big big match coming up.You've been involved in frustrating complex.It's true.I mean,I thought how disassembly to get from and make your mark in this competition.
Yeah,obviously we go into this game with the mentality are winning it,we want to go through and but you know,it's a game
where we want to go there and perform when we know it's gonna be a tough game.But
yeah,of course you want to perform and win the game so we can get a good result for the,for the second leg.And uh,
obviously every time you play in a competition,you,you're there because you want to win it.And like you said,we weren't managed to
to do that in the past,but hopefully we can,we can perform a bit better decision.
James cooper,
I think the managers talked about your playing in some discomfort.You've talked about the back and just wondering,hey,how that is.We're talking about goalkeepers all the time at the moment.Doesn't make any difference in place behind you when you got two goalkeepers like that?
Uh I feel very comfortable with both of them.I think every time they play,they performing at a very high level.So for
yeah,we have we have great,great goalkeepers and I think that's that's always good for for a team that you have the competition.
James Sandra.
Oh and uh yeah,well yeah,my back,I've been having some problems but I feel I feel okay.I'm managing in a good way and uh
yeah,I feel much better than I did before.
James Vondra
Fixer Eric McGuire made his 100th game for Alexis against Brighton.How do you feel that blonde machines coming together between yourself and Harry and where do you feel like you're at with your game at the moment?
Uh No,I feel,I feel fine.We've been playing a lot of games together.And the more you play together,the more you get to know each other as well.And
I think uh I think we've been performing well and we've been keeping some good clean sheets as well against uh some strong teams and uh
I also feel like I'm performing well at the moment.I feel fine.I feel I feel fresh and
yeah,I'm just happy that I'm able to play and help the team.
I've got no further hands up for victor.So we'll move on to the manager.
So we'll start with Simon Peach for the manager.
Okay.
Yeah.
Really bad
with the market.
And
what is he fit enough to start across all this is exactly.And we saw this family,the first question to go on this,but
who will be engulfed fees when
I can't disclose the team now.Of course we're not going to do that.But
Marcus is traveling and we've just got to make a decision tomorrow if he starts or if he's on the bench,he's definitely,
Or I don't think he'll be a 90 minute man.So let's,let's see where is that tomorrow?
And with the keepers,that's uh,
that's the same.You know,that I've got two very,very good options and whoever plays well well,uh play well.I'm sure
James cooper,
I watched the games of course.And uh,I've spoken to some of them,some of uh,some good insight and getting for of course we've analyzed them ourselves and watched the last few games as well.And it's a team full of experience,unbelievable character and spirit which you expect from teams that come up.They got promoted in
20 Summer 2018 did a great season.And obviously 18,19,great season,1920.And this is the second season.Uh and even I think that one of the teams in Europe that have played the most games and uh to do that at this level so early has been impressive and we know it's gonna be a battle.
Some of you look hurt.
Oh I'm not stopped excellent goal in the last round against A.C.Milan.Um There's a lot of excitement about him.Is he any closer to first start to the clock?
Yeah,of course it is getting more and more used to our expectations and standards and the training,the level of the intensity in the game's over here.So
He did well when he played 45 minutes against Milan,definitely,
definitely bright start and we gradually gonna
see him play more and more in a start.
Might come now,It might come in a little while.
Frederick Velvets.
Okay,
when it comes to much think players will this give me a chance to get to a certain place and how do you decide when and play and eat the rest?
You know,we always pick a team,
no matter who we play against,we pick a team to win that one that we feel is good enough to win this game.Of course,this game,
it's just the first half of the,of the leg.So there's,there's two games,we've got league games coming up,big games as well.So that's always a conundrum and always a thought process on who,
who's fit enough,who can last 90 times 2345 on the bounds and who needs
to have a rest in between to perform at the highest level everyone can do it.But in what way does it affect your performance for the next one?Um So
uh and we always have a,have a check in the morning of the game,how everyone's feeling,
Laurie Whitwell
uh yeah,
story with his head uh
development,you mentioned
it helps on that,but he said he worked on it quite a lot in training,I just wanted to give us any insight how you go about pages and was heading and what was important.
Well,I think
uh if you look at players and there's and you look at the news now and the uh the issue with dementia and too much heading,I think kids nowadays train less heading
then what we used to do also with the astroturf,the coaching is very,
very
on the ground dominated Norway here academies
and you see you don't see many uh Ronaldo like headers,you know from against Roma.123 hang hang up their head.That's a rare,the rare player now who's got that skill.Mason's goal was more of a a poacher's instinct that he made a sharp movement and it's not like he hung in there like a salmon and so,
but I was very pleased that they didn't hit it and he scored so and he's practicing from crosses.Um
but we've got to be uh we've got loads of things to think about when you,when you practice finishing,it's not just heading his right foot,left foot movement.It's all sorts of mason
has improved his
awareness movement in and around the box.And that's also due to Edinson being at the club because
he is one of the better ones to make those center forward movements.
I'm girl menu bar.
Uh huh.
How would you have a question?
No.Okay,we'll go chris wheeler.
I want to ask the manager
if he's surprised that a team like Granada I've got so far in the open league
and the fact that the beating seems like moldy and napoli.
Uh,
no,not surprised at all.You know,uh,it's unbelievable how much uh,attitudes desire team spirit values can,how much that can do for a team for players
and you know,there
very good at and better than most on the things that don't cost anything,
which is,which is just what I'm talking about.And that's,I mean that as a compliment because I think the value of a team spirit camaraderie
organization is so important for a team.But then also they have the individual quality and a few players that an experience in a few players that will,
will have been very important for them.But in football you're never surprised when
when teams that get promoted do well because they get promoted for a reason.It's quality and the team spirit and morale in the squad
and the manager's values
chris wheeler.
Yes,actually you are based on.
And also can I ask you beaten to quite a bit close to get to this point?It's complacency,concerned young incidents.
Uh eric is still in uh Ivory Coast.We he needs a negative test before he can come back.So he's still,we're waiting for that one Anthony started his recovery and uh
if we see him before the end of the season,I'll be very surprised.
But of course he's determined to come back as quick as he can uh because this important game for us towards the end of the season and is the euros so he's already come in,his
is bright around the place,disappointed he can't help us now.But of course is
he wants to work to get back as quickly as possible and complacency.No,When you beat real sociedad and you beat ac Milan,you just get more
the taste for it and you know that you've beaten and you've jumped a couple of very high hurdles and difficult opposition
and Granada beating napoli going through in the group meeting molder last time is of course a sign of a team that's uh,got quality and it's going to be a difficult game.We have
set the rice of course to get to the final and improve on last season and we want to win this tournament
paul.This
hi how to raise has obviously been your crops number one for quite a long time.How did he take my muse on sunday that he wasn't started
against,right?And what you have to do to get a regular place fucking weekends.
Yeah,
we don't,I cannot prioritise league,Europa League.Every game here is the most important one.The next one is the most important one.And uh,every time I try to explain to players why
they don't play in this,in this particular game and what they need to do and what my plans are with them.
So all those discussions remain private of course.And
David has been a top top keeper and he's still a top top keeper and he's working,working to be ready when he plays.And
if it's Dean,David,I'm very comfortable with both of them to play and I'm very happy that none of them are happy to not play.
I have in health.
How many days?Just human yourself having?
Yes,
yes,
yes.Um,Anthony will be on the in the squad,he'll be on the bench.He's impressed when he's been in training with us.
He was very unlucky
say two months back or maybe even 3 2.5 3 months ago when he got a bad injury and he's worked really hard to come back because he was just due to move into the first team squad back then.
He's got some X factor some attributes that
it's not like a gift but he's got you know the pace and acceleration and speed that he's got that's uh that's a given uh for wingers And when he's got that speed he's always got uh qualities that I like is a goalscoring winger is confident.He likes to beat men uh he can finish with his right foot,left foot and he's got a great attitude,
is
appetite and hunger to improve
And when he's been training with us the last the while he's been here now,he's not been faced by it and he's been confident,so
he is not there just for experience,is there too
to be ready to play a part?If he has to
Alex how
I just wanted to ask how important this game is for United,could you say?It's possibly the biggest of the season.
Oh,it's very big for us,of course,you know the cliche that the next game is always the most important that we have to live by that principle.
Uh if you get a chance to play in a quarterfinal in in europe for Man United,every player know that this is a massive game and it's an important game for you and for me as well,I'm the manager and I know that
of course it's just a half of the first half in a,in a two legged affair.But it's a big game for us.We have
beat Milan away,we have beaten so real sociedad away which have given us the foundation to go through or withdrawn both against both of them at home in the second leg.So we know how this game can,
can give us even more momentum.
Dominic Dietrich.
Yeah.Okay.I just wanted to
try to us when you come up against a side like Granada in the earth,you might not know as much about as the teams he plays or will you give me the Premier,Is it quite a challenge as a,as a coach?
It's,you know,
the Premier League,you watch games every weekend and you sit and you enjoy it.You watch much of the day and you,you just sit back and relax and you get a picture of the opposition and then you analyze really,really tight or closely when,when you're going to play against them.
Granada have to say,I've not seen them too many times before,moldy played them.But when mulder played them,of course I,I got interested because we might meet them and uh watched them against real Madrid and Barcelona,the big,the big games.And I've been impressed by
buy everything about them.You know,they got promoted
then had a fantastic season last season.
Then uh,this season you see there up up there and they beat napoli and you start to open your eyes a little bit.You think,uh,you have an idea of what you meet,but then you analyze them and it might be a little bit different and they've got some strength that other teams don't have.They've got an X factor in the in in many ways that you wouldn't expect.
Sorry,we don't have time for all the hands that role.So I've got two more questions the first one night,McGrath and we'll finish with Per Karlsson
how
to fight.
But with with you two goalkeepers,do you see a healthy
dynamic relationship in training and between and pushing each other is a slightly different dynamic to say
English Michael.He was he was always always number one.
You know,when you're part of Man United and there's there's always going to come players in the players who come in,they don't just come there to feel the bench or to feel the squad.Everyone's got ambition to take your shirt.I was there myself as a striker.We signed the route,we sign Diego Forlan,we signed Louisa.How we signed
laws of Top strike is what you're telling,sharing them.
The aim for me then is to prove to the manager that okay,I don't mind you signing these,but I'm still important for you.I'm still gonna give everything I can to play.And
it's the same right back,left back,center forward goalkeeper.
It's David has had 10 fantastic years at Man United.Of course he has and he's had challenges who always of course they want to play sergio.He probably played
less games that here than he deserved.Dean comes in.He also gives it his all and best because everyone wants that place in the team
David does as well.And it's a healthy competition of course it is that the,
the nature of football as well and a small gold call it the goalkeeper departments they get a very uh very tight knit group and they work together in prep.They have different gym sessions,they have individual sessions,they stay together more so naturally,they create a bond
and the spirit in the goalkeeper department has been top.But as you say,it's a healthy competition in both of them or all of them want to play.That means that's the same for lee Grant and it's for Nathan bishop,sergio Romero,they want to play
so
and that's that's a competition I like.
So last one for per Karlsson.
Oh,okay.
One on Marcus Rushford has been really important for this season and played almost every game,but in some games he doesn't look like he has played through pain and you can see him struggling after going off against against Brighton.So I just wonder where this injury record and the back problem you had last season or you worried over playing him can cause another serious setback or is is the risk worth more than a potential progress?
I don't pick players when we know there's a risk,of course there's there's always a risk when you step onto the step onto the pitch and when you play football.
But if the physios and the medical advice is that this is too much of a risk to claim,I'll never ever play a player that that we in advance know about.And
If it's gonna make it worse or it's gonna if it's a serious one.
Now
Marcus joining training this morning,let's see how we react.If there's any risk of making this worse,we I'm not gonna overplay him and his back has recovered.But
but he's he's a tough one and he wants to play,he wants to give his all for Man United and uh it's also responsibility for the player and tell us so as he did on on sunday said,no,it's too sore.I've got to come off.
Yeah.
Mhm.
Yeah.big big match coming up.You've been involved in frustrating complex.It's true.I mean,I thought how disassembly to get from and make your mark in this competition.
Yeah.