Okay folks
Unai, disappointing night again, what was your assessment of that?
GOOD EBENING
Yes we can be disappointed with that result but with the attitude the players
I think they did the gameplan we prepare and we were in the match with
the first half or so second half we started taking chances
and also controlling of the game in our moment I think like how we wanted
They created also some chances and when they scored the first goal maybe
is the moment we lost the possibility to do something in the match
Unai you say the attitude is right and the performance was okay but is the consistency of results good enough for a club like Arsenal?
Yes but the attitude was good the gameplan we prepared it also the real players did
that then we are playing and another team in a good moment they are in the home and
and they are feeling also strong we had chances we had our moment
to reduce their in a lot of moment of the game but also they had and they
scored two goals and they won but we are now in the table with distance from them
but we have time we will take being consistent the possibility also to
recover our confidence to recover the points and also to have one success for
us so one challenge for us thinking improve and take the balance in the team
But the gap is very big now between you and the top teams?
It depends because also and now Chelsea and Leicester with Liverpool and with Manchester City
they are taking difference for from us but also they are
at the moment also with us or behind us Manchester United and Tottenham and
it's been very equalised competition with a lot of teams but really now
the difference they are doing with us Chelsea and Leicester but there is time
there is time to reduce being consistent because that competition is
38 matches and now we are behind them with nine points difference it's a good
point for them but also we have time to achieve and to recover that difference
What needs to change to start winning matches, what do you need to do to win matches again?
First is to feel strong at home in Emirates
this is the the first way I want to achieve and I want to do with
the players because if we can feel strong at home take confidence take
points and with good performance then we are going to play away I know we are
going to achieve also points we're going to achieve good matches against every
team and then as much is our challenge now at home because we didn't lose at
home but we draw some matches where we lost points for to be better
on the table and today lost here is also because they are now in
good moment they are also playing at home with their supporters and they
feel strong here but our gameplan we work it as we did prepare and I
think we did that and the difference was that they scored the first goal and then we lost that opportunity
Unai some Arsenal fans though are saying it's time to change the manager, what would you say to them?
For me as a coach is continuing strong and thinking to prove with our players and also I
am speaking with the club for to stay calm and to stay patient for to
improve and to recover some confidence with some circumstances with
what happened and also we have a young players they are also improving they're
also going up with us and we are in the way I know when we are losing but
so someone person we are receiving criticism but I know this is my work but
also it happened a lot of times a moment like that and I recovered then working and
being confident and also being together with the club and with the players
Unai do you think the criticism aimed at your team at the moment is fair or do you think people are being unfair?
I except all I accept when they applaud us and I accept also when they are criticising us
and I know when we win they are going to be happy and when we lose they're going
to be angry l but it's normal and we need to stay calm and also to stay improving
things and I think today we took one step ahead being together and being strong better defensively
but we lost because also we are playing against a team who are in a good moment
When you speak with Raul and with Edu do you share a vision do you think there is time for you to turn Arsenal back into a Champions League club?
Do you think they have patience for that to happen?
Yes what happened some circumstances negative for
us at the beginning of the season and really the last month or so I think the
team what happened that's circumstances negative for not to give
us the balance emotional balance but the players the club and me we were speaking
and also we know we need some patience we need to recover our confidence and I
spoke with the players I spoke with the club in that moment we
need also to be patient with some young players to be patient with some circumstances
and we can and we have time and we have matches to recover
that and I am sure we are going to do it
Some people find it very strange to see Arsenal playing against Leicester quite defensively
Was the gameplan to sit back a bit?
We need to improve defensively and I think we did today one good balance above all the first
half and when we score the first goal maybe is the moment we lost to
that balance but the position was 50/50 also we keep the ball and we take
also the possibility to play with the transition sometimes sometimes also
keeping the ball and and going with our full-back because we have full-back for
to attacking with Shkodran with Héctor Bellerín and I think today the
players felt good in that balance with that system
Will you stuck with playing 5 at the back? Were you please with that formation and will you continue with it?
Last year for example we used it
sometimes we were back four and we did well and the players also it depends
above all it depends how we are a whole we can feel our best
quality of those best is skill yourself as a player and I think that system for
example we used it a lot of times last year and with very good result
Thank you