00:00Which is embargoed until 9 o'clock in the morning.
00:03Margot, quickly on to Villa and a different competition in the League Cup.
00:07How are you approaching that one?
00:09You said you want to be competitive in every competition,
00:12but perhaps that might be the fourth of the four competitions you're in this season.
00:16How are you approaching it?
00:19To get back to this game today,
00:21we played first in the European League,
00:22then you travel too,
00:23and that's what the club is not used to do,
00:26not for longer term.
00:29So we need to get used to it,
00:31and we did it perfect, really perfect today.
00:34And now we have another game on Wednesday,
00:36so two days in between,
00:38and then we have another game on Saturday,
00:42two days in between.
00:44So we have to be aware and we have to be ready,
00:50and I feel the squad right now in a really, really good spot,
00:55because I have players on the bench, they deserve to play.
00:59Julio as a left back,
01:02Bafo came in,
01:04Alvaro improved a lot the last couple of weeks,
01:07Brooksy's waiting for his match time.
01:08So, of course, we're going to see another team on Wednesday,
01:13home against Villa,
01:14but we're going to have a competitive team, that's for sure.
01:18So you're looking at it as one to rotate in,
01:21I know you've been rotating in the last few games,
01:23but maybe to give some of those players more minutes on Wednesday night?
01:27Yes, but I just do it if you deserve it.
01:31I never will throw a game away just to be fresh on the weekend.
01:35I want to win every game,
01:36and we want to be competitive in every competition.
01:40So you have to deserve it,
01:42and the good thing is that Amin is waiting for more minutes.
01:49Right now we are on a good spot,
01:51it's important that we stay healthy,
01:53that's why I have to manage the load,
01:56that we don't lose any player,
01:59because if you start to lose two or three players,
02:01then you can't rotate anymore,
02:03and then you get in a situation where you start to struggle and get in trouble.
02:10Junior Kripi came off the bench today,
02:13could it be one for him to start the bench on Wednesday?
02:15No, because as you could see,
02:18Junior needs some more,
02:20some more training to respond better on the load.
02:26But he was out for several months,
02:30we are going to train hard,
02:31and we are going to improve his match time,
02:33and everyone in the club,
02:34our fans and the players and the technical staff,
02:38are really happy to have this guy back.
02:41Villa have made a slightly slow start to the season,
02:44but they, like you, seem to be hitting form at the moment.
02:47What have you seen from them,
02:48and what are you expecting from Unai?
02:50Yeah, they have a quite clear approach with the coach,
02:56Unai,
02:56I like the way they play,
02:59hard to play,
03:00but I think we are hard to play as well,
03:03and we are going to compete on Wednesday.
03:05It's a competition where this is the round of 16,
03:08so you are not very far away from getting to the semi-finals,
03:12even the final.
03:14I guess obviously that's something that the club didn't have under Antonio Raiola,
03:18and maybe something that you are looking at doing.
03:20Is the League Cup one,
03:22well, it might not be the most important competition this season,
03:25are you looking at one that you can get in the way?
03:27The most important competition is the Premier League,
03:31that's for sure,
03:32and then we want to compete everywhere,
03:35that's what I said,
03:35there is no clear favourite,
03:39we just want to win games,
03:41and we try it on our way,
03:43and we try it with the best possible team,
03:45but I have to handle the load in this demanding season for our club.
03:51You seem to be building a lot of momentum,
03:53obviously four wins in a row,
03:56be keen to make it five,
03:58how important is that as you go through this busy run of pitches?
04:01It's always good to win games,
04:03and if you win four games in a row with clean sheets,
04:06then your confidence grew,
04:09and we should use it, that's the most important thing.
04:12Right at the moment,
04:12if you start to think that it's going with three, four, five percent less,
04:18you get in trouble,
04:19and that's what we have to know,
04:21and this is our challenge to stay sharp.
04:28Okay, thanks everyone.
