Hello.
When it was 1-0, Fulham were always in the game,
but when they scored and it was 1-1 you must have been anxious,
and then the game changed - how did you see that?
The game, I think we started well and then lost the rhythm a little bit, because...
So, two things. Fulham are a really good football-playing side,
I saw their last two games,
I've seen a few more but the last two I had to watch a bit more intensely.
Really good football-playing team,
at the moment without getting really dangerous in front of goal,
so it means they play it around and you have to run a lot,
in a week where you play in Munich on Wednesday.
For us it would be easier if we had more chances to win the ball.
Because you cannot win the ball, they play around,
you only have to close the gaps until they make a mistake or you win the ball,
it's a strange one, that's why it's so different to the two other games we played this week,
Burnley and Munich and now Fulham, three different kinds of sport nearly.
That cost us a bit of rhythm, because we'd scored a wonderful goal,
we could have had more of these situations, we were still dominant,
but when they had the ball we had to work a lot.
Second half we were a bit clearer in the situations, better chances,
in the box immediately a bit better,
so that's all OK, and it's a normal game against a good football team.
We could have scored one or two more before we let them back in the game,
with counter-attacks, passing the wrong ball,
it's just the intensity of the competition, it has nothing to do with nerves,
when Trent passes the ball in the middle of the park and they get it,
then Babel is against one or two. These situations, they hurt.
But it's normal. The goal they scored obviously, I thought we asked for it a little,
two or three moments where it was not exactly like that,
but they had their best moments in that period.
Then finally, they score.
But then I saw the reaction of my players and I'm really pleased with that.
It was a good reaction,
I thought after we got the equaliser, again, we were much clearer than before,
and so, all good, good reaction, not a perfect football game
but in a difficult week for us, a sensational result, to be honest.
What did you think of the penalty decision?
I don't know, I didn't see it, but so far nobody told me it wasn't a penalty,
that makes me quite comfortable that it was.
Did you have any doubts when Milner put the ball on the spot?
Come on, I don't want to talk about...
Mo scored a lot of goals, and he's got the penalties now as well,
but when Milly is on the pitch I think it makes sense,
and so, wonderful. No doubts, but even Milly is a human being,
and can fail, but no, very, very good.
He said you'd told him to come on and calm it down...
And the first ball he got he shoots somewhere!
Yeah, very nice. So as I said, that's impact. Without Milly, probably it's 1-0.
With Milly, it's 2-1, and that's in 15 minutes - cool, huh?
Jürgen, what does it say about the character of your side
that you didn't have a lot of time to turn things round after Fulham scored,
but they didn't panic?
OK, football is sometimes like this. We got a penalty, and I think it was a penalty,
and now we say we didn't panic. I didn't see us panic, that's right,
I liked how we reacted, but we needed a penalty for that situation.
That doesn't say we are sensational, but the boys are human beings,
I was sure we would not panic, we would not show the nerves you are all waiting for.
We have been in this situation long enough now that we know,
it's difficult for other teams to beat us,
that gives us the opportunity pretty much to win it, very often, we are always...
I would say, OK, against Chelsea long ago they were 1-0 up,
but in most of the draws we had we were closer to winning the game.
So it gives us confidence of course, that we know we will get another chance,
come on, go for it, do the right things, because we didn't do the right things anymore
before the equaliser, and in that 5-10 minutes we had so many little mistakes
which made it a wide-open game. We controlled the game completely,
and then we gave Fulham the ball, and then the crowd came into it and everything,
then it was a bit more exciting again.
So now, it is like it is, we had a very intense week
as you can imagine, going to Munich and coming back,
late in bed, coming back, all that stuff,
travelling to London, it's not around the corner for us.
So I'm completely fine, as I said - average game, sensational result. Well done.
Jürgen, is it significant to you and the players
that you go into the international break top of the table with seven games left?
Which part is important to me?
Is it significant or important that you're top...?
Yeah, look, it's the best position you can be in.
For us it was clear, it's always clear, City don't look like they drop a lot of points,
so we have to win and win and win - that's our job.
The fact they're not playing today, we knew that as well,
now they have a game in hand,
that doesn't mean we are far away from them or something.
But of course, it's very important that we won today,
you could see it in our reaction after the game,
we were really all very happy about that.
But I think the most important thing about that is that they all come back healthy again,
so it's now quite an intense time for quite a lot of the players,
with two games for most of them, and then we start immediately again against Tottenham,
which is an interesting game, huh? Against a really good football team.
So nothing is decided, what we can make sure is that we stay in the race.
We want to stay in the race, and today we showed that, so all good.
Alison, final question.
Jürgen, it's good news, isn't it, that you've left Fulham feeling quite indignant
and good about themselves? Because they've got City next.
You have to start again, because I was a bit confused because of "Alison",
I expected a man!
My Alisson obviously looks completely different!
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It's good news, Fulham will be feeling indignant
and also quite confident, and they're playing City next.
Ahh. Now I got it.
Yeah, it's after the international break, I don't know exactly how many players
Fulham have going away, but City has a lot, I'm pretty sure.
So that's always a different game, but like I said, Fulham play good football.
The next step for them, I don't wanna, because Scott will do it by himself,
but the next step is of course to create something with it, chances or whatever,
because it doesn't feel like we were properly under threat even when they had the ball,
to be 100 per cent honest. But a lot of things are really good,
and what I heard, because I didn't play a lot against them yet,
it's only my first or second game against them and my first game here,
but it's kind of the DNA of the club, I know how they got promoted last season
and they're really a football-playing side, so that's all good,
but there's so much potential here.
What I liked today is, they looked quite calm, kind of accepted the situation,
and now, "Come on, let's play football again."
We worked so hard for it for a year, or even a few more years,
to get in the Premier League, now it looks like maybe next year we won't be there,
but let's still enjoy it, and that's how it was.
Difficult to play, I have to say, really difficult to play today.
Jürgen, can I just very quickly check on Jordan Henderson,
will he be available for the internationals?
Yeah, it's Hendo, and Hendo will go to the national team,
I think it will be two or three days of rehab still at Melwood,
it looks positive, and I think he's in contact with Gareth.
When he can train, in that moment then he goes to the national team,
and whether he plays, probably Gareth will decide then,
but like I said after the game, it was really positive. Still not able to play today,
but it was not that serious, and now, in three or four days he should be.