just what everyone's getting the final
photographs obviously Andrew Robertson's
our players our manager will take
questions to Andy first if that's okay
so get as many of the questions that
Andy dumped so he can get himself away
just a quick advisory I think the media
notice that went out suggested 4:30 for
our training session at Melwood it's
actually a four o'clock start or closer
to a four o'clock start so if you can
allow enough time to get to Melwood get
through the security checks if you are
coming to photograph or observe our
session if you've got colleagues that
were not here who may be attending if
you could pass that as well four o'clock
guys if that's okay just so you're in in
plenty of time
thank you right well kickoff as I say as
many questions I have no time for and
they obviously injury capture the
weekend how is it and also is the ankle
still being a problem or is that
completely cleared up now as well
Michels felt good since when the break
it's felt really good so obviously that
week off helped just a them trading
leave
this [ __ ] hopefully as well just their
plaything trainer just overslept my hams
over stretch my arm string and yeah
couple interesting conversations and
obviously I thought I was fine but the
cautious approach get chicken belly went
on to be madder than that so perfect for
the club and
obviously managed to set out and get
your place back man yeah yeah look I
think many words we said the bit Mele
positively you know I keep playing goals
and probably Debbie's all trying to keep
a clean sheet fund so he can play any
possession and you know when he goes
into you know left back alright back or
whatever then you should say good that
clearly doesn't know be the profession
isn't gave to the fact that not only
tomorrow could you be through to the
last day to the Champions League but by
the time you get back to the dressing
room as well you couldn't know that you
have a chance to go to Goodison Park and
win the Premier League title I feel
focus to someone you know our game to be
honest and you know we can't affect
anything that's going on over in
Manchester tomorrow night they're giving
hand and we play against our snow but
you know for us I feel focuses on here
and if we went here then that's all that
matters
of course if we get one step closer by
doing that and they do drop points then
then so be a bit you know what I won't
be on that game it's a different
competition it's the Champions League
and you know it's you know do or die we
need to get through to the last year we
need to give everything to do that
and we can't be focusing on Premier
League best nurses Phil focused on
Champions League and hopefully we can
take care of business around tomorrow
night when we spoke after the first leg
you said that you felt that they were
favourites to go through so what's the
key thing that you'll have to deal with
on the night to give yourself the best
chance of of getting custom you know
over there we've never had the shot and
target so if we if we do that again then
we will get through we dominate the
position which you know I believe will
will do again tomorrow
and food but it's about what we do with
that position
it's about creating the chances and
to be clinical infront ago and that's
what we need to do tomorrow night we
need to create more chances than me that
over there and when the photos and we
need to try and take them because but
obviously one no dynami need to try and
overturn that but on the flip side we
need to be really err them going forward
then we need to try and keep a clean
sheet to give us the best possible
chance and we need a complete local
performance and if we can do that then
we believe because any teams problems
and we can be any team and hopefully
tomorrow that's the case and we know how
magical that nights can be here at
Anfield what difference do the fans
actually make the nights like this they
make a huge you know up to this point
with me the huge impact of me the huge
difference for us but it's something
that others players and especially the
fans can't take it for granted you know
we can't just show up and think the
unfilled clothes it's going to get us
through or you know they can't think
that you know it's going to be noisy so
I don't need to take part we need
everyone to be 100% tomorrow whether it
sounds as whether it's the staff whether
it's the fans everyone needs to be at
the best because we know what task were
coming up against we know how hard
that's going to be in you know obviously
our performance the fans react off so
you know hopefully we can go off the
fast start and get there make behind us
and hopefully it can be a another
special thing well I appreciate that the
focus is on the Champions League right
now how did you feel when you found out
that Manchester City had lost in that
Darby game did you watch it
yeah watched it yeah I watched it a good
game a football you know even last
season when it was you know close
friends are then not you know what Jenny
came so you know it was a good game and
obviously the result favored does that's
that's the way it is because a step you
know it was quite nice setting back and
knowing we've done her job at the
weekend and no one went a step closer to
one in the league without kicking a ball
one that's obviously a nice feeling
philospher from an United to do it was
you know a good performance for the him
and a good result for him more
importantly you know for us it's because
that one step closer to what we've all
dreamed of so and but know we need to
take care of our business you know focus
on this Champions League game and any
nowhere or two runs away from achieving
probably 30 years apart for him
full fan so we'll focus on that another
day Thursday returned to that but this
time man it's just a bit fortunate on
fact get to the last e and a competition
that's been so good to us that you know
hopefully we can continue that so any
more on this Sykes we've got questions
over there
Andy I think everyone's expecting a
pleasure to come here and frustrate you
and use every gamesmanship trick in the
book I just wonder how you as players
feel about that and how you deal with it
on the pitch on the night to be honest I
thought over there we deal with it play
well yeah yeah of course it's
frustrating at times and but you know
it's not gonna change so that's up you
know we don't control of that it's up to
you know the deal will fit if you know
it's getting too much but for those we
need to focus on our game we need to you
know we can't be get annoyed that stuff
that we can control we need to stay
clear in common our heads and after we
do that that gives us the best possible
chance to to perform at highest level so
I think over there has helped us to
experience that and hopefully know how
to deal with it and you know hopefully
we can show that tomorrow night and like
I said stay calm and and be able to
connect the chances that we need to
Kadir okay I'm King but after that if
there's any more for Andy if people can
catch my eye
the two times you've played in this
competition you finish the season in the
final and it's just one you know the
challenge that you face have you given
any thought to the prospect that this
might be your last game in the Champions
League this season and what yeah we we
think of all outcomes you know we've
done that when you know remember playing
against the team is over you know over
the last two years that we've played
even when we've gone into games and
really it's a knockout competition and
if you're not your best on the night
then you go out you know whether you go
into game and leave there whether you go
in behind then
you know it's no change so for those we
know that tomorrow night we could be at
the Champions League
you know we're know our base there's
things don't go well but we think about
the positives we think about trying to
give 100% performance and that they said
if we play deliver / win the way we know
then you know at least we can walk off
no one you know gave her a role whether
that's good enough we'll wait and see
but we believe if we pretend their
performances then you know we can be
anything and it's up to us to show that
but we need to be our base to be like
this team down'n and if we do that then
I believe we can create chances and
hopefully score some goals okay any
final ones for Monday before we allow
him to come prepare for the training
session well obviously this is a
situation that keeps changing day by day
which obviously asking about it again
but La Liga is gonna be played behind
closed doors serious suspended for three
weeks United and wolves having to play
European size behind closed doors as
well I just wonder how you feel about
the possibility that at least some part
of the remainder of your season could be
played without fans present man said
last I'm not sure when it was last week
or so that I don't think it should be
asked about this but it's different
because and it's not about me as a
samanage it's me as human being and then
I think we something shows that in a
moment and everybody who but some things
are more important than football then I
think we realized that in this moment so
you know what we need is time to to find
a solution for that how can we win that
time with avoiding different situations
but I don't know enough about how much
it would help with the football games I
don't know but the problem with football
games is if you are not in a stadium
then you are in closed rooms and what
should their may be together I'm not
sure what is better in this case they're
honest I mean then but whatever
we'll be decided with respect because we
have all families we're both parents
kids friends which we want to do well
and for that it's it's clear that we
people accept that but I don't know how
much sense it will make but when I read
it
I'm as a normal person I think okay some
people think obviously it will help and
then they do it that's how it is already
is Jordan Henderson to start tomorrow
against Atletico Madrid and also with
regard to Allison and the update as to
whether he'll be available for the
following Monday my handle is ready what
we do with that I don't know and and Ali
will not be ready so I never lino we
know that's for sure - early no shots
on-target as you know in the first leg
for living so what you're expecting from
your team and the opposition this time
around more shrubs on time
[Laughter]
look it's up no shots on-target sounds
like we had no chances that's not that's
not the fact we had situations at would
situations what we played against a team
was probably the world's best in deep
defending they scored a goal where they
were slightly lucky but unlucky that's
with southern routine aceptas routine or
whatever we burn unaware of stuff like
this so it hit the player from us and
rolled in front of their feet so that's
how football is sometimes getting there
an Illinois would've been a brilliant
result wouldn't have make this game
easier because we still have to score so
the challenge against atletico was
always clear from the first moment that
it was one of the biggest in in football
they go not out with the white flag
there you fight until the end and that's
what we do that's why it's so
interesting so if it's halftime it's the
best news that's halftime which BBB for
us halftime in a normal game so the real
halftime we use for us traditionally in
a pretty good way so we like that we
learn from the first half we showed boys
a few situations and second half
very often we improve so this time we
have not 30 minutes we have three weeks
so as halftime we did not prepare the
whole time the game but now since a
couple of days and that's what we want
to use as well so I think a lot of
things are now much clearer than they
were before if you know it it's one if
you feel it it's a completely different
and so a couple of advantage ifs we
didn't have there are now on our side
they are not the only things we are
decisive in this game because but
atmosphere will be it will be a point
100 percent if our crowd will be an
advantage that if they don't have their
crowd will be another advantage so
that's just how it is and we have to we
have to use and we have to produce the
performance on a pitch which has to be
exceptional
absolutely in all departments because
playing against atif deep different
excited is one thing but with the
counter tagging threat they are on the
other side is
makes it even more difficult so each
play offensive player can can be really
dangerous in these moments it's not only
them it's set-pieces stuff like this
very experienced team played in come to
these competitions for a really long
time and they know how to deal with
different situations that's all clear
but I don't think one of them maybe gave
a coaster but and and what I am NOT a
lot of them played before in a stadium I
can feel in that bus feel like we can
like we can create and that's something
what we want to use and hopefully we can
hi eleven sports Portugal no Alex did
not play in the first match do you
expect something different from Atletico
which well and what do you think about
this play something different yes if any
wise will be probably the same but
offensively yes always a super player
Wow
young and so skilled is very nice
combination um yeah yeah of course
whatever I don't know where her
Murata is light out but draw Felix is
now in his all the last game look like
it was really intense for him after a
long break the game tomorrow night will
be intense for him as well so and we
have to we have to keep them busy in
areas where they don't want to be busy
that's how it is especially for
offensive players but I know the speed
yes the creativity as the football brain
he has will yeah can cause us problems
if we are not aware of these things
might be armed so the boys will be
prepared for this but it doesn't mean
there's no chance for them no yeah
different will be different but they did
well with the lineup we faced there so
maybe Diego saying things let's play the
same team again and that work very well
and we will see we don't know exactly
you canyou you substituted Savio at
halftime in the first leg because you
were worried about him not staying on
the pitch
do you speak to you you team about about
that tomorrow
no whose ball bothered already but
probably will mention it again of course
yeah just peek to ensure that you bass
players stay on yeah that would help
okay in a similar situation a second in
the second game probably wouldn't do the
same so if it's now tomorrow night but
in the first game it's not over at that
moment you have owners down and yes but
there's a big chance for us and with 10
players it's much less than chance to
fight back in this game do you need
always you need the referee who helps
these situations like this so we cannot
do it powers have robbed us and we have
no influence on that rainy you have to
deal with it
sorry people nothing wrong absolutely
nothing and I still thought at the next
situation it will be like this but if it
won't be always that easy that you get
out the best player or the best players
of the opponent and then something is
wrong with the game you have the players
nothing to do wrong but it's still
possible everybody runs against his
elbow or whatever that should not have
me shoot we will be expect a really
experienced performance of ascetical let
me say in all different departments
experienced and we have to deal with
that that's that's true but there's
another another area of football where
we can be better better than the first
game and better than athletic of what
they have to show that tomorrow night we
cannot I cannot do that here now we have
to we did higher speed at different
moments we need better
switches in different moments we made
great football in different moments we
need to we need to play around the
formation you need to play behind the
formation we need to play through the
gaps
that's all clear if you if you play
predictable
our technical defends you for the next
six months without the rest so but if
you
prepare situations where it's not that
easy to defend the more of you iron
situations where you can score and
that's what we have to do so it's it's
really it's really highest respect when
it's really good what they are doing
and the way they are doing is really
good but there are ways obviously and
you have to find them tomorrow night
they are not close for us or whatever
that we cannot do it but other teams can
do it no you can do it tomorrow night
it's a game you have to show that we
really learned from the first half for
the first game and that we really want
to go through with and respecting that's
possible we don't go because if you are
afraid of going out you cannot play with
freedom and we need this freedom we need
to play free with knowing they are
really good in defending defend their
counter tags get the ball back best way
different different kind of Texas
defending would counter press win the
ball back use the space they create in
that moment all these kind of stuff
there's a lot of opportunities for us
but I got such a quality team difficult
to find but we know about them at least
you know we have to make sure that we
can show them as well we need to talk
about we come from Spain there's
concerns about for 15 days they have
forbidden people to go to the stadiums
to attend to stadiums while a [ __ ]
steals go on they have said not to shake
hands before the game but football is a
sport of contact physical contact aren't
you afraid that you your players can can
get you know exposed to I hope from at
RIT are you from Madrid I'm from
Argentina
I did a Madrid you live in Madrid okay
and you are you concerned in your city
they're close football tomorrow oh but
that's not not that special so playing
football is just it's just a game we are
beyond not to society be a part of the
society and we should all be buried in
the same time and that's exactly the
thing I don't like that you sit here and
ask me
question but fly poetry to here so stay
there they closed schools and
universities but by the earth and you
are obviously concerned that's that's
the question but do you think now
football is worth it to travel or
whatever so that's the situation that's
our problem our common problem and we
cannot solve it with football be play
football that's our part what they have
to do your job is to transport
information and I hope you do it better
than you ask questions to be honest
because that's that's the more I really
get angry and then you give me the
feeling I have a problem if you don't
have if all the same problems exactly
you said but I don't play football
that's only wrong there's only one part
of everyday to people from close range
what I don't do so do you understand are
you worried what I said is that there's
physical contact in the sports yeah well
we're under their table players in a
moment they are all healthy why we
should why we should worry what we do
with not shaking the hands is setting a
sign it's good for you it's good for you
it's good for me not to shake hands it's
not important that 22 completely healthy
players not shaking hands it's a it's a
sign for society for everybody out there
and the moment you set signs as well
when we on the same boat so that's why
we do it