Hear from the managers ahead of week 20 of the 24-25 Premier League season including Arne Slot and Ruben Amorim ahead of the huge derby between Liverpool and Manchester United and Mikel Arteta and Fabian Hurzeler ahead of Arsenal's trip to Brighton and Hove Albion
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00:00They have much better players in my opinion than maybe the league table shows at the moment,
00:13and I think it's going to take a while maybe for Ruben Abberin to bring this out of the players,
00:18I don't know, but they will definitely go up and they are much, much, much better
00:27than the league table shows at the moment.
00:30It's a difficult moment because we are losing too many matches,
00:35we are going to face the best team this year,
00:38but like I said, with training we feel more the team,
00:42we prepare more the team and we want to improve the performance compared to the last game.
00:50In football, one game, anything can happen.
00:52If you talk about the season, almost every time the best win,
00:58but at the moment they are better than us.
01:00Yes, a really tough opponent, when you see as well the record they've got at home,
01:04their way of playing, the capacity they have to adapt to different scenarios,
01:08different shapes, really impressive.
01:12I think it's done something slightly different to before.
01:17I really like them, I'm really impressed with what they've done.
01:20Of course, Arsenal is a world-class team, at the moment maybe one of the best teams in the world.
01:27It's a challenge for us and it's a possibility for us to prove ourselves,
01:31how far we are in our procedure, how close we are,
01:34to challenge really the establishment and that's something where we can prove ourselves
01:38and that should be motivation enough.
01:41We have a good result, especially away, maybe at home they didn't get,
01:46but I have a lot of respect for Julen, I know him quite well and the quality of the players are there.
01:52But in that period we are incredibly focused on what is about us, I would say.
01:59We have an opportunity against West Ham to make another victory,
02:04that always will help for the future.
02:06Newcastle will be a good test, good side, we always have good games against them,
02:09I think they're always close, both teams in all the games we've had against them
02:15have had their moments and they're in good form at the moment,
02:21they're in a good period and it's a good challenge for us.
02:24You don't need only a good player, I said many times,
02:29for me the talent is not enough today in football, you need to add more things,
02:32things that we are adding, like togetherness, like becoming a team in a difficult moment
02:40and the difference between us and City, Arsenal, Liverpool,
02:45is that in that aspect they are more ready and team than us,
02:51and we're going to be there, hopefully soon.
02:54Of course, as I always say, respect goes out the window.
02:56We need results, we know that, we've had a good run of not losing games over the overall numbers,
03:02but turning it into wins is massive and against Forester another reminder,
03:05if you're not on everything, if you're not on every detail, you get hurt.
03:08We've got to make sure that we're ready to go and work hard, that's for sure.