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00:00Hi.
00:02Hi Dave, how are you?
00:03Good to see you.
00:06Hi everyone, hope everyone's well.
00:10Just about.
00:11Just about? You're good? No?
00:13Yeah, yeah.
00:14Okay, good.
00:15Camera's all in the back.
00:17Good, we'll kick off with a normal live section,
00:19then we'll go into a 10.30 to 9.
00:23If we're ready, we'll kick off with Gail from Skype.
00:26Afternoon.
00:27Afternoon.
00:30How has the mood lifted amongst the players
00:34after what you did on Tuesday night?
00:36And how helpful, given what awaits on Monday?
00:40Yeah, obviously it was a great night for us.
00:43An important competition that we have a lot of hope on it.
00:47And the manner and the way we did it, obviously,
00:50lifted everybody.
00:52That's the past, unfortunately.
00:54So it's about what we do today,
00:56the preparation for tomorrow,
00:58and try to replicate a great performance again on Sunday.
01:01There was a lot of brilliant things you did.
01:05Was the toughest thing having to take Miles and his skill
01:09in that first half?
01:11What was your thought process?
01:13Did you get a chance to talk to him about it?
01:15And how much do you have to work with him
01:19to make sure this is the next part of his process and progress?
01:23Because I know he's quite protective of you.
01:26Yeah, I think it was quite clear that we have a liability there
01:30with the yellow card and the next action.
01:33It wasn't a moment to take any risk.
01:35And to learn from that experience,
01:37managing the game for so long,
01:39especially with how important this competition is.
01:41So, yeah, a lesson to learn from him, for sure.
01:44We will support and help him.
01:46But, yeah, the line is really thin in the sport
01:50and he needs to understand that.
01:52Yeah, he's obviously done so much good for you.
01:54Do you get the sense that this sort of player
01:56can learn quickly?
01:58Yeah.
02:01Yeah, because he's very intelligent.
02:03He's extremely demanding of himself
02:06and that's a fine, by the way.
02:08And...
02:09Yes.
02:11How much? It's only £5.
02:12I don't know. It's up to you guys.
02:14Hopefully you have that in place.
02:16£5 would be more expensive than £5.
02:18I think so.
02:19I think it's better for you guys to discuss with your colleagues.
02:22Dinner.
02:23Dinner, yeah?
02:24Good dinner.
02:26But, yeah, I know straight away his reaction is like that.
02:29He's a perfectionist.
02:30He's got a great environment around him.
02:32They are here to learn as well.
02:34I understand that Thomas Tuchel has a shortlist,
02:38but it doesn't sound so short, of 55 players.
02:42Would you expect both Manieri and Marcelo Scurri
02:46to be on that list?
02:48And how do you feel about that
02:50in terms of the next step of their development?
02:53Well, I have no idea.
02:54Obviously, what I read and hear about...
02:57Yeah, the noise that is around it.
02:59So, it's Thomas who will take with his coaches
03:02the decision and we'll support it.
03:04But, obviously, somebody who's nurturing them,
03:07would you like to see that?
03:09Do you feel at this point in their career
03:11that's good for them?
03:12To be around a different environment,
03:14to learn something a bit different?
03:16Well, knowing Thomas and the coaching staff
03:19and the environment they have created
03:20around the England camp,
03:21I think it will be an incredible experience for them.
03:23If that's the case, whenever that is.
03:26That's not my decision.
03:27That will be their decision.
03:28How we manage him here, it's ours.
03:31It's in our control.
03:32Down there, we'll leave it to coaches
03:35and people that are super experienced.
03:37Much more experienced than me.
03:39Well, talking of experience,
03:42Yeah.
03:52It's gone fast.
03:53Probably the number one is with the day
03:55that I was sitting here on the first day,
03:58just fulfilling that dream of one day
04:00becoming the manager of this incredible football club.
04:03And then there are many others.
04:05But the other night was up there
04:07with one of the best because of the way we did it.
04:11A trophy, for sure.
04:12And we won the first FA Cup
04:14after everything we went through as a club
04:16the last few years and the COVID period,
04:19which was really, really difficult as well.
04:24Win tomorrow, this is in this industry,
04:27what happens and try our best.
04:29I have a lot of energy still
04:31and very driven to have more success.
04:38Hi.
04:41Yeah.
05:00Yeah, obviously when you isolate data
05:02and you're looking at certain aspects of the game,
05:05that cannot reflect just the overall performance
05:08of a player for sure.
05:09But he's got the ability to do that
05:12while you are talking about in that phase
05:14and then still arrive in great positions,
05:16in great situations to provide assistance,
05:18to score a goal.
05:19And he proven that many times.
05:21And the other game,
05:22I think it was a very good example of that.
05:40Yeah, we need to look at threats from other areas.
05:50And obviously we lost very important wingers
05:53that provided a lot for us in that final third.
05:56And we're looking to explore other options as well.
05:58The team has this capacity to adapt.
06:01A lot of players with great football intelligence
06:04as well to understand when to move and why,
06:07especially they do certain things.
06:09And they certainly float.
06:11And we saw actions and combinations
06:15that are very difficult to defend.
06:32Yeah, well, I mean,
06:33that's the history of that football club.
06:35And then the players that I have,
06:37the coach that I have,
06:38and watching the game last night
06:40against Real Sociedad,
06:42you come very clear
06:43that they are very capable
06:44to put a really strong performance
06:46and beat you on the day.
06:47So we know that.
06:48We know the difficulty of the match.
06:50And that's how we prepared.
06:53Hi.
06:54You mentioned on Tuesday night, last week,
06:58that we'd gone from a situation
07:00with zero goals in two games
07:01to seven goals in one game.
07:02That should be the beauty of football.
07:04Do you have a few more days
07:05to kind of reflect on that?
07:07Do you have any more insights
07:08into how we did go from zero goals
07:09to seven goals in one game?
07:11Yeah, and as well,
07:12the way the game could have gone as well.
07:14But that's the reality.
07:15If they would have scored,
07:16we were in total control of the game
07:17in one action.
07:18They had the big chance with Saivari
07:20and they hit the crossbar.
07:22That could have changed the game, you know?
07:24And if Imas gets sent off,
07:26it would have been a different game.
07:27So that's why,
07:28that you have to really understand
07:29the context of the game
07:31and how it happened.
07:32We were super effective
07:33as Imas said in the box.
07:34And that's a massive strength,
07:36especially in the Champions League.
07:38And that's why we won the game
07:40with a margin.
07:41That's clear.
07:42It feels like the intensity
07:43of the Premier League
07:44has been very high.
07:45And the Champions League
07:46maybe released some of that
07:47different competition,
07:48something new.
07:49Returning to the Premier League
07:50this weekend,
07:51can you utilise that freedom
07:53and that enjoyment
07:54from that midweek win
07:55to take into Sunday?
07:56Yeah, I mean,
07:57it goes through momentum.
07:59And again,
08:00what the game provides
08:01because we win
08:02is really good in certain games.
08:03But the result wasn't coming
08:05fast enough.
08:07Things were coming
08:09in the right moment,
08:10at the right time,
08:11in the right way.
08:12And that's very helpful.
08:14So every game is different
08:15on that.
08:16Simon, BBC Standard.
08:17Hi, Mikel.
08:18Can I just ask you
08:19about Chido,
08:20who you came up against
08:22on Sunday.
08:24What were your emotions
08:25in the summer
08:26when you left him
08:27to play?
08:28You had him jump
08:29and play a lot of talent.
08:30Yeah, I wasn't too involved
08:31in that decision.
08:32Obviously, when a player
08:33decides that the best
08:34pathway for him
08:35is to leave,
08:36there's not much
08:37you can do.
08:38Very unfortunate
08:39because we want to keep
08:40obviously our players
08:43from the academy
08:44and to be very successful
08:45with the first team.
08:46But in that case,
08:47with Aiden,
08:48we weren't able to do that.
08:50There was a sort of
08:51feeling at the time,
08:52I think,
08:53among some fans
08:54that young players
08:55maybe didn't have
08:56a sort of pathway.
08:57Do you think that
08:58now this season
08:59with Eden and Miles,
09:00the perception has gone
09:01and that there is proof
09:02that if you're a young player
09:03and you've got the talent
09:04you can play in the first team?
09:05I don't know what
09:06the perception is out.
09:07Internally, not.
09:08And the reality
09:09is very different
09:10because those players
09:11are always with us.
09:12I mean, I guarantee you
09:13that if there is a player
09:14there that can help
09:15and impact the first team,
09:16he's going to be with us.
09:20Just on Miles quickly,
09:22is it a difficult challenge
09:24to strike the right balance
09:25with him because
09:26physicality,
09:27riding the challenges,
09:28the winning duels,
09:29is such a fundamental part
09:31of who he is on the pitch.
09:33How do you control that
09:35without taking it away
09:37from his game?
09:39I think dominating
09:41the situation,
09:43that's it.
09:44Control, I mean,
09:45controlling the situation,
09:46you need to dominate.
09:47What space you are defending,
09:48what is the level of exposure
09:49that you have,
09:50is the opponent facing you,
09:51not facing you?
09:52So what is the probability
09:54to win that ball
09:55and when you have to commit
09:56to certain duels?
09:57And there you have to apply
09:58defensive principles
09:59that are very clear
10:01to most of the time
10:03have the best possibility
10:04to win the ball
10:05and don't get any
10:06excess exposure.
10:07If you don't do that
10:08at that level,
10:09big problem.
10:10Just on your other
10:11question about Ricky,
10:12I mean,
10:13he's shown this incredible
10:14attacking intuition,
10:15like he looks like
10:16a centre-forward at times,
10:17the way he moves,
10:18the way he finishes.
10:19Is that something
10:20you knew about him
10:21or is it something
10:22you've discovered
10:23since he arrived?
10:24No, he certainly has
10:25that capacity
10:27to flow in areas
10:28that for a defender
10:29is very unusual.
10:30So that was something
10:31that really caught my eye.
10:32The other one
10:33that is very unpredictable,
10:34sometimes chaotic
10:35and that can be
10:36very difficult as well
10:37from the position
10:38and the eye on goal,
10:39especially in open play.
10:40To be fair,
10:41I didn't have
10:42that understanding
10:43of the things
10:44that he could do
10:45but you see
10:46day-to-day in training
10:47that he's very capable
10:48of creating things
10:49that he's capable
10:50of creating
10:51that he's capable
10:52of creating
10:53that he's capable
10:54of creating
10:55that he's capable
10:56of creating
10:57things that
10:58they are not there
10:59in that moment.
11:00And finally
11:01in the last section
11:02we'll go to
11:03Nicola back there.
11:04Hi, Miquel.
11:05I don't think
11:06this is too personal
11:07but I saw you
11:08yesterday encouraging
11:09us to engage
11:10in your wife's
11:11first book
11:12which must be
11:13very exciting
11:14for you and the family.
11:15I'm just wondering
11:16if there's any
11:17sort of crossover
11:18that you talk
11:19to each other
11:20about the house?
11:21Well, I'm very proud
11:22of her because
11:23she's doing amazing
11:24and she has
11:25the opportunity
11:26to do that right now
11:27and to have the person
11:28that I love the most
11:29in this world
11:30next to me
11:31and giving everything
11:32that he gives to me.
11:33I feel very lucky.