00:14Marco you must be frustrated after losing so late on yes I'm a competitor we are
00:22competitors and we came here to the tenth time that's what we spoke about
00:28before to win the first time and we were in a good way to do it we did many good
00:37things and we have a lot of things to improve but at the end how the game went
00:44it was quite unlucky to lose the game that way we had two situation one one
00:54corner kick and and one attacking where we defended two two passive and that's
01:00why we lost the game yeah it felt like City were getting more and more control
01:04in that second half did you feel that you would sort of stepping off a little bit
01:08too much and allowing them into the game particularly in those later stages oh I
01:13would say if you did concede the the the corner kick goal and we would come closer
01:20to 90 minutes it's getting harder my feeling was that we really had the
01:25momentum in the second half they started to play some long balls they made some
01:31simple mistakes to go at the game became opener even they are still dominant and of
01:38course they have a lot of quality but I had the feeling that the momentum really
01:45came to to our side but again last not 80 minutes it lasts 90 minutes and we have
01:53to be that's what we have to learn we we need to defend this this corner kick
01:58better and the second goal was just too passive before we always try to push up
02:07of course we want to defend higher and more active but here you need to find the
02:14right triggers to get the right moments it's hard to press and we did it really
02:19well for for a long time but at the end we were too too passive like you like you
02:23said and set pieces there are a few few today where someone from City got got clear
02:29and had a free header I guess that'll be something you'll be looking to work on
02:33yes was there any reason that that happened was it just lack of time they did it so
02:40you never know what you get set pieces a big topic I think not just in a
02:45Premier League and every in every league we had some changes with the rules but
02:50it's still something you can win or decide games with and City blocked really
02:58well and yeah we have to watch the scenes we have to speak about it we need
03:04to find solutions as you said we have to work on it on the positive side of the
03:09first half was was impressive we seem to deal with City well and a fantastic goal
03:13you must have been pleased with how you played in in that half but even the first
03:17half we suffered some moments like in the second half again it's here you can't
03:23avoid every every situation but we did it really good we want some balls we had
03:29from some transition transition situations we scored a really nice goal from the
03:34beginning to the to the end I think we had a good chance with Justin where the
03:40goalkeeper was was really really top so at the end it's about details and we lost the
03:49game with details I think we can build on this game we have a good foundation but we got no
03:57points and at the end we play for points and the it's not the first time you've led at
04:04Manchester City before I think we were talking before you were tuning up with Leipzig but was
04:09that sort of in the back of your mind at halftime what was the message for for the team going
04:13into
04:13that second half thanks for the reminder yeah I said and they let's know it it's never done here
04:22it's never you you know what you get the quality of the team the stadium and all of these players
04:28are yeah Champions League winners or they know how to finish games and I'm I'm really pleased with the
04:38performance of my team with the effort with the attitude all the things we the basics we we brought
04:45onto the pitch and in details we we're going to learn out of this game and fine for me there
04:53were
04:53good performances from from a number of your players but I felt Marcus Tavernier particularly was it was
04:58very good and Adam and Adam Smith seemed to deal with Antoine Simonio pretty well we pleased with both of
05:04them and sort of how important of those players who are sort of the established players in the team
05:10that have been here a while and sort of transitioning with you and helping you through that transition
05:16everyone supports me and especially the team and the whole team it's it's really a pleasure and it's
05:23just it feels just good to work with this with these lads and with my staff and in the club
05:28so as you
05:30said Adam unbelievable performance today against the menu I think yeah he did all what what he can do and
05:40avoided or what he can avoid but we supported him on a hilly supported in sometimes him sometimes and Ryan
05:48supported him and tough did a good game as as well he was it was not clear that he can
05:56play he suffered a
05:58small injury couldn't train the last two two days really but he did he did really well hi Marco
06:05obviously you played against City here under Pat and today under Enzo how were they as an opponent like
06:12you obviously had some good chances playing out from the back in the first half but also they kind
06:16of did that to you too so how did you rate City today and what was it like to play
06:21against them to be
06:22honest I'm I watched maybe some more games of them in the preparation like they knew they they had a
06:30good
06:30preparation you could see the really intense and high pressing approach and then the the Arsenal game
06:42came and everyone said okay lost they lost three now so they have maybe problems but I knew that it's
06:51gonna
06:52be a high quality and competitive team and that's what we got it's hard to defend them they had a
07:00lot
07:00have a lot of quality but we also showed some some problems that was our plan and the plan worked
07:08well
07:10for a long time we just struggled the last eight minutes in terms of the momentum you talked about in
07:17the second half it seemed to me anyway you had more chances in the first half a little more dangerous
07:23I'm interested in coaches perspective on where that momentum you thought was was there I just felt it
07:30when I don't know they started to change and then they he did a lot they tried to play a
07:36transition the
07:37transition went into the the byline and then they made two simple mister and we just I just had a
07:44feeling
07:45now if we do it the right way now we we had some faces where we had the ball as
07:50well so the pressing
07:51was not that high and intense of them because at the end even for them the game was very demanding
08:00they
08:01needed to run and there I just had a feeling if we do it now on the right way we
08:06get one transition
08:07situation we can finish the game and if not then you have to do it you have to defend until
08:14the last
08:15minute and maybe five or seven minutes longer here thank you okay thanks everyone thank you
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