Liverpool travel to Chelsea for Premier League opener

A chance to start well - but a tough one at that.

Transcript

00:00 And just on that opener away at Chelsea on the Sunday,

00:03 what are the thoughts going into that?

00:04 Obviously, there is that gap in the sort of midfield that we spoke about,

00:08 but how confident do you feel that Liverpool can do at Stamford Bridge?

00:13 Look, I think if everyone, if you talk at a draw now,

00:16 I think everyone, you know, if they give you a draw, you take it,

00:18 because it's a tough opening.

00:20 I know Chelsea had their struggles last season,

00:22 and they've had a lot more changes to Liverpool over this summer.

00:25 Michele Pochettino coming in and spending a lot of money,

00:30 a lot of players leaving the club and their transfer business is far from done,

00:33 it looks like it.

00:35 But it's a tough opening, Liverpool don't exactly have a fantastic...

00:38 Plenty of draws there last season, it's nil-nil.

00:41 It wasn't the greatest of games, when Liverpool were in a bit of a tough moment.

00:47 But I think people, open day of the season, away at Chelsea,

00:51 difficult game, you come away with a point.

00:55 It's not disastrous, as you say.

00:57 You haven't got a proper defensive midfielder in, have you?

01:00 It's going to be makeshift, the clubs already said that,

01:02 the midfield that they play, or the way they set up,

01:05 isn't going to be what it's like for the rest of the season.

01:07 So it is going to be makeshift tactics,

01:10 and if you can come away with a draw, then you'd probably be happy.

01:14 And it's probably a good time to play Chelsea as well,

01:16 because they're only going to get better as new players bed in,

01:19 and Pochettino gets his ideas across.

01:21 So, good time to play Chelsea, I could see,

01:25 potentially a high-scoring game, to be honest.

01:27 I know, like I say, last season was a drab nil-nil,

01:30 but given that Liverpool have been very good on the attack,

01:33 and pretty poor at the back in pre-season,

01:36 that's the way this game could go.