Jürgen, congratulations, another massive three points
that takes you within three of Manchester City.
Difficult game, good opponent, we needed a few minutes to find into the game.
From the moment on when we found ourselves into the game,
we controlled it in a really good way.
I don't think you can deny Brighton constantly or completely,
because of the quality they have, but we did quite well and scored a wonderful goal
in a really good situation.
We could have scored more, won good balls, real chances from open-play situations
or counter-attacking moments, or both.
I liked that a lot and I don't expect us to be two or three-nil up or whatever at Brighton.
I really respect Brighton too much, so fine for half-time.
We showed the boys a few situations -
how we have to play, how we have to defend them.
We expect them to change formation maybe again,
that's what they usually do against us.
The second half started again with a situation for Brighton,
but then after that we controlled it again,
scored the second goal,
and in the last few minutes the chances they had were too big.
Ali is a world-class goalie,
but from my understanding he should not have to show that in each game!
But he showed it again and that's good, that's why we have a clean sheet.
I think we deserved the three points and that's actually all that I am interested in.
I am happy about most of the things.
Once again, Luis Diaz instrumental for you today, awarded man of the match,
Jamie Carragher has tweeted to say his impact since January
could turn this season into a really special season for Liverpool.
For you as a manager, does it feel like he could be the difference between one trophy
and two, three or four?
So, he is a very good player, let me say it like this.
We don't have groups in our team but there are a few guys
who speak obviously Spanish and Portuguese, and it helps Luis a lot,
and they take him under their wings - very experienced players like Thiago, Fab, Bobby,
they are all really close to him - Diogo really close to him - and that helps.
But in general, he's a really nice kid.
I am not sure exactly how Harvey Elliott and Luis talk but they are quite a lot together!
It means the boy settled as quick as the player.
It's not so easy to bring in a player in the winter without any kind of pre-season,
but with Luis it was so interesting,
because the way he played at Porto is exactly the way we wanted him to play here,
so he didn't have to change really.
Still has to adapt in moments, especially defensively, but he has speed
and he can carry the ball pretty quick and his dribbling is not bad.
I don't think we saw already his full range of shooting skills.
I saw when we scouted him a couple of really nice ones,
so there is a lot of space for improvement.
But, yes, he is a good player.
Just on Luis, what did you make of the goal?
Bravery by Luis but what about the goalkeeper?
Unfortunately I cannot say anything about it, I saw it once.
I spoke about that situation outside as well. I didn't see it back.
I don't know if it was a red card or not,
but I think it is a very good example of VAR and the issues we still have.
The thing is that...great goal, top goal,
and Mike Dean, how it should be on the pitch,
probably sees the goal, is not sure,
maybe doesn't even think about a red card because he knows there's a VAR.
So the linesman - offside, no offside? No offside, goal.
And now we have the problem with 'clear and obvious'.
This phrase is the real problem in these situations.
Obviously everybody asked me today - and I didn't start the conversation -
everybody asked me today about 'was it a red card or not?'
You know if you get these questions,
you know most of the people think it was a red card.
OK, if it was a red card, and everybody thinks it was a red card,
for what reason could it not be a red card then? VAR is looking at it.
There is only one reason for it: clear and obvious.
We have a ref who might not make a decision because he thinks there's a VAR.
'So why should I? I have someone with a screen who tells me how he saw it.'
He watched it and then in his mind,
'Maybe the ref thought it's not a red card, so it's not clear and obvious.'
You can have that view, you can see it like this.
That happens constantly.
Why [do] we have these discussions after football games
if people sit there in the studio?
We had the conversation with Mike Riley a couple of weeks ago,
with all the managers, and spoke about these things.
The clear and obvious is, from our point of view, a real problem -
the phrase 'clear and obvious' - because it's wrong or right.
It must not be 'clear and obvious' wrong or right, it's just wrong or right - it's enough.
Nobody should feel like overturning somebody
if the VAR is part of the team of the refs and not somebody from outside
who thinks he might embarrass the ref on the pitch with his decision.
That would help as well. There's a lot to do.
From us today, it's not important.
Great goal, but in general there is a lot of space for improvement, for sure.
I saw you having a chat with Mo as he came off, was he showing you...
Yeah, he got blocked before the penalty already, when he shot the ball,
overstretched his foot slightly, but he is not concerned.
Not sure what that means exactly.
Obviously we all know Mo is not injured often, I hope it stays like this.
He thinks it will be fine, but you could see, he couldn't walk properly.
So we need further assessment, for sure.
If it hadn't been 2-0 would you have taken him off,
was it easier to take that precaution?
No, we would have taken him off with either result,
we have options - Bobby didn't even play today, so...
I saw it immediately - penalty, Mo took it, after it he went down,
and I'm not sure that happened before, to be honest, that he went down!
Graham Potter is widely regarded as one of the best coaches around,
what's your opinion of him?
He is, definitely.
I respect a lot what Graham is doing, I said it already,
I really hope that people here know what they have.
I think they lost the last five games? That's the Premier League, eh?
That can happen. It's very important the way you lose it,
and today they played a good game,
I think we were better, more decisive in the right moments,
and there are a few issues Brighton have, definitely,
but the way he sets the team up and the way they play, I couldn't respect it more.
Between football people Graham is really highly regarded,
I like watching his team a lot - I don't like playing them too much.
No, he's a really good one.