Sid Lowe

And we decided it was either going to be a Gonzalo García header or a Kylian Mbappé penalty.

And it turned out to be the latter of the two options.

Well, I would say after the game that they didn't yet know the extent of that injury.

I think as you both rightly said there in the studio, you know, when a player pulls up like that, it's a hamstring tear.

So if you take from that the basis that even if it's only a one or one and a half centimetre tear, we're talking about at least three, maybe four weeks out.

So the likelihood won't be there.

And it's very interesting what you say, you know, Alexis, about the idea of what do they do without Duke Bellingham?

And I think there is a broader question, which is just what do they do?

Full stop.

So you've got this two weeks now in which Arvalo has to work on the team.

I think we all know that he's had 18, 19 days where essentially what he's been trying to do has been focusing, if you like, on the happiness of the player, if you like, the kind of the environment around the team, the group dynamics.

But now he's got two weeks to do actual work.

and the actual work on the team structure.

So in terms of things like the fitness levels, which the club had been briefing against Xavi Alonso, it must be said that the team wasn't physically fit, but there also needs to be some sort of structure put in place.

And there was something that Arbeloa said today.

Now, I don't know if this will get picked up on in the next few days.

I certainly hope so, but I thought it was really, really significant.

He was asked about putting Gonzalo García on the pitch and putting him on the right wing.

And his answer, and I don't have the exact text in front of me now, but his answer was essentially to say, well, yeah, he's better through the middle.

We want him in the area.