Shadowing Practice: PRESS CONFERENCE | Mikel Arteta previews Manchester City | Updates on Saka, Odegaard and more! | EPL - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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Good to see you.
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Two big wins following the international break.
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You must feel in a good place heading into Sunday.
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Two very important wins, very good feeling about the games as well.
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Preparing for a big match for Sunday.
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M. White, Akai Saka and Martin Odegaard missed the trip to Spain in midweek.
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Have they got any chance of featuring on Sunday?
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If there is a chance,
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it will be after tomorrow's session,
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because they haven't done anything yet.
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We will have more information tomorrow.
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Just to check, Mikael Marino and Victor Jokrej picked up head injuries on Tuesday,
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are they absolutely fine?
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Yes, they are fine.
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They will be available.
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Will you have a new substitute on Tuesday?
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Can we expect him to come straight back into the starting level on Sunday?
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Let's see, obviously he's been carrying an injury,
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he's done really well to be available for the last match,
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and he's really pushing it,
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so we'll decide tomorrow is the best start.
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Today the club announced a number of changes at boardroom level,
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Will that have any impact on what you do here on a day-to-day basis?
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No, there have been quite a lot of changes since I arrived at the club.
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First of all, obviously, Tim is leaving
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and I would like to say a few words because he's been someone that I really enjoy working with.
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I think he has a tremendous contribution for everything that we've done over the last few years.
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Then on Rich, congratulations, obviously,
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because it's a massive role to be the CEO of this football club
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and then welcome to the new members of the board.
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Hopefully they're going to make us better and help us and bring ideas and support and make this club much better.
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It's ultimately a stance on Jo's decision.
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They've been incredibly supportive, so we move on again.
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Finally for me, it's still very early in the season,
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but just how significant is this match in terms of the title race,
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in terms of staying close to Liverpool and potentially building a gap to Manchester City?
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It's about winning again and creating another good moment for us,
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consistency, competing against one of the best teams in the world,
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and good test for us to see our level as well.
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Go to Nip from PLP.
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Hi.
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You know Mbgo Levanapuri better than all of us in this room.
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How demanding do you think it's been for Pep to be at this level for so many years,
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to be achieving what he achieved in so many countries?
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And also, how much do you think he evolved as coaching and management in the last few years?
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Well, yeah, the demands that he puts on himself,
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the standards that he requires for everybody around him,
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his will to win, to evolve, to improve.
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You look around him, he wants to surrender about the best people.
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For me, he's by far the best coach in the world,
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I always said it, I have the pleasure to work with him and win a lot with him next to him.
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So, yeah, it's always great to see him back.
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Nolimand Dwecki, when you look at him in the summer,
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what made you decide to recruit him from Chelsea,
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and how do you think you and your coaching staff are getting such a wonderful version of him?
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Yeah, well, because I was sure that he was a player with a talent
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and quality that we didn't have in the squad,
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a player with a level of threat and unpredictability that he was going to make us better.
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The moment I picked up the phone,
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I spoke to him and his dad and his agent,
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the three of them gave me the impression that they were really willing to come,
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that they saw something special here they wanted to be part of.
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And then, yeah, you have to come here
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and slowly start to get to know him and he needs to start to get to understand the team.
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But I think so far the impact is having the team.
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It's very, very positive.
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And Martin, so we mainly how pleased are you with the way he settled here?
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How would you describe the balance that Phil gives you and the partnership with Declan Royce as well?
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Yes, another one that obviously coming from abroad is always very tricky,
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especially with the man in this league and in that particular position
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because you have so much responsibility in that role and you have to be aware of everything that we do.
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That's such an intelligent boy.
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A lot of presence, a lot of quality and a lot of courage to play football.
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No goals conceded from open play
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and Christian Mascara has been a key part of a young player coming in at summer signing.
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Why do you think he has been so solid this season?
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Well, first of all, because he's very good.
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And I think credit to the scouting department,
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Andrea, that they presented the opportunity to have him.
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Again, no coincidence as a boy,
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you know, someone extremely focused,
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very determined, very clear that he wanted to come here and he wanted to come here to play and in his place.
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I think what he's doing in that position so early, very impressive.
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Just on why Saka and Odegaard set the decision after tomorrow's session,
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have they trained already?
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Or would that be their first session?
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Because everything has been modified so far for him
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and still a few things to clear and tomorrow we'll have more information whether they are part of the score,
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or they have a chance to be part of the score or not.
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You've spoken about the evolution of football and how the style is changing.
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There are a lot more teams going more direct.
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Are you expecting a different type of game than usual against Manchester City on Sunday?
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There will be moments that has been in the past as well,
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in the last few years,
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and obviously they have certain different qualities,
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especially in the back line,
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and since they recruited Erling as well,
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they always modified a few things because of the quality of individual, which is normal.
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There is a tendency in football,
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especially because there is a tendency in the way teams are defending that has certain implications to how teams react to that.
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Ian, how are you?
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Good, thank you.
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Talking about the evolution of football,
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it used to be seeing if you were on the subscatch
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that maybe you'd done something wrong and the manager didn't like you.
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We saw in mid-week your substitutes you brought on,
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one year in the Champions League.
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So, explain to me how the evolution has happened in terms of subs and how important they are to you this season.
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If you look historically, the top teams,
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the team that has won a lot,
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the impact that the finisher had has always been really, really high.
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You need that quality nowadays to unlock games and to do it consistently every three days.
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It's even harder, more difficult.
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That's what you need.
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We are very lucky because we have players that can make that impact.
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They certainly did that the other day and now we need consistency on that.
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So when you name the team and you name themselves,
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do you go up to them and say,
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listen, don't take it as being anything bad on the bench because I'm going to need you this afternoon?
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We already had a discussion in pre-season about the roles
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and responsibilities and about the implication of each of the roles in relation to the game,
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the scenario, the schedule, a lot of factors,
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but the quality and the delivery and intensity and will that you have to put every minute for this football club,
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that's unquestionable whether you are a starter or not.
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You've had to rebuild this football club and you've been here five years.
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Is Pep having to rebuild Man City after all their successes?
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Do you think he's anywhere near that now?
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I don't know.
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That's a question for him,
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but obviously what he's already done in this league is unprecedented.
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The level that he's put the standards in the league,
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in my opinion, unprecedented.
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And maintaining those levels for 10 years is already something incredible and the demands are there for him.
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And he wants to carry on because he certainly believes that he can do it again.
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History beckons for you tomorrow.
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No Premier League manager has gone five games in a row unbeaten against Man City,
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so I've got tomorrow or Sunday.
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If you do it, all hail Mikel Artes.
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The preparation of the game will be to win it, that's for sure.
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Thanks for Josh.
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Arsenal's suicide prevention service will be open for the first time at the game on the weekend.
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Can you talk to us about how important it is to be open about mental health struggles
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and also about what Arsenal's role is in that?
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Well, first of all, very proud that the club again takes the initiative
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and take a serious problem that is out there in our society
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and get practical solutions
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and create a safe space as well for our supporters to be able to raise their hands and say,
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listen, I need help and this is the space to do it.
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I think it's incredible and hopefully more people can do the same because there's a big need for that.
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Simon from Stephen Slavik.
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Hi Mikko, a few people were in the news about Tim's analysis this morning.
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Was it a surprise to you how much you were aware of these changes coming in?
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Well, I was aware in certain moments and I had various discussions with Josh especially and as well with Tim.
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It's not the first time that it's happened since I've been here.
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And again, incredible gratitude towards Tim,
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what is done for the football club,
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the football club, what is done for the team,
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for myself personally as well.
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Everybody is in different phases of their lives and requires different things.
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That's it, we move on.
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I think Sikors will see a big change like this and wonder what comes next and what the future looks like.
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What is your message there?
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Wonderful future.
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That's the only thing that I invite.
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He's so positive about it and every time.
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I speak to Stan and George and how willing they are,
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the projection that they have,
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the vision they have for the football club,
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the people that we have around it.
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There's no question that there are big things ahead.
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Tom Fibloni?
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Michael, you mentioned it's not the first time it's happened to you,
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some of us were trying to list the amount of executive changes that happened.
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We've come up with a list with the late Sir Chips Keswick,
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of course, Francis Kajigauer, Raul Sanjeri,
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Ken Fryer, who stepped down Husqvar,
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Ivan Kateshin, Edu Gaspar, Jason Ato and of course now Tim Lewis.
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What's it like as a manager having to go through that amount of change in just five years?
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Well, it was my first managerial job,
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so I don't know if that's a lot or very little.
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This experience that I had,
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I can say that I've been very lucky to work with some wonderful people that I have learned so much from them.
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It's sad because we spent so much time together and you name very important people
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that have been a big part of the football club of my life as well personally,
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because you get really attached to them emotionally as well and their families.
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You have to move on,
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maintain that personal relationship for sure,
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and then people are going to do various jobs,
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some of them being very successful in other places,
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and wish them all the best.
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Just to bring it back to the football as well,
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you spoke before about the emotion of using Mikael Marino for his goals,
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that he scored for Spain and one of the reasons why you started him in the game,
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and he's not in the forest.
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With how Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossop performed in midweek,
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does that now come into your thinking about harnessing that confidence they got from that game Yes, it does.
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It certainly does.
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Because when players are in that state,
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I think they have to be used and they have to be recognised.
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But there are a lot of players obviously that are in a really good moment,
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performing really well.
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And that's what we want.
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Whenever we need them, I'm sure that they're going to be at the best.
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James, CBS?
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I'd like to ask you a little bit about Erling Haaland.
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11 versus 11 at least.
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Your defenders have done a really good job of restricting that supply.
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I think it's two shots on target in the last four games.
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What has your team got right taking on Harland?
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There are a lot of things that you have to get right.
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It's a player that doesn't need much space,
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much time or situation to generate big chances,
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especially when he's in and around the box.
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But preventing the source sometimes is the best thing to do it,
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and we have to do it again.
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You've allowed two open play shots on target in the last four games.
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It's been a real hunkering down since the United game.
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Do you feel like this level of defensive quality in Cheterno now,
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is that the benchmark or is that beyond what you were expecting?
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Well, it's certainly what we are doing today
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and what we have to do on Sunday and the following games
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and there are still a lot of things that we can improve.
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We know that, we are very aware of it,
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but it's a very big foundation to achieve what we want.
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Last two of the slides.
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Hi, Miguel.
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On Tuesday night, lots of people picked up on a clip of you screaming at Eze to come out to the touchline,
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and really hug the touchline in that Cat Fury,
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going into the central areas.
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Is that how you used to envisage Eze playing here,
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much more on the touchline winger than someone coming inside that maybe we've been used to when he was at Crystal Palace?
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Sorry, can you repeat the question?
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Just on Eze on Tuesday night,
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there was a clip doing the rounds on Social Media where
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you were spotted really calling him to get to the touchline and stay tight to the touchline.
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Okay.
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To move inside.
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Is that your vision for Eze,
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more of a touchline winger than someone coming inside?
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No, depending on what the position does.
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It's one space or another.
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It's never the same because the space
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and the difficulty for the opponent will be in different things in relation to what they want
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and what we want to accomplish with that.
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Does this depend on the full-back he's got behind him at times as well?
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Can a few lights come inside?
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In Capier, who we know looks like he's more of an overlapping full-back?
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Yeah, where that nine is defending,
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especially if it's our left or right side,
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the behaviour of that winger when the ball is on the opposite side,
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attacking midfielder, especially if he's higher or deeper,
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it's quite a lot of things to consider before we make that decision.
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Phil from PA.
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Hi, Mikel.
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Myles Lewis's celebration of this fixture obviously attracted quite a few headlines last season.
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Were your players free to celebrate as they wished on Sunday or were you saying to them,
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you know, brain it in?
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Well, that was done, that's it, that's part of it.
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a lot of celebration and non-celebration with the past from a lot of teams.
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And that's it.
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We don't.
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And that every experience is to learn as well.
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And we certainly learn from that one.
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And just in terms of City, obviously they've lost twice.
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Two of their four fixtures so far.
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They had their troubles last season.
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Do you think that they are proper contenders this year?
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Or do you think it's going to take them maybe one or two?
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I think so, without a doubt.
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I mean, knowing really well Pep and the demands that he's going to put there,
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the mentality that they have in that football club,
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the squad and the players that they have,
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they're going to be there for sure.
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