Javi Gracia
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Podcast Appearances
Yeah, I only have one feeling.
To be honest, today I'm...
very proud of my players because we did everything to win.
We started conceding an early goal but after we showed our ambition, our character, we tried to create chances playing against Arsenal with ten players many, many times and I think we had our chances.
One crossbar, one post and creating chances until the end.
I think it was a
A good performance, but you have to know we've played a lot of time with ten players.
What then do you make of the decision that left you with ten players?
I respect the referee's decision and in this case I respect it as well, but I don't agree.
In my opinion, it's a fault.
Maybe a yellow card, but never a red card.
I think... In this moment I can't explain what the referee saw to take that decision and it was an important decision because in that moment we were losing 1-0
And in my opinion, maybe it's not fault, even not fault, but I don't want to speak only about that.
I prefer to speak about my players and my players today, they have to have the recognition they deserve because it's true today we don't get points.
points but we had a good performance and we keep playing with the same ambition and the same desire we are playing all the games.
We tried to keep being compact in the middle with two lines of four with Andre up front after we took more risks with Isaac and Andre both with four, three, two.
And in all the different moments of the game, I think we...
We're compact, defending well and trying to look for our chances.
I don't have anything to say to my players because today they made a very big effort and they played well.
I think Ben, Aurelio...