Andoni Iraola press conference LIVE - Florian Wirtz and Liverpool injury latest for Chelsea

Nowadays all the teams are quite intensive not just sitting in a block, it doesn't happen a lot and definitely not against Brighton and Chelsea and Villarreal. They want to press and there won't be many spaces. If you win the duel, that second ball, it's what makes nothing in the middle of the pitch mean you go up against the keeper.Past season it was a very good team also.

No. You are saying they have this problem, but it won't be in our team meeting, no.

It's not about gaining the confidence. You haev to have the right to belong, you want to get it with good performances and wins and this will take time. But I'm glad because I felt hte other day the upporters helped us a lot. They were enjoying it as we were. The players they liked our performance in terms of they gave everyhting, they blocked everything, making tackles, winnign duels, making runs in behind, these are the things people want to see.I would say it's the start (of earning the right) but we need more time.

I've done maybe 25 interviews about our relationship but at this moment everyone knows. We were close friends, grewup together in the same team, we played against each other at club level and together at national team. But now we are in the same position, I want to beat him and he wants to beat us. Once we are playing against each other the relationship is not good as you stop talking! But he is a very good friend and I wish him all the best.

I think Alex feels the trust of everyone. Everyone trusts if he moves into good positions he will score goals. But I always tell him he has to help us sowe can give you the chances, and I think he understands that necessity. I hope that can continue at the same level.

I always said, whoever controls the game is whoever controls the chances. It's not about having the ball. Brighton had the ball btu mainly in their half. We had a good spell in the last 10 minutes to control much better. We had a moment in the second half where we were conceding too much territory. Our long-term goal is how we played in the first 30-35 minutes. That's our aim. During 90 minutes you'll have moments where you have to be more compact. We should be able to differentiate. The other day I was quite pleased. Against Villarreal I thought there were spells they were controlling us and we weren't comfortable. But the other day I thought we were comfortable.The more time we stay together the more experience we have together, the more comebacks the better you know each other. The easier it is to have references and evolve. We want to do this process while winning games.

It's the same for everyone. You don't have time. We don't have time, Chelsea doesn't have time, Arsenal doesn't. It makes a big difference if you have one more day. Against Brighton we were lucky as we had more days. Everything has to be done on video if you don't have time to prepare. Chelsea, Arsenal, Palace definitely we have less time to rest than the opposition but sometimes you have to adapt. You cannot overthink. It's a matter of adaptation.

Problem for Jayden has been availabilty. He has had some setbacks and in and out, but he is now nbuilding soe minutes, scored the other day, is in a good place. He has mainly been with us in European games. I hope he progresses and pushes to fight for minutes.

It's not that we have a lot of options that we need to rotate. All the top teams need to rotate. Sometimes you have forced rotation due ot injury or sometimes we have different demands in different games tactically.I am happy that everyone is involved. When we have had to use someone who hasn't played a lot of games, they have jepled us. The more players we have in a good place the easier ny selection will be, even if it will be hard to leave players out.

Every competition is important. I would love to win tomorrow and have the chacne to win the comipetition but I know we have to play very well. We are playing a team that isn't in EUrope o for them this competition is very important.(Alonso then Arteta next) I have a lot of friends! They are good coaches. Whatever happens as with Inigo this week we will have some minutes to talk.

There will definitely be changes but we want to win the game. We want to be competitive. We have to see how the legs are. We've been trying to make changes from game to game. We want to be in the next round. We have been unlucky in the draw, playing Chelsea, and they've been unlucky also. But we want to earn the right ot be in the draw again and that can only happen if you win.

We still have ot wait. We train later. Florian was quite fine and optimistic he would be available . ANd with Dom and Victor I'm not so sure. I don't wnat to say no but I think it's mor difficult than Florian.