Shadowing Practice: "Once again." 😬 Pep Guardiola's awkward post-match interview following Spurs draw - Learn English Speaking with Video
Creating lesson...
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a result that was...
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just impossible to see at half time.
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Across the 90 minutes, what did you make of it?
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Yeah, it was a good game after the goal.
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they concede We have a struggle, 10, 15, 20 minutes, and then we come back again.
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Yeah, in general it was a really good performance.
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Unfortunately we're going to win.
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You obviously, or I guess you'd be particularly satisfied first off.
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Can you just talk about
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the game plan maybe
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that gave you control looked like a big part of it was to get Semenyo
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and Cherky isolating their wide centre backs and cause them problems?
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No, the game plan is...
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Try to play with the ball and try to score goals and concede.
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That is the game plan and the players make the difference. So OK.
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What changed, second half?
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But before in the bye they put more direct balls, they won, they found the goal.
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Okay.
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And after that, the momentum that always happened in the Premier League happened.
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But yeah, some transitions, the control that we didn't have, we didn't have it.
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It wasn't a...
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Not a big issue just just the momentum of the score goals.
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There was a sense a couple weeks ago with a Manchester United game I think you said afterwards.
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I remember the Bernardo saying afterwards that it became a their type of game, a transition game.
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Was that the case against second half today?
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It became their type of game and you weren't able to switch the momentum back?
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Yeah, more actions than the first half, you're right.
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They pushed more, but they pushed as always.
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But Bernardo and Rodri and the other ones, Nico and everyone behind was really good.
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And the second half was a little bit more, especially after...
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Is that why you made some of the changes you did?
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Reinders, one of those that came on, Nico Gonzalez.
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Is that about trying to kind of stabilise the team?
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No. To try to get energy, to try to score a goal.
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That's why we make a substitution.
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And Rodri, I'm guessing you were worried that he was pretty close to a red card?
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Oh, yeah.
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Good.
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No, no, that was not the reason.
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OK, what was the reason?
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It is just to put another player with another energy to
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fill Foden in the final third to try to hit style and score goals.
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What did you make of their first goal?
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We had a look, obviously.
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I'm one second.
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Once again, what?
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Have you seen it?
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I've seen it.
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Ben?
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I mean it doesn't matter what I think does it?
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No, what do you think?
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You tell us.
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Not nothing.
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Nothing.
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That's all.
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You don't want to get drawn into it?
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Of course not.
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Come on.
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It's happened once again.
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We're going to see.
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Marc has the ball, he's been kicking from behind and it's a goal.
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What can I say?
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Nothing, one more.
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OK.
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Just tell us, How big a blow do you think this is?
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It's one win in five now.
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The blow is the performance in United, for example, the rest has been good.
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We are playing at a high level.
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Of course, we didn't have the...
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The consistency, the consistency, the...
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to win the Games when no one was able to do it.
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14 games, a lot of points, six points.
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Next one.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 74 sentences and 566 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:17. The speaker talks at a natural 173 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
14 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| momentum noun | /ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/ | Of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity, or the vector sum of the products of its… |
| transition noun | /tɹænˈzɪʃ.ən/ | The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another. |
| afterwards adverb | /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/ | At a later or succeeding time; after that; |
| consistency noun | /kənˈsɪs.tən.si/ | Local coherence. |
| satisfy verb | /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/ | To be enough (for) |
| isolate verb | /ˈaɪ.sə.leɪt/ | To set apart or cut off from others. |
| concede verb | /kənˈsid/ | To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant |
| stabilize verb | /ˈsteɪ.bəˌlaɪz/ | To make stable. |
| substitution noun | /ˌsʌb.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/ | The act of substituting or the state of being substituted. |
| blow verb | /bloʊ/ | To produce an air current. |
| fill verb | /fɪl/ | To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full. |
| struggle noun | /ˈstɹʌɡəl/ | A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task. |
| unfortunately adverb | /ʌnˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/ | Happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event. |
| switch noun | /swɪt͡ʃ/ | A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| come back verb | To return to a place. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 14 contractions and reduced forms, such as didn't, I'm, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: transition /tɹænˈzɪʃ.ən/, substitution /ˌsʌb.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: momentum /ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/, consistency /kənˈsɪs.tən.si/, substitution /ˌsʌb.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/, unfortunately /ʌnˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like momentum, transition, afterwards.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.