PEP π¬ Sergio is one year injured so cannot start from the beginning - but he is ready to come back. He was on the bench last game and will be again. Ilkay is much better but I don't think he's available for tomorrow. The rest of the players are okay, except Nathan Ake.
PEP π¬ He's really getting better [De Bruyne]. Today he did all training with the group, with all of us. Much better!
PEP π¬ No. We don't have that feeling [invincibility]. Everything we have done is because we run a lot and play good. Every game is tough, tomorrow will not be an exception. The next game is the important thing.
PEP π¬ Everton always has been one of the greatest teams. This season they're better and that's normal - Carlo knows better his players. They've had up and downs like all teams, that is normal. The quality from Carlo is always there.
PEP π¬ Yes. [Dias can start]
PEP π¬ No one thought about Borussia Monchengladbach. I know we will face them but we think about the next game. We think about Everton, then Arsenal and then after Arsenal we will think about Borussia Monchengladbach. Not one thought, honestly.
PEP π¬ I try to involve all the players - I rotate all the players. That's the only chance we have to win all the competitions. We need everyone. In these two games I will try and play as many players as possible, not for Borussia , but because I love all my players.
PEP π¬ What he [Klopp] produce in world football is exceptional. Now and in previous seasons in Germany. His philosophy makes football attractive to spectators. The good moments and bad moments we all have. No manager can sustain seasons and seasons of winning. It'd be boring.
PEP π¬ Sometimes you have to lose a little bit. Is speak personally - for me, not my colleagues. Sometimes itβs good to realise how difficult things are and then when you come back you give more value to what you are doing.
PEP π¬ You never get perfection. What we've done winning 16 in a row is a consequence of preparing as best as possible for the next game. Two months ago we weren't in any thoughts of any person in world football about winning the Premier League.
PEP π¬ A lot of things can still happen. All that is in my head is Everton. We will drop points for sure. That is the moment I am expecting a reaction from all of us.
PEP π¬ Absolutely down to him [Stones]. He organised his life. He is an incredible professional. He was not injured. He is exceptional because he did - he turned the situation around himself. He decided to become a top player.
PEP π¬ For Gladbach it would be better to play at home. Lasts season we played at Madrid with fans and home without. I would love to play in Gladbach. Itβs hard for me to understand why we cant fly to Germany but we can fly to Budapest when the pandemic is worldwide.
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PEP π¬ We will see tomorrow [Gundogan]. He told me it was tight. He is intelligent to say it but we will see tomorrow.
PEP π¬ We will see. I said many times he can play as a false nine and the people laughed at me. Today it was a clear action to win the penalty and then the two goals. He is so good in those terms.
PEP π¬ I am delighted with his performance, he won the Player of the Month award for January and he still keeps playing this way. In February he could win it again.
PEP π¬ Incredibly happy for the (CAS) decision which shows what all the people said about the Club was not true and to defend on the pitch what we won on the pitch.
PEP π¬ Like I said many times, if we did something wrong we would accept the decision of UEFA and CAS because we did something wrong. We can defend ourselves. We have the right to defend ourselves when we believe what we have done is correct.
PEP π¬ The first leg we played in Madrid, the second leg we play at home. Itβs a normal situation.
Itβs not about advantage. It is what it is. In knockout games itβs one at home and one away.
PEP π¬ Well I think in the next season (VAR) will be better. It's only the first season (with it). You will have to ask the people in charge. I am not a specialist in this kind of situation. I donβt know if they will admit the reality. Ask them not me.
βWe are just waiting for the green light. Everywhere we see we are going to start on this date and that date. We canβt decide anything, we need to follow the club. I think all of us firstly want to protect the people and then if we can play then why not? We will wait and see.β
βAll of the people have missed football, but at this time now, for Muslim people it means I can be more focused on Ramadan. We donβt train, we can fast, but the mosques are closed and we canβt go out or see family at Eid.
"I have tried to develop myself and learn every day.β