Pereira on Wolves second half performance in Liverpool defeat

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Pereira on Wolves second half performance in Liverpool defeat  16/02/2025  Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, UK

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00:00Hello. The second half, we proved that we are prepared to compete with every team in

00:23this league. When I looked for the game, I saw two different teams. The first team I

00:34didn't recognise on the pitch, my team, I didn't recognise. Why? Because we didn't play

00:41in our way, we didn't force the mistake, we didn't press them in the way that I want to

00:46press. But the second half, everything changed because the mental click changed everything.

00:54And when you go there and you play without being afraid, you play in your way, with confidence,

01:06personality, trying to compete for the result without nothing to block your mind. This is a

01:19team because the team has quality and prove it that we have this quality. This is the lesson

01:24that we must take from this game. Play in your level, I don't care about the result. Play,

01:34respect yourself. Play with the risks, pressing them. In the first half, we came just for the

01:45party, just to see them playing and this is not my way to play. This is not our way to play,

01:50this is not our work. But I am proud about what we did in the second half because we showed our

02:03quality, we showed our personality. They showed to me that I can be confident in the future.

02:20In my opinion, we had too much respect for Liverpool in the first half. The block was there

02:35but not to press, just to wait and waiting for the goal. This is something that we must correct

02:49the next time, for sure. We must be proactive, we must press them. The block is there but it's

02:57a block to press, it's not a block to wait, it's not a passive block. In the first half, of course,

03:04I didn't like the first half. In the second half, I'm very proud. When I'm proud, it means that I'm

03:15proud. I'm proud about what my team showed to me.

03:18Vitor Marshal came off the bench again today and showed what a threat he can be going forward.

03:24Disappointed in him to take that chance at the start of the second half?

03:27What he did for us was what I didn't find in the first half. He started to press them, he started to

03:41force mistakes. Even the best players in the world, with pressure, without time to think,

03:47they commit mistakes. They start to make mistakes, bad decisions, but we need to force them. What

03:56Monacic gave to us was him and Belegaert and the rest of the players. If the first line of

04:11pressure goes to press and the second line forgot to go, stay in the back. If the third line of

04:20pressure stays in the back, we cannot win games, we cannot press as a block.

04:26But if you start to go with coordination and start to press them, to press the best foot,

04:33try to understand the way to invite them in the areas that we want to press. It means that we must

04:47be intelligent, coordinate and we must be committed as a block. And that's what happened

04:56in the second half. When we lose the ball, we must press. This is our work. We cannot go back

05:04every time. This is what I saw in the first half.

05:10Emanuel Akbadoo came on in the second half. What's his injury and also Rodrigo Gomes and Sam Johnson's

05:16travel today?

05:18Rodrigo has a problem. Today, Akbadoo, in the half-time, he felt something and he should tell me

05:36that he felt something, went to the second half and I think he got an injury. I don't know,

05:44but we must respect the body. If I feel something, it's time to undergo another one.

05:53Is it a groin?

05:55I don't know. Maybe a muscle injury. I don't know. We'll see.

06:02There was some debate about if Irama cannot say the second charge, should he be sent off?

06:12What can I say? If I say now I cannot change nothing, what I say will not change nothing.

06:20It means that it's better to... In my opinion, it was the second yellow card, but I'm not a referee.

06:32Speaking of the referee, Ed, what were you booked for?

06:38I don't know. Maybe because I'm emotional. When I'm competing, I'm not watching a movie on the

06:53sofa. I'm competing, competing. When we're competing, you are emotional. I'm not in a

06:59theatre. I'm there to compete and we must understand the emotional side was not the

07:09respect of, in my opinion. I must accept, but I'm trying to accept a lot of decisions today.

07:23You understand? I'm trying to accept a lot of decisions. If I have yellow cards in my pocket,

07:34I think, oh, maybe red card, maybe red card.

07:42I think it's not serious. It's not serious. I think he felt something, but not serious.

07:52Thank you very much, everybody. Good work for everybody. Good luck.

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