps Leicester in drop zone
15/02/2025
King Power stadium, Leicester, UK
15/02/2025
King Power stadium, Leicester, UK
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00:00Jürgen, what did you make of the performance and in the end the result?
00:04Clearly, a game of fine margins.
00:10After 81 minutes it's 0-0, we had some chances where we could go up,
00:17just before half-time, with Wilfred Ndidi with the header
00:21and with the volley of his as well, with the left foot.
00:23Second half on the break with Ayoub's cross just nearly touched by Lewis Kelly
00:29to go up in the game late and get the players buzzing and create the momentum.
00:34In the 81st minute you're 0-0, we're in the game for a result against a top team.
00:43So, in the end, as I said, it's the fine margins where you don't score yourself,
00:50and there is a moment when Mourinho comes in and he made the difference there,
00:54so that's for me my assessment.
00:57Do you feel you saw enough positives this afternoon that you can take hold of that?
01:01Yeah, it's clear, we're doing what we can, we're doing absolutely what we can.
01:06I can't ask any more from the players, as commitment, as spirit,
01:11as the physical performances they put in today,
01:15the way they were playing together, and stopping this arsenal from playing and scoring
01:22for an awful long time, creating ourselves, our bits,
01:28and playing as well the way we want to play,
01:31going direct when we couldn't and play from there.
01:35So we did absolutely everything possible today,
01:39and then you can't ask any more and have to be proud of this team.
01:45And only supportive of this team, in the belief that we keep going like this
01:53and results will come.
01:55Can I just check on James Chastain?
01:58Of course, it's a first assessment, we have to wait and see tomorrow the reaction,
02:04but we had to take him off in the 42nd minute.
02:08It's a moment where you don't want to make a substitution, of course, but we had to.
02:15You said you were in the game for a long time, do you think you deserved it all?
02:20I'm not saying they were lucky, you have to give credit to Arsenal as well,
02:25but I think the way we were in the game for 81 minutes and defended,
02:32and on the ball did what we could as well,
02:35I think, yeah, we were in there for a draw.
02:41If you can get a goal yourself on 0-0, which was there,
02:46Arsenal had more chances, that was clear, and more possession as well.
02:50But I think we were right there, in there for a result.
02:53Do you still feel very positive that you can get a goal like that?
02:57Yeah, of course, because if you get absolutely battered by Arsenal today
03:06without a kick in the game and absolutely no chance,
03:09obviously then the result and the performance are not there.
03:14And I said this many times before, we had good performances,
03:18and again one today, to the maximum of our capabilities.
03:22And then in the end I think we have to keep going like this,
03:26and results will come and change the luck in our favour.
03:30Jordan, do you feel like that's the most important thing, getting closer?
03:37No, I mean, a clean sheet is not the only thing that's on our minds.
03:43Of course, it's a part of picking up results,
03:46because if you have a clean sheet you have at least a point, that is clear.
03:50You have to look also in the process of how we are defending,
03:56and how much do we concede, how much chances do we concede, etc.
04:03We're doing clearly better there over the course of the last months,
04:08but of course we know also to put pressure off there,
04:14the defensive performance, that we have to score more goals.
04:19That's a balance, we're looking for that balance,
04:22we're looking to change our luck, and that can only be done with hard work.
04:27Jordan, you mentioned five home games in a row now,
04:31what are the big games in that scoring?
04:34Can you put your finger on why that is?
04:38No, scoring goals is something that you cannot always analyse with facts.
04:50You don't score for a while and all of a sudden you score six here in the cup.
04:56It's not always something you can analyse,
05:00but of course we look at where we can improve and how,
05:03on all areas of the game, and we pick ourselves up again and ready for next week.
05:12Thanks, guys.