00:00Well, we'll take a share of answer questions, please, and we'll set an embargo towards the end for 10.30pm
00:04on Sunday evening.
00:05So I'm going to start, please.
00:11Jeremy's goal, at the moment he's sharing real, kind of, the goal scoring quality.
00:17The goals have come at the moment, and really, one of the most difficult players to face at the moment.
00:23Would you agree?
00:24Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, completely agree.
00:26Always had his ability when he had the ball.
00:30You know, to drop the team, the dribbles, and the other one, but always, I mean, maybe the last pass
00:34on the goals, but this season making a step forward that the players must do to be, try to be
00:43better, better, and belongs absolutely to him, the confidence, and try it, and because in a good team, it's always
00:52unique.
00:52The people at the front, you know, just hurling to look at Mark today, and attacking the fielders, wingers, they
00:57need to make actions like that, you know, to wing it.
01:01Sure.
01:04Pepe Thielen down against Everton, and then got the draw, goal is at half-time today.
01:10Players aren't giving up this title race, are they?
01:13For the first half, I said, the first five, ten minutes, always is difficult.
01:16Renfrew is an extraordinary team, the threat in behind with Thiago and Chade, and every throw, and every free kick,
01:22it's the best team.
01:23The corners, they are so good, and always had the feeling that when we lose the ball, the traditional team
01:28is so dangerous, and except, yeah, for me, it's one action, I give away, some throw-ins is necessary, and
01:37I think we tag, but we arrived quite similarly to the second half of our line, but we didn't have
01:43enough, enough players in the box, so to score a goal is simple.
01:46All manager I had when I was early ages to score a goal, you had to bring people close to
01:49the Callahan, close to Erling, had to be there.
01:52Second goal, right to the byline, and it's Erling there, Omar is there, Mika, a chaos there, a reflection there,
02:00Erling is just alone, it's three central defenders against him, it's impossible to score a goal.
02:05In the second half, we feel in Omar, they were there more, and that's why the sense that we can
02:11still have two chances, you know, one shoot and two shoots, the Callahan.
02:16They save it, but it was there, it has to be there, and the second half was, it was much
02:20better.
02:22Hi Pep, got two questions for you.
02:24The first one is, how much do you look at the table at this point of the season in the
02:28title rates you have?
02:29Well, I don't have to take a look at the table, because I look at the table in my head.
02:34I know the opponents and the goals difference and everything, so.
02:38Second question is, how do you transform Mateos Nunez from a midfielder to one of the best right backs in
02:44the world?
02:45Him, I think they have the facility, the conditions, the midfield play in terms of passes, and can do it,
02:52and have to have an incredible pace.
02:54Surprised me a lot how tactically so smart, intelligent, and the bossing behind this pace, when we play with Kusanov,
03:00for example.
03:01We can play higher, because always the manager has to adapt the quality that they have.
03:09And, yeah, we deserve all incredible, like Jeremy, make another step as a football player, like, I am really, really,
03:17really pleased, because he can play there.
03:18But one day we need to hold him, he can do it, he can play, a pocket can do it.
03:22But I think he's a player in a smaller space that struggles a little bit, and the bigger space is,
03:26pfft, stop.
03:29Hi Pep, on Jeremy again, when you talk about the step forward, what's caused this?
03:35Has this been the player himself, has it been messages you've given him, or what?
03:39I tell you, you want to become a better player, you have to, you have to win games for yourself.
03:45It's not enough of a good action, one cross, and the other one, they can do it.
03:49You have to win games.
03:51They scored a goal to go in the right foot in Everton 3-3, but before the first goal was
03:57in the left.
03:58Now I had the feeling that I go there, and now hopefully, well, hopefully, I'm pretty sure of that,
04:04every time it's going to happen, they will, you know, to block the shoot, the defender,
04:08that they will not leave this space to do it, and now it has to be clever to shoot,
04:13or maybe make an extra pass, and any other player will be free.
04:17But everybody knows it, it's not necessary to tell you.
04:20Everybody knows that he made an incredible step, and in that sense, I say,
04:24I'm Jeremy Doku, I'm going to win games, you know?
04:29And the big players, the greatest players always have that mentality.
04:34Hi Pep, just asking, what was the thinking behind playing
04:39Tijani Reinders at the start today?
04:41Since Rodri's been out, there's been
04:42Nico O'Reilly played central midfield at Burnley,
04:46Nico Gonzalez on Monday night, and now Tijani's...
04:48I won't play as in the box, I won't run as,
04:50and Tijani is extraordinary with that, you know?
04:55To drop a little bit, maybe that, but, you know, to the box,
04:58the shoot, and had two or three shoots in the intensity,
05:01and today he applied really good in the second balls, alongside.
05:05But at the end, with the 0-0 in that position,
05:08we need the sense of creativity, and the effort from Phil,
05:12playing the whole day midfield with Bernardo,
05:14it's unusual for him, and he make an incredible effort,
05:18and help us a lot, and keep the ball,
05:20and also feel that dynamic that is able to help Bernie in the process,
05:25and after, when Jeremy has the ball, it's in the box.
05:29And Phil has this incredible quality, could have scored two goals,
05:32and this is a field that we have been and seen from many, many years.
05:37Were you almost, weirdly, a little bit worried,
05:40like, to score so soon after those substitutions,
05:42because you then had 1-0 in half an hour
05:44with a very, very attacking team on the pitch?
05:47That's good.
05:48It's the message that you have to listen.
05:50Sometimes you don't have time to say to the players what you need to do.
05:54If you bring a lot of defenders, you have to send a message to the players
05:56you have to defend.
05:57Again, if you're going to strike us or people up front,
05:59this is the message that you have to attack.
06:01So, not for the goal difference, to be honest, just to win the game,
06:04and after the consequences happen.
06:06But always a threat, right?
06:07Because we don't have proper holding midfielders defensively,
06:13and the threat that always, you cannot leave relaxed against Renfurt
06:20for the pace that they have up front.
06:23Just on Jeremy again, obviously we're talking about his attacking ability,
06:27but has he taken a big leap defensively,
06:30and also just the fact that when he's available,
06:32he can play every three days and three days,
06:34because sometimes that can be a big adjustment for a player when they come back.
06:37Yeah, there's always a doubt that we have with Jeremy, right?
06:40So, we have four or five days of recovery,
06:42but he's an incredibly professional,
06:44and I think his soul now is so calm.
06:48You know, his own life, he became so religious, you know,
06:53with his pace, and that helps as well, you know,
06:56but of course when it's November, September, January, February,
06:59three days, three days, no break,
07:01and the other one always is a question mark a little bit,
07:04but, you know, teams like City, big teams in Europe,
07:08especially in England, you have to beat their squad
07:10to then all the players let them play.
07:14Last one for the embargo with Jamie.
07:22Do you think there will be another twist or two maybe in this title race?
07:29I don't know.
07:31We are fighting quite similar with Liverpool in the past,
07:36against a colossal team.
07:38It's the final Champions League.
07:39They didn't lose one game in this competition.
07:41Have been top of the league almost all season,
07:46so it's not in our hands now.
07:48So it depends on how to draw points,
07:52but the only we can do is Wednesday win again,
07:56and, you know, play the final FA Cup,
07:58and Bournemouth, and Luke Bournemouth in that moment
08:01is not, I would say, the best place to go,
08:03and Luke Aston Villa the last one,
08:05so our calendar is really, really demanding on today,
08:07but it's simple, so it's just two weeks, you know,
08:10and one more day, and season will be over,
08:13and we have to, every moment,
08:16and the spirit I've seen, I don't know how many games
08:18we have won the last 10, 11 games, I think,
08:20except Everton, we won everything,
08:21so this is a team that define,
08:23and at the end you can lose, you lose,
08:24but try to do our job,
08:27and we'll see what happens.
08:28Just go to James.
08:29Simple one.
08:30Are you enjoying this?
08:32It's not in your hands, but in this moment,
08:34are you enjoying it?
08:35I love to be here again,
08:36almost, we finished second again,
08:39and this is a minimum,
08:40so I love it, I love to be here.
08:42I did enjoy last season,
08:44and that moment we were fighting to qualify
08:45for the Champions League,
08:46it was so difficult,
08:47I love to, I love to,
08:49Carabao in our pocket,
08:50we played the FA Cup final in Wembley,
08:52like it's the most beautiful game of the season
08:55in this, because both,
08:57you know, we live many times,
08:58it's so beautiful,
09:00and yeah, I love it,
09:01I like it, I'm so,
09:03what?
09:03Tension?
09:05No, no, no,
09:07when you arrive,
09:08I have the feeling that the job
09:10had been good, well done,
09:12so when you arrive there,
09:14fighting against Rustin,
09:16I'll be in there all the time,
09:17after many changes have happened,
09:19and the spirit of the team,
09:20how they help each other,
09:21how, in every training,
09:23I saw that behind the scenes,
09:24you cannot see it,
09:26it's a joy to work with them,
09:29so,
09:30and how they fight,
09:32and the experience play,
09:33how they help you want,
09:34so, pretty good.
09:35So, they mugged out
09:36for 10.30 to be on Sunday evening,
09:37start the roll.
09:42Jeremy said recently,
09:43that he'd like to be considered,
09:44one of the best wingers in the world,
09:46he wants to be in that conversation,
09:47but he knows he has to score more goals,
09:49do you think that that is his,
09:50that is,
09:51that is what I'm talking about,
09:52your colleagues,
09:53so what depends,
09:54is how your mentality,
09:54I want to become one of the best wingers in the world.
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