00:00Hi, are you OK?
00:09What are your thoughts?
00:12I thought it was inconclusive.
00:15And I think in a billion-pound industry,
00:18you've still got a problem where you can't tell us
00:20if it was inconclusive or not.
00:23Yes, that's why I feel the same.
00:27The referee allowed the goal,
00:29and I really watched it back.
00:32I told my analyst to show me all the angles
00:33because I don't want to talk about it.
00:36Because in the game, I couldn't see anything.
00:39I think nobody could.
00:40And then I think I watched five or six different angles.
00:44To be fair, from one angle,
00:47you can guess that the ball touched the arm
00:50because just the shirt moves a little bit.
00:54But it's not clear, is it the ball or is it...
00:57I think Tunali was on the goal line.
01:00And then I think that VR can't intervene when he's guessing.
01:05And it was not clear and obvious.
01:06We had a briefing before the season
01:07that the threshold for VR intervention should be very high.
01:12And that's why this was a wrong intervention for me.
01:16And, of course, Fields now...
01:19And I also think it was a clear penalty
01:21when Neko Williams was fouled from Kudos.
01:23Because Kudos doesn't even jump to the ball.
01:26He just runs into the body of Neko and he gets the header.
01:30So, you know, the same situation with goalkeepers.
01:33When they touch the ball with their arm
01:35and you run into his body, it's always a foul.
01:37So, why not with an on-field player?
01:39So, yeah.
01:41Fields, I think too, and I also could talk about Igor's situation.
01:46But let's say we didn't feel that some decisions were in our favour today.
01:52But I don't want to complain or blame anybody.
01:56I think the VR shouldn't have intervened.
01:58The referee just judged the situations differently.
02:03And I think it was the same, the right thing,
02:06that the VR then, if it's not 100% clear and obvious,
02:09stick to the on-field decision.
02:11But this was the inconsistency today.
02:14And at Whitefield, we lost two points
02:17because the team gave everything, did everything to get the win.
02:22Defended very well.
02:23Yeah, we still see in a few moments
02:27we give the ball away too easily with easy mistakes.
02:31And then we are under pressure
02:32like the first 10-15 minutes straight after half-time.
02:35But then we came back and I think we had 20-25 fantastic minutes
02:40where we played almost the entire time in their half.
02:44And yeah, we accept the point, but it feels we lost too.
02:49Is that a concern to you then, in these critical moments?
02:52It's coming down to some guessing?
02:57I just can tell my opinion and how I see it.
03:03I'm not the one who decides.
03:05And I also know it's refereeing a Premier League game.
03:10It's really difficult.
03:12I know refereeing a training session is sometimes really difficult.
03:16But then, and for me it's just, and this is what we are told
03:21and I think what's exactly the right way is to support the referee,
03:26to keep the threshold for VR intervention very high,
03:30to strengthen the referee's decision.
03:32And that's what they didn't do today.
03:37So I think it's more against the referees
03:41than because nobody did it on purpose against us.
03:44That's what I'm completely convinced.
03:45So I think it's more that with these kind of situations
03:50you weaken your referees.
03:51And everybody wants strong referees
03:54because, as I mentioned, it's not an easy job out there.
04:05I told him after the game that I feel the goal should have stand.
04:10But again, if he gets called that it was handball,
04:15he has to trust the VR
04:16because I think he didn't watch it back himself, what?
04:19No.
04:20So that means, you know, you need to trust the VR, of course,
04:25because if, but I don't know how the rules are
04:28and if he should have watched it back
04:30if it was so clear and obvious.
04:32But on the other side, if somebody tells you,
04:34it's a clear handball, goal is disallowed,
04:36you know, you trust him, of course.
04:39But this is what I said to him, very calm again,
04:42because I know no decision is taken on purpose.
04:47It's really, the game is so quick, it's so intense.
04:53And it's just, again, telling how I see it.
04:57I think this is what everybody deserves.
04:59This is what everybody wants to hear,
05:00how I see the situation.
05:02And then probably the Tottenham supporters
05:05will have a different opinion,
05:07but I'm very sure that all Nottingham supporters
05:11have the same opinion than I have.
05:14Matt?
05:15And Liam's last first start, what did you make of him?
05:18Do you feel like you need to do a bit more,
05:19give him a bit more service going forward,
05:21or were you happy?
05:22Oh, yes.
05:23It's the first season I was with us for one week.
05:25He had a very good training week.
05:27He's got many goals there today in a few situations.
05:30We could have an assist because,
05:32that's what I think, I haven't watched the back,
05:34but I think Morgan was not an offside,
05:36straight before half-time.
05:38Do we know already?
05:42Yeah, exactly.
05:44And then Liam was a great pass.
05:46We knew that they played for offside in these situations
05:49and he passed with the second touch
05:51and Morgan had a great run,
05:52just missed the chance.
05:56And, yeah, he worked very hard
05:58and of course we want him getting more into good positions,
06:02but he was absolutely fine
06:07with his first performance for us
06:08and also this is what we could see.
06:11And then he worked very hard when he gets fatigued
06:13with good options, with Chris Wood, with Igor,
06:16who can play there and all good.
06:20Is Murillo okay?
06:22Yes, it was the same.
06:24I think it was still Murillo,
06:26he was out for four months.
06:28Yeah.
06:29He did not come back from Brazil in the shape.
06:34He should come back maybe,
06:37but he's now getting back to his full fitness
06:42and that's why always at the end of the games
06:44he's still struggling a little bit.
06:46But it's okay, it felt like a full body cramp.
06:52It sounded frustrating for you, Oleg,
06:54you just said he didn't come back in the shape
06:56he would want.
06:57This is a multi-million pound asset,
06:59he hasn't come back in the shape of the form, is it?
07:02No, it's...
07:02Again, I don't talk about the situation,
07:06it's just what it...
07:08I came very late,
07:10or I was announced very late as the manager,
07:14I was at the end just informed
07:16and then there are different reasons for things,
07:19you know, he had a very serious injury
07:22and then a setback, I think, in May,
07:25so a lot of frustration
07:27and then we all know what frustration can lead to.
07:33But he's now working very hard,
07:35you know, of course we spoke,
07:37and then you can't...
07:38It doesn't make sense,
07:39then just complaining or blaming,
07:42it's no getting him back to full fitness
07:46and it's also you can't be after...
07:48I think he was out for four months,
07:50you know,
07:51and Premier League is Premier League,
07:52a pre-season is completely different,
07:54we see the intensity in the duels,
07:57it's...
07:58I think, let's say,
07:59this will be an advertising clip
08:03for the Premier League,
08:04the Denon Doyer with Tonali at the corner,
08:08and this is what everyone loves,
08:11this is what the Premier League is famous for,
08:13and that's not running,
08:14it's just this fight,
08:15this intensity in the duels,
08:17and then getting a corner
08:18and the entire stadium jumps
08:21and it's celebrating,
08:22so this is, I think,
08:22where we all love the Premier League,
08:24and if you want to play there for 95 minutes,
08:28you need a top, top fitness level,
08:30and I see we are getting better and better,
08:35also playing a little bit more,
08:38with more intensity,
08:39but it's still on the way.
08:42It feels almost unfair to be asking this,
08:44so early in the season,
08:45after so few games,
08:46but three games now,
08:48to sit around without a goal,
08:49is that something that concerns you?
08:51Do you see goals coming from this side?
08:54I've seen one today.
08:56Yeah, yeah.
08:59No, no.
09:01I would be concerned
09:04if we don't create anything,
09:06but when I see...
09:09Again,
09:10I never find excuses,
09:13because I think today
09:14we have four draws
09:15and two games,
09:16two wins by one goal.
09:18Premier League seems to be even tighter than last year.
09:24And then the small margins decide,
09:26so the Leeds with more or less the same situations,
09:30and then they get one free kick and win.
09:34And today it was the same,
09:36and then of course you need
09:37that the goal you score stands
09:39and is not disallowed,
09:40then you need that you are rewarded with a penalty.
09:44When it's a penalty,
09:46otherwise it's not so easy.
09:48But yes, we know we have to improve some stuff in our attack, definitely.
09:56But chances are always there.
09:59Sangare was not a risk today, was he?
10:01Exactly, there was no risk.
10:03Because we always have Tuesday, Wednesday,
10:05quite intense sessions,
10:06and here he was not training with the team,
10:08or just partly in the last two days,
10:10so there were no issues,
10:11and we said we don't want to take any risk.
10:13That means now he gets...
10:15He had an individual session today,
10:18tomorrow,
10:19and Monday he can relax,
10:23and on Tuesday he should be completely fine.
10:25So everybody besides Savona
10:29would have been available,
10:30but it just makes no sense risking anything
10:33at the beginning of the season.
10:40Yeah, we have to talk about it.
10:42If he just scores, we see some.
10:44So, yeah, great.
10:46I think Niko is probably one of our most consistent players this season.
10:53Great.
10:54Today, again, he was fouled,
10:57but we should get a penalty.
10:59He scored the goal that was disallowed.
11:03He defends very well,
11:04and it's not so easy to defend Savino.
11:06He does very well.
11:08I think he likes the way now how we play,
11:12even a little bit more attacking,
11:14and, yeah,
11:18it's top that we could keep a player
11:22in his best age,
11:24in his prime, 25 years of age.
11:25Now, I think, four years.
11:27You're already here,
11:29and I spoke.
11:30I think one of my key words and messages
11:33was stability,
11:34and that means keeping your core,
11:38and Niko is definitely one of the core players here.
11:42Thank you very much.
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