Jürgen, how do you sum up that performance?
I think this game was decided in six or seven situations;
one was the set-piece they used
and the other situations were the setpieces we didn't use.
That it would be a difficult game for us was clear.
Away, Nottingham Forest not in a great situation and [a] super-intense week for us,
two super-intense games, [we] had to change late,
so it was clear that we had to be ready to put a big fight in. The boys did.
But how we cannot score from the setpieces, I have no idea.
That's it now, pretty much.
So, the performance I can explain, the result not really, to be honest.
How do you lift the players after that?
It is not necessary that I immediately lift players. We have to feel it as well.
It's not that the boys didn't want it -
I know that, I saw it. The spirit was there, everything is fine,
we took the atmosphere, all these kind of things.
Who can we blame for not finishing the situations off?
There are not a lot of people out there, it's just us, and that's why you have to feel it.
It's a big blow for us because we came here and we wanted to get the three points.
You look back at the game and you think, "How could that not happen?"
But it happened and that's it.
Just a final one from me, away from home you've struggled in the league...
You cannot compare...
No, that's what I was going to ask - is it just game by game?
Yeah, you cannot compare these games.
That it's better for us to play at home, that was pretty much always the case,
but I think in normal circumstances we should have won this game today
and then we talk differently. We didn't, you're right,
but I don't think that it has anything to do with
that we played here away or whatever. It's just the situation.
Are you concerned about how little the team created from open play?
You mentioned the setpieces, all your best chances came via that.
No, not really.
So they defended with pretty much everybody they had and we had to play better.
Actually [in the] first half, the problem was all the chances they had
or moments they had, we set them up by the wrong passes through the centre.
It makes no sense - they had nine players there.
You cannot control the ball there, that's not possible,
so that's when they had their moments.
When we played around that formation then it was immediately dangerous,
when we could have little underlaps on the wings and stuff like this.
But two things not to forget: we never ever played before in this formation,
and the most difficult thing in football is to play against a deep-defending side -
it was always clear.
We were obviously lacking up front a bit, runs in behind,
we were lacking vision in the centre - that's all true.
I thought Curtis [Jones] did really well but is not used to the position.
He can play there definitely, but he was not even in my thoughts to start,
so that all happened last night. But he did really well.
But that we then don't create that much, I am not concerned about that...
I'm not surprised - that's things that can happen.
But actually, setpieces count, when you score from them they count.
And we forced these setpieces in moments when we created a situation
where they had to defend us.
Believe me or not, the way they defend setpieces,
they didn't want us to be in the area to get a free kick or a corner.
But in the end, we couldn't use it, and that's our fault and nobody else's.
Another frustration for you must be that their goal was so avoidable as well.
Yes, definitely. Yes, [that's] clear.
One of the reasons for the setpieces not going in was their goalkeeper...
Yeah, two incredible saves. I think the others were the better chances,
when we just missed the ball!
I think Virg thought he was offside in the first half, but he wasn't...
The one where he headed it across?
Yeah, there is...
DOOR CREAKS
There is no real reason for it, it is just in that moment -
these boys, how often did Bobby Firmino score from these moments?
How often did Virgil van Dijk put these balls in the back of the net?
There is no real explanation for it.
t's just intense - six days, three games...
and [a] limited squad,
you cannot exactly do a massive change in the centre of the park.
With all, there was a bit of uncertainty and I understand that,
but I didn't see that with the boys, they really wanted it.
I really thought we made a real fight of it, and that's the thing we had to do today.
We cannot come here and just expect to create 20 chances.
The way they defended, I don't think it's possible.
We had seven, eight, nine, mostly from setpieces,
but the biggest chance in the second half was probably Trent's header,
which was open play, when we were again completely free.
It's not that they defended world-class and we couldn't get through,
there were our moments but we didn't use them.
As I said, just us to blame for it.
You got Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain back on the pitch,
would you expect more bodies back midweek as well?
So, as I said, Thiago got a bad ear infection last night
and there was no chance for him to do anything. We drove him home.
Darwin should be back, this game was just too early.
I think another day recovery would have helped him, but we played today.
At least that is my knowledge in the moment.
Ibou will train from tomorrow on and Naby as well,
but Naby is far off so he starts training now after a long period.
Jürgen, sorry, did you say on TV that the decision on Thiago's fitness
was at 5.15 in the morning?
Can you explain that, because it seems a strange time to...
You wake up in the night and you have the problem.
- He woke up in the night? - Yeah.
You woke up yourself?
An hour later, but the decision was in the moment he had the pain,
the doctor went there and they tried everything,
went to the hospital and stuff like this. It didn't work out.