Can I just check is everyone OK after last night,
and how are things with Sadio Mane today? I know last night you said it was no problem,
but did he apologise to you? Will he start against West Brom?
You have a really nice job, that's the thing you are most interested in,
you must have dreamt the whole night about it.
I cannot make a bigger story of it than it is.
Football is an emotional game and everyone expects from us
that we control our emotions always, and that doesn’t work out always.
That's the case. It happened to me as a player,
it happened to other players when I was their coach.
We had so far no real chance to talk about it, but we will and there will be nothing left -
everything will be fine.
Do we want these things [to] happen? No, but it’s not the first time in my life
and I’m afraid to say it will probably not be the last time. That's it.
The first part of the question... I think so.
It's pretty early, we got home pretty late last night,
so far I heard nothing about main problems.
You said you need to win your remaining three matches to finish in the top four,
what is that going to take in terms of unity and spirit,
because these three matches will define your season, won't they?
No, a season is defined by all the games.
But these three games can give them an extremely positive outcome, we know that.
I said it last night in the press conference, I think,
most of the teams in the world fight the whole year to be in a position
that three matchdays before the end
they have it in their own hands to go to the Champions League.
We are one of them.
As much as the season was full of different challenges and problems,
we are in that situation all of a sudden and that's good.
So, yes, it’s positive, but we don’t make now the second step before the first.
We played last night, we recover now and we are fully focused on West Brom
and then we will see what will be the outcome there.
But, yes, if we could make it, that would be really good.
Hi, Jürgen, I'm just wondering what the challenges are of facing a team
who are already relegated and have nothing to lose
when you do need to win your remaining games?
Our last three games are really tough from different points of view.
I really have to say what Sam did again at West Brom deserves all respect.
It didn't look for a while like that, but then not only that they got points -
OK, not enough now, we have to say that as well -
but the way they played was completely different, made brilliant signings,
how he always does. They were really good when they fought for the league.
I know, and I was in situations like that when all the pressure is off
because it's now decided they will not stay in the league,
then that can give you some good feelings, let me say it like this,
to express yourself and just play football.
That can lead to everything. So we have to be really focused,
prepared and strong to make our things happen.
How I said, it’s a tricky one.
And at this stage last season you were 21 points ahead,
as a manager how do you cope with chasing other teams down?
I know you prefer to be out front, but do you enjoy the challenge,
is it stressful, is it nerve-racking?
Most of the time in my life I was in a chasing role. If I'm enjoying it, I don't know.
Sometimes yes, but I’m used to it!
It didn't happen a lot to me that the teams I coached were running away or whatever.
It's a normal situation, it's a good situation.
Usually when I'm involved, seasons go to the wire,
so I can’t remember a lot of seasons where we didn’t play for anything
in the last few games. It's again like this - all good.
It's exciting and last night was very much needed
but gave us a good feeling as well.
But it's now tough.
After that long season, playing Thursday, Sunday, Wednesday,
Sunday is a tough one, but let's give it a try.
Hey, Jürgen, this time last week you were saying that you weren't sure
there still was a chance of top four. Obviously a lot has happened this week,
the setback for Chelsea, the win last night,
but the performance last night, what does that do for adrenaline, momentum, confidence?
To go into these final three games and achieve what you want to achieve.
A lot, of course a lot, but that's not the only thing what is then decisive
because we have to play football, we have to win the right challenges,
we have to score goals, we have to defend well,
we have to deny their strength - all these kind of things.
A week ago - that's the only thing that changed after the Chelsea game -
we had the same job to do: we had to win all our games.
The only thing that changed was that would then be enough.
That was not clear before.
Before that, we had to win all our games and it was still not clear if it would be enough.
That's the only difference.
But it didn’t make a difference yesterday really for us,
because we knew our job is winning football games,
that's always the case, but now even more.
Hi, Jürgen, how are you?
Good, thank you.
You mentioned earlier about unity,
going into the last three games,
but didn't you think last night Sadio Mane was showing a great deal of disrespect
to the person that ultimately is his boss?
If I did that to my boss, I'd be in big trouble, Jürgen.
Yeah...sorry for you.
The thing is, I'm...
So, if somebody shows me five millions times respect and one time not,
what is then more important?
The world is then in a situation
where you then make this one time bigger than necessary,
that's unfortunately the case.
And I hope for you that your boss will not forget if you one time don’t show him respect,
that he then not forgets all the other stuff.
Even when I speak now about that,
already I can see the headlines which you are making of it. But that's not the case.
I am completely relaxed about that. If you would have seen me as a player,
all that I did out of emotion, it was insane,
and I’m a completely normal guy.
Nothing else. We will talk about it and then it will be sorted. That's all.
Hello there, Jürgen. Mo Salah obviously reached a milestone last night,
124 goals in 200 games for Liverpool, one better than Ian Rush.
Where does he sit in terms of your signings as a manager, not just at Liverpool?
Oh, yeah, top.
Absolutely top, but it's not about signing.
You can sign a player but then we all are responsible,
so the player [is] obviously as well and the coaches, to make it happen.
Let me say it like this: the two players,
there’s Robert Lewandowski, who I signed for a different amount of money years ago -
well, not years ago, but it feels like it -
who had an incredible development from a different level,
but an incredible development.
With Mo, from the guy who scores from time to time and is a really good football player
to this goal-scoring machine, that's a massive development.
Yes, he is an outstanding signing, but for sure the way he developed,
the way he treats himself, the game preparation, the training preparation,
training attitude and all these kind of things, that’s exceptional.
That’s a real role model and he deserves all that, absolutely.
- Hi, Jürgen. - Hi.
Not wanting to get ahead of things, but part of the TV deal this week
there's been an agreement that any team that plays on a Wednesday
in the Champions League won't now play at 12:30 on a Saturday.
That was something you were a big proponent of,
do you feel like your voice is finally being heard?
No! I'm sure my voice had nothing to do with that.
But it's just the right thing to do.
I heard already for supporters it's not good if we have an away game, I get that.
But that's a typical situation, you cannot make the right decision
for pretty much everybody and I don't think now that these games will always be at 7:30
or whenever on Saturday, but it's the right thing to do.
So playing Wednesday an away Champions League game, it's an incredible challenge.
And if you've never been in the situation, you don't know it.
So you should try to get in the situation and then it's an incredible challenge for the body.
It's nothing you can really always influence.
You just have to get up at a time, it's not a time when you have to get up,
it's a time when you have to deliver,
it's a time when you have to eat carbs and all these kind of things.
It's so different and that's why I think it's an absolutely great decision.