Jamal Musiala previews Manchester Utd - Bayern Munich
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00:00 I'm going to start with our player Jamal Mousiala. He will answer questions in German and English. We'll start with our colleague Kerry Howe from Sport1.
00:10 Hello Jamal, how are you after your injury? Are you ready for 90 minutes? What do you expect from the defeat in Frankfurt?
00:30 I feel good. I trained hard to be fit again. I think the coach will discuss it with the physios.
00:52 I think the minutes I get will be a small limit. But I feel good and ready to play again.
01:05 The defeat surprised us all a bit. But we're looking ahead and have a good chance to build confidence again.
01:21 And to play well after our game against Frankfurt.
01:26 Torben Hoffmann from Sky.
01:30 How do you explain your performance against Eintracht Frankfurt?
01:42 There are reasons for that in football. We had a good week of training.
02:02 It was a bit shocking. But we talked about a few things. We have to work harder in certain situations.
02:19 We have to trust our run-in. But we have a lot of qualities. We don't have to be stuck in our first loss.
02:36 We can learn a lot from that. If we don't focus, it can go wrong in every game.
02:46 But we have to learn from that and focus on Man U and do something right in this game.
02:56 Stefan Kornberg from Positiv 1.
03:00 The sporting director talked about the team's attitude in the game against Frankfurt.
03:11 Did you and the other players feel the same? Did you notice that you were struggling a bit?
03:20 Yes, but we didn't think about it in the training week.
03:30 But we looked back at the game and reflected on it.
03:35 We were a bit lacking in the team. We can't do that in a game like that.
03:45 We have to be 100% there for the game tomorrow.
03:51 We have to give every player the best chance to win.
03:57 One colleague in English.
03:59 Hi, my name is Ezequiel. You're a young player and you've had a meteoric rise.
04:07 You've been fantastic for Germany and spent time in England.
04:11 What is it that young players need to have the confidence to make it at the top level?
04:17 At Manchester United we have a young player called Kobi Mane, who you could come up against.
04:22 Do you know much about him?
04:24 Sorry again, I don't need the translation.
04:28 Just the end bit.
04:34 Is the youngster a couple of years younger than you and you know too much about him?
04:39 How do you feel about the prospect of playing against him?
04:42 I haven't heard much about him, but I think if he's in the Man United squad
04:50 he must have lots of quality.
04:54 Your question was about young players.
04:57 I think for young players, definitely, just to have that confidence in yourself,
05:04 especially when you're playing with older people and people who are a bit more experienced,
05:10 you still need to have that confidence in yourself and that trust that you're meant to be
05:17 where you are right now and then you can go with the flow a bit.
05:20 What's it going to feel like to play at Old Trafford?
05:29 And what have you made of Manchester United this season?
05:32 I think Old Trafford is definitely a stadium that lots of kids would love to play in.
05:41 There's so much history there and also when I was younger it was always nice to see the Old Trafford games,
05:49 always the atmosphere. I'm pretty sure the atmosphere will be amazing tomorrow.
05:53 I think I followed a bit from the Man U I saw that they lost their last games as well.
06:01 I think they've had their ups and downs this season, but I think they have lots of quality in their players.
06:08 Definitely a dangerous team that can hurt us if we're not 100 per cent there.
06:15 You won't play against them tomorrow night, but given the passage James Sancho took
06:22 from Germany to England at a young age and you made a similar move,
06:26 was he an inspiration to you in terms of the thinking behind making that move to Bayern Munich?
06:34 I think you could say a little inspiration.
06:38 You see how well he was doing after the transition from England to Germany
06:44 and seeing how well he was doing in the Bundesliga.
06:47 It's definitely something nice to see and can give a little boost in your confidence
06:55 that I could make it as well.
07:02 Jamal, United have conceded a lot of goals this season,
07:11 I think on nine occasions they've conceded three or more in games.
07:16 They've really struggled to control matches, the game management hasn't been too good,
07:21 and their own manager has said that.
07:23 Is that something you can exploit tomorrow night?
07:28 I think the way we play football, we try to control games against any opponent.
07:35 I think that's our game style.
07:38 If we can be good in ball possession, don't make sloppy mistakes,
07:44 and with the quality we have in attack we could hopefully create a lot of chances.
07:50 But we're definitely not going to underestimate Man Utd at all
07:57 because, like I said, they have lots of quality, they can score many goals as well,
08:04 and if they're in form and playing well and with confidence,
08:09 they're definitely a very tough team to beat.
08:12 Can I just ask, the fact that you're through,
08:19 does that mean you may take your foot off the pedal,
08:22 that it's not as important to you,
08:24 or is it because it's Manchester United that you're still treated as an important game?
08:29 I think no matter who we play, we always want to win.
08:37 I think we want to keep our unbeaten streak in the Champions League group stage,
08:42 and we want to have a good rhythm going into the last couple of games of us
08:49 until the winter break.
08:51 So I think it's a very important game for us, we're going to go out and try to win.
08:58 Any open questions for tomorrow?
09:07 That's it, thank you very much.
09:10 Thank you very much. Coming back with the coach.