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HUGO EKITIKE PRESS CONFERENCE
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Reds striker Hugo Ekitike speaks to the media ahead of Liverpool's Champions League game away at Galatasaray.
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Settling in at Liverpool
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Go for it. Hugo, good to see you. Eight games into your Liverpool career, five goals, one assist. How do you feel you're settling in and what more is there still to come from? I think I settled well.
00:01:06
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ah Obviously, I had a good adaptation. The boys, the staff, everybody in the club had me so much to to adapt ah to this new environment.
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So, yeah, I would say everything goes well. And, you know, for boys, you need to keep going and stay consistent.
Competition and Flexibility with Isak
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When you arrived as well, Alexander Isak wasn't here, he has arrived now.
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How has that impacted you? How do you view the competition that you have for places? And if you were to play in the same team together, how do you think is the best way it would work? um Good question. i think you know it's good to play in such a big club.
00:01:49
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ah I can't see one big club playing just with the only one striker. So I think it's good that he's here, you know, even for me, you know, at my age, I think have still lot of things to to improve and learn.
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So for me, it's good that he's here. um And yeah, um you know, that's that's the coach to decide how he wants to play. yes and That's not me, but obviously, you know, he's great players.
00:02:16
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I've been playing with the... in two striker composition, one striker, so I can do a lot of things and if if you have if we have to play together, I can i can do that.
Reflection on Red Card Incident
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If there's been one downside to your time at Liverpool so far, I'm guessing it's probably the second yellow card against Southampton. How do you look back on that incident now, particularly as it made sure that you you missed the game against Crystal Palace at the weekend?
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um I think that wasn't smart. Obviously, I finished myself alone, I would say. So, I felt a bit disappointed to watch the boys ah from home ah the last Saturday.
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But as I said, I apologise to everybody already, to all my teammates. That kind of thing won't happen again. And yeah, I just move on now. I'm just looking forward to to playing. I just focus on football.
Freedom and Style on the Field
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What is what is the biggest think biggest task that the coach honestly wants from you Because we have seen you always positioning yourself in between the defensive block, the opposition defensive block. So what is the biggest thing that the coach says to you or the coach wants from you in terms of how you play?
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see do The coach didn't talk a lot about... my My way to play or where I need to play, it gives me a lot of freedom ah in terms of being able to link up with the boys or go behind.
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ah i can do a lot of things, it just wants me to bring um my football in the team. So, yeah, i didn't say much about that.
Choosing Liverpool
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those
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Hi, Hugo. Hi. There's quite a few clubs interested in you this summer, Newcastle, Man United. What was it that made you pick Liverpool?
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It's just the best choice, you know, it's the champion of England. um For me, they had great players, a great history.
00:04:45
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just fits with what I was looking for after Frankfurt. So, yeah, i think it was the the good choice for me.
00:04:55
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Yeah, that's why I choose Liverpool. It's just the best option and I wanted to come.
Improving Shooting and Offensive Play
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Last season, in the...
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like twojas carradoas forconno um ah get chances on number and sorry last reason in the Your goal, shots on goals statistics is really high. It's about 50%, your shots on goal statistic.
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So what's the reason behind that? do you have the right technique or do you specifically work on it and train on on it? What's the reason?
00:05:31
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I think last season, in the first part, you know what ah obviously I was starting a lot in in Frankfurt eleven almost all the games. and I see that I didn't show shoot many times ah during games because I was just being more a playmaker, I would say.
00:05:57
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And I think I needed to be more dangerous. That's what I'm trying, i'm still trying to be, you know, to be even more dangerous than I than i am right now, you know, to always bring danger in defense. And i think that's why I shoot most. I don't really have particular technique, you know, or something to say about that. But yeah, I just try to be dangerous.
Enhancing Defensive Capabilities
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compared a lot Compared to last season, Liverpool give too much space to opponents. ah For instance, we saw in Crystal Palace match. Do you think it will be a problem against Galatasaray?
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Every game is different, you know. Premier League, Champions League games, different. I think tomorrow is going to be a tough game playing here in Galatasaray.
00:07:02
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Away from Liverpool difficult. but I can't really say much about that, you know. it's the It's the start of the season, obviously. We have to still find connection and to adapt to each other. So, ah think in time it will be better, but I'm i'm confident.
00:07:26
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back then you go hello um Can you just talk to us about your start?
Champions League Ambitions
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I think it's five goals in ten games. So did you expect it to go as well as it had? And just in terms of you playing Champions League, I know you've played Champions League with PSG before, but how do you feel about doing it at the level for the whole season?
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this This is your time, I suppose, what you want to achieve. um To say I knew I would perform like that. No, but that's what I expected.
00:07:55
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ah I worked for that. So, obviously, I'm happy that it works and I just want to keep going and do even more for for this team.
00:08:07
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and um Sorry, what's the second question? the japanese Playing in the Champions League, I know you've played for PSG before, but as a starter, you want to play every game now and and how you feel about performing at this level?
00:08:22
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yeah Obviously, when i when I played first Champions League with PSG, I was young, i was on the bench, I was more watching. would say now my time, being someone who can't in this team, to help the team reach success in the Champions League.
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I'm very grateful for that and i I'll give 100% of myself. Just the last one there, thanks.
Lessons from PSG
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Hi Hugo, and you mentioned PSG. I was wondering, because you've started so well at Liverpool, I was wondering if the experience of stepping into that environment of PSG, because obviously had Neymar and Vafete and Messi, that was the the step up.
00:09:05
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Did that sort of prepare you for this step up now at Liverpool? For sure, in certain ways. You know, ah they gave me lessons in PSG.
00:09:16
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I was playing with the the place best players, maybe one of the best players in history. So, obviously, it was a lesson for me. And obviously, being here today with Liverpool playing and and for me, it's a great thing. And I just want to show that I learned a lot from from this time.
00:09:40
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and that now I'm i'm able to to make a difference for for my team, for my club. thanks so je thank you