Jürgen, it felt like it was open till the end, did you feel that way?
Yes, that’s how it is.
At 1-0, that’s the result you never can...
..rely on that, that the game is decided.
No problem with that.
Because I had a couple of interviews already it feels like I said it like 500 times,
but in December and January especially, you need to show resilience -
that’s the most important thing.
And we showed that, but Watford showed it as well, so I respect that.
We had chances, we scored goals, but they had chances as well
which they didn’t score from -
and that’s for sure one reason why they are in the situation they are in.
Two or three balls they missed.
This time maybe now I can speak about, but the wind helped us today from time to time -
I am pretty sure Sarr would have at least had a finish in the situation
when he didn’t hit the ball, without the wind.
It made the game tricky for both sides, that’s clear,
but it helps them a little bit more than us usually in those situations.
Ali was for 85 minutes of the game really doing warm-up exercises,
but in these [other] five minutes he was really important and just showed what a goalie he is;
he is unbelievable and helped us a lot in these situations.
We had to fight, that’s what we did and that’s why we won. All good.
What did you make of the disallowed Mane goal?
Some say a hip, some say an armpit... Is it getting beyond a joke now?
I haven't seen it yet, and how you can imagine,
when you're winning 2-0 I'm not too concerned about it.
I had no clue whether it was offside, to be honest.
I don't celebrate goals anymore obviously,
you just have to wait until somebody says it's a goal,
but I thought there was one pass before maybe that was offside,
but if Sadio was offside, I couldn't see.
I didn't see it back, so no idea.
You've set such high standards this season, people talk about all great title-winning teams
having to win on their off-days - was this an off-day?
No. Just a difficult game.
It was not an off day. I saw a lot of good performances, we scored sensational goals.
You have to score from different situations.
A few days ago we scored two from set-pieces,
this time we scored from two counter-attacks pretty much,
which is good in a game where you have a lot of possession.
We have to say Nigel [Pearson] did a good job in the week.
It was difficult anyway to prepare for the game, as you can imagine.
We believe in training and analysis, that’s how we are,
and it doesn't always make life easier, but that’s what we do usually -
we try to figure out what would help against this opponent.
The boys are used to that and when you can give only proposals
because you have actually no idea what they are doing, that makes it not easier.
Then you play against a team who are really well-organised -
they were well-organised.
Yes, we had the ball and we played around,
but the problem was that in the moments when they won the ball,
it was really difficult in protection.
They did that really well; Deulofeu was in good spaces, Sarr was in good spaces,
Deeney helped them with the long balls and the deflections and stuff like that.
It’s then something you then have to defend with passion.
And, in an ideal world, with organisation as well.
That didn’t work out always, but Ali was there.
Absolutely this was not an off day,
it was just a difficult game and I am completely fine with that.
Jürgen, you've had an amazing start to the league season,
there's been a lot of talk about the fixture congestion you've got coming up.
Are things going to get more difficult?
Look, if we didn’t go to Qatar now, we would play midweek Aston Villa and then West Ham.
The only difference is we fly 7.5 hours.
But there it’s warmer. I think it’s raining there, that doesn’t help the pitch,
the one pitch we’re all now playing on.
Sensationally well-organised.
All the games are now on one pitch and it’s raining there.
I’m not sure if the people in Qatar are really used to a lot of rain,
we will see how the pitch will be.
That’s a bit of a problem, but I was not there so I have no idea.
But we don’t have ‘more’ games.
I don’t know when we play West Ham - then we get one game more. That’s it.
Until then, we try to sort it as good as possible for us.
But with the Gini injury today, with Dejan three or four days ago...
..our squad is not getting bigger, and that’s of course not cool.
But that would be the same problem if we go to Aston Villa
and play the Carabao Cup quarter-final.
That’s not the difference. The fixtures are like they are.
You all like watching us suffering, that's how it is,
you always look a little bit concerned but at the end nobody really cares.
I was just going to ask about Gini's injury - what was the problem?
Muscle. Nothing else, I don't know.
So does he go to Qatar or not?
Actually that's my smallest concern in the moment,
he could probably fly, my problem is more,
what is the exact injury, and I don't know that yet.
It's a muscle thing and you never want to have a muscle injury for a player,
but in these moments it always makes it immediately more difficult.
But it's not only us, all other teams have the same problems.
We have to deal with these situations, that's clear, so we will see.
Tomorrow we will know more.