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00:00Evening everyone, have a good one as well.
00:15Please do raise your hand, we'll try to come to as many of you as we can.
00:19We'll kick off with James in the front here from Sky Sports.
00:23Mikael, what was your assessment of your team's performance this evening?
00:26We are half-time, half-time and my message has been exactly the same post-Real Madrid at home, 3-0.
00:35We have to go to Paris and win the game and we are more than capable of doing it
00:39because I saw two very good teams where the margins are so small
00:42and they had efficiency in front of the goal
00:45and their keeper as well made a difference to see the result that we've seen tonight.
00:50Do you think your side was missing anything this evening?
00:53Certainly, we don't score a goal and concede one, you have to.
00:56But we did a lot of things very well as well.
00:59We had a spell in the first, I think the game had phases, the first 15-20 minutes,
01:03especially them scoring so early in a great combination.
01:06Play when the margins are so thin, the finishing is unbelievable.
01:11And then we had especially one issue that we corrected after 15-20 minutes
01:15and we sustained that for the rest of the game, which I think it turned the game around.
01:20And if you want to win the Champions League final, you have to do something special
01:25and we're going to have to do something special in Paris soon to be there.
01:28What was the issue that you changed?
01:32Sorry?
01:33What was the issue that you changed?
01:34I can't tell you.
01:35It's very rare to see a team play that way and dominate Arsenal in that first 20 minutes
01:41the way that PSG did.
01:42What was going through your mind at that point and were you worried about where that might lead?
01:47That if we don't correct that, it was an issue we had with the ball.
01:50In a very specific moment, you don't have the chance to present.
01:53And if you don't have the chance to present, they start to bring all the midfielders back.
01:57You're going to struggle because that's exactly what they want to do to you.
01:59James, CVS.
02:03Hi, Mikel.
02:03I know you don't want to go into too much detail about what exactly changed,
02:07but could you maybe help explain more what was going wrong in those first 15 to 20 minutes that you...
02:12Not a lot.
02:12I'm telling you, it's just something that is very specific but very important,
02:16especially the way we play.
02:18And we correct it and it's not easy to correct it constantly,
02:21but we did it and we did it much better.
02:23And then at the end, we have two hours from players, 1v1 with Dora Muna.
02:27They just scored a goal, it's different and he made the saves like he did against Liverpool and Villa.
02:32And that's the difference in the Champions League, the margin is so small.
02:35We had the disallowed goal as well.
02:37And another two big situations that happened in the game that didn't go, unfortunately, our way.
02:41Mike Gallimera.
02:43Is it still 50-50, the tie?
02:45I don't know the percentage, but we have a lot of chances to be in that final.
02:50And as I repeat myself, you have to do something, especially in the competition,
02:54to end the right to be in the final, and the time to do it is going to be in Paris.
02:58Tom, Football London.
02:59Hi, Mikel.
03:00Can I just ask you about two moments?
03:02The referee became a bit of a target, I think, for the fans in the grounds.
03:05There was one moment where Mikhail Saka, in a one-on-one situation,
03:09the referee's whistle-blows.
03:11The other one, Martinelli or Hakimi, has already been booked.
03:14Could you just get your thoughts on those?
03:15It was so clear.
03:16I don't think I have to give my thoughts.
03:47It's all in a thread and every action can go from one side and the other,
03:52and it has to fall from your side.
03:53We will make sure some adjustments, and in terms of the context of the game,
03:57we will make more adjustments, and from there, nothing,
04:00we will make it with a lot of ilusion, with a lot of desire,
04:04and with the feeling that we can do it.
04:07Okay, last couple.
04:08I think we're going to go to Juan from Mocha now.
04:11Hola, Mikhail.
04:12Hola.
04:12I know you don't want to talk about the referee.
04:15In English or Spanish?
04:16I know you don't want to talk about the referee,
04:21but it's not about crucial decisions,
04:23but maybe he stops too much the game.
04:27Does it use your complaint about the referee?
04:29No, it's no complaint.
04:30I mean, they are here to try to do their work in the best possible way,
04:35and they certainly try it,
04:36and sometimes we can have different opinions about certain situations,
04:39and that's the case.
04:40Okay, we've got Alex from the BBC, and then John Murray to finish off.
04:45Hi, Mikhail.
04:46Hi.
04:46Before the match, Declan Rice has picked up saying,
04:49if we don't have the ball, we die.
04:51Was the message from you to your players about having control
04:54about every single minute against this PSG?
04:57You cannot.
04:58Again, this is one of the best.
04:59It's beating all the English teams,
05:01the best teams in this country.
05:03So you cannot dominate this team in 95 minutes.
05:05Impossible.
05:06Forget about it.
05:07And you have to understand what it means dominating them
05:10and in which area of the pitch,
05:11and we have to be very clear.
05:13Again, what we have to do, where,
05:15and when we cannot win it,
05:16okay, make sure that we take the game where we won.
05:19Okay, finally, if John Murray leaves you ready,
05:21project, John, project.
05:23Mikhail, will the performance have to be significantly different
05:30next week in the Parc des Princes?
05:33I think the margin were so small, so I don't think so.
05:37But if it's significantly better,
05:38hopefully the result will be significantly different as well.
05:42Okay, guys.
05:43Thanks very much.