Enrique stunned after PSG dominate before Liverpool nick late Champions League winner - with English translation
05/03/2025
Parc des Princes, Paris, France
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
05/03/2025
Parc des Princes, Paris, France
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
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00:00Good evening, good evening. So tonight there will be maybe an injustice feeling of frustration.
00:29When do you think your team may qualify in Anfield?
00:47I think there's not a lot of difficulty to analyse this game.
00:51We've been better in the game, in the number of opportunities. We managed to play against one of the best teams in Europe.
01:11We defended very well, we took some risks, but clearly we deserve a different result.
01:18Football, this is football. It's a sport that could be unfair sometimes, and you have to accept that. That's how it works.
01:31How hard do you believe in qualifying next week?
01:48Without any doubt.
01:50By the way, we played the first match, we have nothing to lose. If we manage to repeat the same and play the same way we played today, for sure it will be very aggressive as far as the atmosphere in the stadium.
02:17However, we were just a team that has got nothing to lose. We'll go to Liverpool, play exactly the same way we did today, no speculations, we've got to win.
02:32We've managed to turn these situations around in the past. We'll do our best to make sure that our supporters are happy, to try and please our supporters and our team.
02:49That's how I feel today, that's what I've transferred to my players. I'm proud of their behaviour, I'm proud of what they gave today to the team, to the fans. Probably today we deserve a lot more than their best players, but the keeper today, he was exceptional.
03:10I think it shows how the match was today. But this is football again.
03:17What have you thought about referring tonight?
03:26Same as usual. I don't really like to speak about referring.
03:32Tonight you played very well, you managed this challenge, it was a great challenge. Liverpool haven't played the way they usually do. I've asked you this question two days ago about the details, how important are details.
03:55Referring was a detail. I know you will not comment any further beyond that, but potentially you may anticipate not playing the way you usually do for Liverpool. You may anticipate on teams that are not playing the same way that they usually do.
04:18Today it wasn't about details. Alisson had an amazing game with five opportunities, blocked, stopped one opportunity. I mean opportunities we were just really above.
04:38They only played like that against us. We didn't let them play at all. The first five minutes they played better than us, only for the first five minutes. Then it was just all about PSG. Nobody saw anything else tonight.
04:58Of course the results could have been different. But Alisson had again an amazing game, five shots blocked.
05:13If I get into details, it's precisely when there are small details changing the whole match. But this is not the case today. One team was above the other. We've all seen that. Is the result fair? No, it's not fair.
05:28Slot just said that for him he knew that Paris has the best statistic lines tonight, and every player saw that. And to go beyond the statistics and play against a team like that, what do you need?
05:47I repeat myself, but we've got nothing to lose. We're losing here at home. Last year we lost at home as well in the qualifier finals, I believe. We've got nothing to lose.
06:04We're going to Liverpool in one week and we will show a team that deserves and a team that knows how to play. We know it's going to be difficult to play away against such an opponent.
06:24But yet again we have nothing to lose and this is making us dangerous.
06:35How do you explain the efficiency of your team?
06:41And you know when you have to anticipate defensively and not to let Liverpool play their way for 90 minutes.
07:02How did you manage to position your players to defend and to produce such a game?
07:12I'm not sure. There hasn't been any match from Liverpool in which at halftime Liverpool had zero opportunities.
07:25I should be able to analyse it to say that, however, I'm daring to say that it's potentially one of our best matches this year and last year as far as what we've produced in defence and also in offence.
07:42We haven't had any major issues. We've managed to be challenging everything to contest. The players have been really solid. They play together. They run a lot.
07:58And we've had the opportunity to play with the ball, to keep the ball, really a full game.
08:05And I've told my players that we gave everything and we really can be proud about the players and the fans. We have to stay, remain positive. We have one more match to play.
08:19You played against Liverpool. You didn't get the results you wanted. What were your words in the locker room?
08:28In general, I don't speak too much to the player right after the match. However, today we were a little bit deceived, a little bit sad, especially for the fans.
08:48But I say, hey, heads up. We've played against the best team in Europe and we've really been able to dominate them. We've been better than them.
08:59And their best player was the keeper. And it indicates what type of match we've all seen.
09:06We've seen that your team is more and more dominating tonight in their game. They have been tonight against one of the greatest teams in Europe.
09:21But there's still been persisting issues after a long period of domination. We've seen that against Atletico. We've seen it tonight.
09:31Is there something you can improve? Is the experience maybe playing? What is it? Or individual performances?
09:39I remember the match against Atletico. That's been an incredible match. I repeat myself, again, without having analysed the match tonight, I'm so proud about my team, about my players.
10:04The one who wants to see something negative about it, he or she can. The person who wants to extract the positive about this match-up, they can do it. I know my role.
10:18Again, I repeat myself, but I congratulate my players. A team can always improve, of course. I want to love my players. But today we also have to be able to congratulate and motivate the players.
10:35In a few days we'll go to Liverpool. We have a match to play. We've got to be strong and tough, create opportunities and make sure that our fans are proud of us. That's what I want.
10:50So to talk about positiveness tonight, Kava has produced an amazing, outstanding match tonight. What have you thought about him tonight? I know it's hard to adapt. He just came into the team, there's a lot of movement.
11:11What do you think about the way he adapted to the team? It's not easy. It's not easy to adapt, but when you want to play in PSG, you have to be a great player. You cannot just be mediocre.
11:35Today I do not want to talk about a player. It's not just about Kvara, it's about the team. But this is an experience that's going to allow us to grow as a team. And in a few days we're back at it. I'm not sure if we'll qualify, but what I know is that we will try all the way. And this I can guarantee you.