On Darwin Nunez …
I can accept every Miss, especially from a player who has scored two very important goals against Brentford, who was scored for us in the home game against Villa. I prefer that he scores, but the word 'Chance' says it all – it's an opportunity, so it's not 100 percent sure that the ball goes inside. Players miss opportunities that I can accept. But what was a bit harder for me to accept [was] His behavior after that chance, and by behavior I mean that I think it has become too much in his head where he was not the usual Darwin who works his [backside] Out and ensures that he helps the team.
I think he was too disappointed after he had missed that chance and maybe – we will never know, we will never find out – that's why he was just a break short [in] The moment afterwards. I always really believe it is always best to have WaS [Wataru Endo]The mindset and what I mean by that is that he continues the entire season, continues, continues and when we need it, he is ready. That is very difficult, there are not many players who can do this. It's not about the chance for me, it is more about the 20 minutes after which I want to talk to him than about him who misses a chance.
About what he learns about his players in this phase of the season …
You always learn in every game, but I usually see the same things. So these players can play every three days on the best of their possibilities in terms of physique. When you saw again yesterday, I usually take stupid Szoboszlai as an example what a working speed for his third game in a row. Until the last, last second, he kept running up and down, up and down, up and down. That is the only thing I can ask for and what the fans can ask. And that we are out of luck not to score our chances, that is unfortunately football.
But we cannot accept – not the fans, nor I – that they do not make maximum effort. But that's what they constantly do and I assume they will do it again. But you never know the outcome because we come across – with Villa, with Everton gone – difficult opponents. The list of luminaire for us is now a few difficult in a row – that is what you have to accept. The good thing is that we are not behind someone, we are still number one and that is the good if you go a series of games like this.
On the form of Ryan Gravenberch …
I think that is partly what it is [that he can’t be nine out of 10 every game]. There are only a few players in the world who can be nine or 10 every three days. If you look at his age, he could eventually belong to that group of players – those two or three or four who can do this. But he is not there yet, which is completely normal and it also depends on the playing style of the opponent, which we just said. If you play Everton or Wolves, that is a completely different game than when you play a villa. I liked him much nicer yesterday than I liked him, for example, against Everton. It is not always as easy as the shape of a player or how many games he has played, but nine or 10 times that is the easy reason to give instead [of] Diving in watching playing style and certain other things.
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