Hear from the managers ahead of week 32 of the 24-25 Premier League season including Arne Slot on Mo Salah’s new contract and Liverpool’s clash with West Ham
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00:00I would prefer not to forget what has happened before, because we're 11 points clear.
00:09In one of the most difficult competitions there has been in the past 10 years,
00:14if you look at how many English teams are still in Europe, how well they are doing in Europe.
00:18Arsenal beating Real Madrid 3-0 and it could have been 5 or 6.
00:22So that probably tells you how strong this competition is.
00:25He's shown at this club for so many years in a row now how much of value he has for the team, for the club.
00:32So, as like, I assume all our fans and his teammates, we're very happy that he extended for two more years.
00:39And hopefully he can show Sunday again how important he has been for the whole season to us.
00:46They have top players, really good on set pieces, the physicality, the way they run and recover
00:53when they are beaten in the first pressure.
00:55So they are a team that played together for a while.
00:59So they won a title that was really emotional for everybody.
01:04You can see it during that week.
01:06But again, we have to think in our team the way we want to play these kind of games.
01:12And we are being more consistent in the way we play the games.
01:16So we'll try to do the same on Sunday.
01:18It's better to have five teams instead of four for the situation they have.
01:22But they have seven, eight contenders.
01:24So it will be until the last moment.
01:27And I'm not agreeing with you.
01:29We don't have the squad.
01:30We don't have the squad all season.
01:32So we don't have neither.
01:35We have three centre defenders out that play the final Champions League.
01:39We have our best striker out until almost the last one or two games.
01:44So we don't have the squad.
01:45We don't have the squad.
01:46It's not about bringing them back.
01:47It's now maintaining that energy, you know, and that momentum and using it towards Brentford
01:53and the very difficult game that we're going to face today against the team.
01:57That when you look what they've done, it's just incredible.
02:00It's remarkable.
02:01It's a beautiful story.
02:02And they have earned it in the way they work, in the way they are organised,
02:05in the way they believe, in the way they play.
02:07So big credit to them.
02:09And it's going to be a really tough test for us.
02:11They are really aggressive in the high pressure.
02:13They turn the ball over there in transition.
02:16They are really good, really well organised.
02:18Obviously, when they go really deep, they have runners from deep as well
02:22to hurt you in that situation.
02:24Any restart of play can become a set piece.
02:27And they play from that and they create a lot of chaos from that.
02:30So, yeah, you have to be very well prepared.
02:32We'd like to get a bit more points if we can,
02:34but I think when you're playing the top teams at this time in the season,
02:37it's always difficult.
02:38They're desperate for the points.
02:40So, we go to Nottingham Forest, who've had a great season,
02:44are having a great season.
02:46And we're going to have to play well.
02:48I think Nottingham Forest have had an incredible season
02:51and great credit to them.
02:52They've got a great crowd down there.
02:55And it's always been an incredibly famous football club
03:00because of Brian Clough and their great years in Europe.
03:04I'm resigned to the fact that the football gods have got their eyes elsewhere this year.
03:10They're obviously busy with other clubs and other managers.
03:14So, whatever we get, we're going to have to do it without them this year.
03:17Obviously, we've got a game on the weekend.
03:18People like Richie and others will get more game time there.
03:21And hopefully, they'll get them in a position where, like I said,
03:25next week, you don't know, it may go into extra time
03:27and we may need some pretty big efforts from guys.