00:00 So, Will, looking at Liverpool and the total races this season,
00:04 I mean, it's so competitive at the top again.
00:06 Are Liverpool nearing Manchester City, the standards that they've set?
00:10 Can they sort of match that over the course of this season?
00:13 Because so far it's looking so good for them.
00:17 It is very competitive and obviously Liverpool have gone to Tottenham Hotspur City
00:20 for a few seasons in the past, didn't keep up last campaign.
00:25 I don't think anyone quite expected Liverpool to make this start of the season,
00:30 maybe end of the season, in this sort of form,
00:32 United 4s, when everything clicked together.
00:35 I think even Jürgen Klopp and his coaching staff are surprised
00:37 by how well Liverpool are doing so far.
00:40 Three points off the Premier League lead at Tottenham,
00:44 and you think back to that Tottenham game where it was riddles and controversy,
00:47 Liverpool conceded a last-minute own goal.
00:51 It could well have been a two-point swing there if Liverpool had got a point.
00:56 Liverpool's main, I've said it all season,
00:58 their main goal is to get back into the top four,
01:01 get back into the Champions League and the revenue that brings with it.
01:05 But Liverpool's squad now is so deep,
01:08 they've got players who are capable of playing in the Premier League,
01:13 and then they've got almost a difference of 11 who are playing in the cup competitions.
01:16 That doesn't normally happen for Liverpool in the Champions League.
01:20 So, we have this Thursday-Sunday thing that people say hinders us,
01:25 but it's actually benefiting Liverpool so far.
01:27 And if they can keep plugging away, if they get to Christmas,
01:30 then there's certainly even a chance that they can keep it up after that.
01:33 Eric Ten Haag had a debut season to remember in the Red Devils' recent history.
01:43 It seemed all the Dutchman stood for was flowing onto the pitch throughout the season,
01:48 but it's no secret that questions were being asked of the consistency,
01:52 especially away from home.
01:54 As they've started the season in similar fashion to that under previous managers,
01:59 how much of the current situation could fall on the United boss?
02:04 You know, you just said there there's no identity to the way they play.
02:07 That is the problem at the moment, that if at least, you know,
02:12 you knew what they were trying to do and it wasn't working out,
02:15 well, you know, there'd be some optimistic signs, some signs of positivity.
02:20 I mean, I think, for instance, back to Mikel Octeta,
02:23 this time two years ago when it wasn't going well in Arsenal,
02:25 I think fans knew at least what he wanted to do, what he was trying to achieve.
02:28 It looks like, you know, he is just,
02:32 these 11 players have just met in the car park beforehand
02:34 and said, right, we're going to play a game.
02:36 There's no, there's just no interplay at all.
02:40 And I don't think United can ever be competitive
02:42 while the Glazers are running the club the way that they are.
02:45 But at the same time, it doesn't excuse the way that United are playing on the pitch.
02:48 And Tenehag's not doing it.
02:50 He's simply not doing a good enough job at the moment.
02:52 It is just as simple as that.
02:54 And to come out after the game and say that they're on,
02:57 that they're progressing and that they're moving up,
03:00 they're on a kind of an upwards trajectory at the moment, United,
03:03 it's just baffling.
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