00:00Someone start, guys?
00:02Yeah, yeah.
00:04Good evening, Enzo.
00:06Evening.
00:07The spending this summer within the Premier League, probably the envy of Europe,
00:14as the biggest spenders in the Premier League, Manchester City,
00:17does that bring an added pressure regarding the Champions League?
00:21And what are your expectations of City in the competition this season?
00:25I said many times when you are Manchester City, the expectations are always higher.
00:33Again, I like more to be focused on the day by day.
00:39It's very complicated to think where we can be in February, March, April in terms of expectation.
00:46For me, the most important thing is to see that we are improving game after game,
00:52and then we see.
01:04Hi, Enzo.
01:05Just in terms of the Champions League and the format,
01:08you've got quite a difficult game to start with.
01:12How have you seen this kind of eight-game first phase?
01:16How is it different from the old format, and how with the first game being so tough,
01:25does that make it extra pressure to get off to a good start?
01:28No, it's always special. It's a nice competition.
01:34Now the format changed. We need to adapt.
01:37It's already changed two or three years, so it's already a long time ago, for sure.
01:43It's a different competition. It's a new competition, but the ambition is still the same.
01:49We try to be ourselves, to win games, and then we see.
01:55Can I just check also on Nico O'Reilly and Jeremy Docku?
02:00Are they likely to be available for the weekend or the week after?
02:05Nico probably yes.
02:07Jeremy, no, I'm not sure yet. We need to wait.
02:11Is that a setback for Jeremy?
02:13Because it's a bit longer than he was expected to be out.
02:18No, I think we get injured in the Community Shield final.
02:22It's two or three weeks ago. I don't remember exactly.
02:26But he's back.
02:27I don't know if he can be available for the weekend, but slowly, slowly he's back.
02:34Hi, Enzo. In the game at the weekend, just gone, Ryan Cherky, he often come away from the higher areas
02:42of the pitch
02:43and just get the ball, slow everything down, take control of the tempo, basically.
02:49I'm just wondering, how much of that is part of the game plan?
02:52How much of it is his instincts, or is it the game plan that he can kind of do that,
02:58he can make those decisions?
02:59No, but there is always a game plan.
03:01And when we are in our side, Ryan also drop a little bit to manage the game, the tempo and
03:13the game.
03:13When we are in the opposite side, we need Ryan in the position where he can be dangerous.
03:20The last game against Coventry, we contact with him five, six times between the line, and we create chances.
03:27So it depends a little bit where we are, but for sure, in our side, give us more control, and
03:33the opposite side is dangerous with the last pass, assist, or goal.
03:37So I guess it's about his decision-making then, to know exactly when to do the balance and when to
03:43stay high.
03:45Is that what it's about, for him to know the right moments to do it?
03:49Yeah, it depends a little bit of the game.
03:51It's game by game.
03:52Against Coventry, when we were in our side, for him it was good to drop a little bit, also to
03:57manage the tempo,
03:59and not to be always a reference for the other team.
04:04While we are at the edge or on the opposite side, we need him in the right position because he
04:09gives us the quality.
04:11If you remember, the second goal we scored against Bournemouth, he's in the right position.
04:15Receive the ball, make last pass.
04:17The other day, a few times with Erling, the two chances that we created with Erling, it's Ryan's last pass.
04:23So it depends a little bit, but he's doing fantastic with us.
04:27Is that why he's going to be such a special player?
04:29Because he can kind of do both.
04:30He can control the tempo of the game, but he can also decide it as well.
04:34Yeah, absolutely.
04:36I think also Phil can do that.
04:37Phil, the last pass between the line is very good.
04:40So we are lucky because we are two very good players that they can do both that action.
04:47Hi Enzo.
04:48Before training today, a few people noticed that you had some music playing while the players warmed up.
04:53Is that something that you've introduced yourself or has that always been here?
04:59No, it's something that I had in Leicester, I had in Chelsea and also I introduced here.
05:07I think there are days where the players with the music, they are more happy and they can work better.
05:14And it's just for that.
05:16Do you choose the music yourself?
05:18Oh, no.
05:19No?
05:20You know, the player decide.
05:21What would you choose if you couldn't choose it?
05:23What would you have?
05:24No, different music.
05:25But yeah, again, it's just to, you know, to be a little bit more, to create more environment for them.
05:32Hi Enzo.
05:33Erling Haaland said on his YouTube channel today about the kind of mental fatigue that he's got after the World
05:41Cup
05:41and how he's not really had a proper pre-season and things like that.
05:45Physically and mentally, when do you think those players will be able to sort of hit their levels?
05:49Because it feels like they're still almost going through their pre-season at the moment.
05:55Yeah, it's not easy for them.
05:58It's not easy for Erling.
05:59It's not easy for most of the players that they continue to play club, international team.
06:09Again, I think it's correct in the moment that you see these kind of players that they start to, you
06:15know, to be tired.
06:17It's correct to give them some rest.
06:19That can be one game out or can be one week away.
06:24Depends a little bit in which moment we are.
06:27But also, I think the priority from my point of view is just to allow the players to be fit,
06:35to be good, to be happy.
06:37And in the moment that you can see them, that they are tired, it's only a risk that they can
06:43be injured.
06:45And also we need, you know, 11 players, 100%.
06:51When we talk to the players about the Champions League, they always talk about the buzz of playing in it,
06:56you know, the anthem and the sort of the grand stage of it.
06:59Is it a competition that you particularly feel a bit of a buzz around when you're managing in it?
07:05It's a special competition, I said before, it's a special competition.
07:11Anyway, I was here in the treble season, as you know, also I had some good experience last year with
07:17Chelsea.
07:20So it's a nice competition, it's a different one.
07:22Again, it's a different competition, but the ambition for us has to be the same.
07:28Try to be ourselves, try to improve, try to win games, and then we see.
07:34And so, TV2 Norway, obviously you were in the club when Erling arrived.
07:39I just wondered, when you look at him now, what is the biggest change you see in him?
07:44Not as a goalscorer, but also as a person and a leader.
07:47He's a man now, he's a dad, when he arrived here, he was still not a dad, now he's a
07:55dad and life completely changed, because the priority became his son, so happy for him, because he was already top
08:05as a player, he was already top as a guy, as a boy, but now you can see that he's
08:11complete now.
08:12He's a family man, he's still scoring goal, so I'm very happy for him.
08:17I'll take some questions from Portuguese media, please.
08:23Francisco Seb from A Bola.
08:25I'd like to ask you, looking at this FC Porto team, where do you think they can be more dangerous,
08:30and from which players they can create more danger to your team?
08:34It's a very, very good team.
08:38In terms of players, they have different players, good one.
08:42But in terms of team, it's very clear in the way they play, it's very clear that they are aggressive
08:48without the ball.
08:49On the ball, they have a style, clear style.
08:53So, congratulations to them.
08:57But hopefully tomorrow we can win.
09:00Also, Coach Farioli also said, or pointed out, the fact that City spent more than 500 million euros this summer.
09:08Do you think that's a way to put some pressure on your side for this match?
09:13This is a question for Francesco.
09:16From my point of view, it's not a pressure, it's a privilege.
09:23Hello, Enzo, Marco, from RTP Portugal.
09:26I would like to ask you if you consider yourselves favourites for the game tomorrow.
09:32We are here to do our best, football, football, the game will dictate who is the favourite.
09:40This is a hard place to come, difficult place to come.
09:45Also, this season, I think they start very good, I think five games in the league, won all of them.
09:51In the last 14, 50 games in Europe, I think they just lost one.
09:57So, it's that show that it's a very difficult place to come.
10:00But we're going to try our best and try to win the game.
10:06Hi, Enzo.
10:08Diogo Lorenzo, Porto Canal.
10:09There is a growing trend in the Premier League towards greater focus in set pieces,
10:14although it's becoming an increasingly global trend.
10:17Is that something Manchester City also wants to make a strength in the Champions League?
10:21Especially in a game like this, at the Stadio Dragão.
10:25Yeah, I know that Porto is very good in set pieces.
10:31I think it's become part of the game now, set pieces.
10:34So, we need to do our best.
10:37We need to try to defend right away, score goals as much as we can in set pieces.
10:42Because, again, it's part of the game.
10:44And now you need to be perfect because all the teams are prepared for that.
10:51Any more questions?
10:53Great.
10:53We'll leave it there.
10:54Thank you, everyone.
10:56Obrigado.
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