Chances were created and they should have scored but mistakes made in the first half gave Chelsea a 2-0 lead with Chelsea meeting the pressure they were trying to create.
The second half was better football where the team was more aggressive but defending needs to be much better
The second half was better football where the team was more aggressive but defending needs to be much better
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00:00 Two goals conceded in the 80 seconds of the first half. Second half better than 5-3?
00:08 Yes, good evening all. Disappointing result for us in certain moments, performance wise
00:17 as well. I agree with you, the derby started intense, both teams intense. They started
00:24 from the first moments, winning some individual challenges that gave them the boost they needed
00:30 in that moment. Our first half was not aggressive enough on and off the ball, too flat in some
00:38 moments, too passive in some moments as well, not with the dynamic we should. Even our first
00:44 pressure didn't work really well like we planned, the way they explored behind our
00:49 Harrison Reid and João Pellinho, always with the third midfielder, created some problems
00:54 for us.
00:55 Even so the game was balanced until the moment they scored the first goal, in a moment we
00:59 were too passive the way we reacted for that cross from Colvin in that situation. After
01:07 that we were punished by another mistake from ourselves. As you said, in 30 seconds after
01:13 the first goal we conceded the second, of course created a completely different scenario
01:17 for us and the perfect one for Chelsea. The quality they have on the ball, of course they
01:21 were much more confident from that moment.
01:23 We had just some things half time, I agree with you our second half was better, definitely
01:28 was better. We had created two clear chances and we have to score in one of them to chase
01:34 again the result. Unfortunately for us we didn't score. The chance from Alex Iobi and
01:38 a massive one from Sascha Lukic in the six yard box to score the 2-1 and to go for the
01:44 game again, to boost the crowd and to go for the game again, unfortunately we didn't score.
01:49 Chelsea waited much more for us in the second half, they went with a low block waiting for
01:54 some balls that we probably can lose and after for some counter attacks. We had much more
01:59 the ball in the second half. All the game I believe that you arrive in certain areas
02:04 that you should have decided much better. For me that was the biggest difference between
02:10 both sides. When they arrive in certain areas most of the time they decided well and they
02:15 created the chances. We arrived so many times in certain areas and our decision was not
02:22 the best, not with the speed it should be and of course it was more difficult for us
02:25 to create more chances during the game.
02:27 You had such a clear method of playing, creating scoring with Mitrovic, how much are you now
02:36 looking for a way of playing without him?
02:40 I think firstly it's not important for us to talk about a player that is not here no
02:45 more. We have to talk about our players, we have to talk about the game, what we have
02:50 to improve or not. If you ask me about the goals we haven't scored tonight or even last
02:55 game against Palace away from home, as I said last one I think we created enough to win
03:02 that game. Unfortunately we didn't score. Tonight we haven't created many, many of course
03:07 but with the chances we created we should have scored. It's not enough, we have to keep
03:13 working. It's not important to talk about the player ABC or D or even about players
03:17 that are not here no more. I'm here to work with the players that we have, to improve
03:21 them, to make the team grow and to do our best to win football matches.
03:25 Was the pressure on the midfield a tactical or technical thing?
03:35 I think we were not so aggressive like we should. In some moments with Ederson, Reid
03:42 and Joan too much in the same line both. Of course create a perfect scenario for Rims
03:49 or Galler to come from the high line to play behind them. Of course you have to be much
03:55 more aggressive in that type of situation, pressing high a team like Chelsea. In some
03:59 moments we did it but most of the times we haven't. Of course the goals didn't come
04:04 from that moment, it was much more situations that they beat our first pressure. They are
04:12 beating always our first pressure, it's more difficult for us to believe that is the moment
04:16 for goals. Of course after that moment the players have some doubts, should I go or not.
04:21 They didn't create from that moment, you see the way they created the first goal. The second
04:25 goal was a build up from ourselves but it was one of the moments that took some confidence
04:31 from ourselves. We planned the game to be pressing there a little bit more higher and
04:35 to be really aggressive in that moment and it didn't work out.
04:38 Do you feel the substitution has made an impact?
04:46 I believe so of course. This is always what to expect when players come in to have an
04:53 impact. I think Alex with his dynamic and Vini more fresh with his dynamic too they
04:58 created and they gave us different solutions of course. I believe that was a collective
05:04 stuff as well. I think we are more aggressive of course, Chelsea as I said dropped a little
05:10 bit and wait for us in a medium-low block every time. I think we as a collective were
05:16 better than first half.
05:17 You mentioned Castagne not getting tight enough to Cole but also the double error from Riga
05:34 must be really frustrating.
05:35 Yes, no and the first goal was not at all because Castagne of course should be tight
05:42 but it was a moment he went with Mudric and after Cole went he recovered the position
05:47 and was there. We have to defend our box much better. Not at all because Castagne in that
05:52 situation was a normal deliver, nothing really strong. We have to defend our box much better
05:58 with our two central defenders. That is clear for me not because Castagne.
06:03 The second goal of course, the way we like to build, the way we want to build, the braveness
06:08 that we want in some moments can happen. I don't want it to happen because the pressure
06:13 was not really strong in the team in that moment. You should have decided much in a
06:18 different way but it is the players are on the pitch and in some moments they don't want
06:22 to make but they can make mistakes. It is up to us to work with them, to analyse. We
06:26 are going to analyse with them for sure to show them why we lost this game, why in certain
06:31 moments we didn't decide so well like we should.
06:33 Why do you think you kept the ball better in the second half?
06:37 Firstly we were more brave, more aggressive. On and off the ball for me is clear. We were
06:43 much more aggressive. Of course you can tell me that Chelsea because they were winning
06:47 to Neal they dropped a little bit. It is part of the game as well but from ourselves I think
06:52 we were much better. Our pressure was different. More than that I think we were much more brave,
06:59 we were much more on the front foot in some moments trying to create moments, wide triangles
07:06 from ourselves. One-on-one situations out wide to create after the moments. This is
07:10 our way to play, the way we want to play. We were much more ourselves in the second
07:15 half than the first.
07:18 Thank you.