00:00I know obviously the rivalry and respect is always there between these two teams,
00:07but I just wonder how you felt being part of this fixture last season
00:12and how it differed maybe to other atmospheres and other rivalries that you've felt before in your career?
00:19No, it differed, if that is the right English word to use.
00:25What I like so much here in England is that no matter how much rivalry there is between us and Everton,
00:32or between us and United, or if we're going to go to Newcastle with the whole Isak story going on,
00:39the fans can just be together.
00:41So when we arrived at Newcastle I saw ten Liverpool shirts, and I saw many Newcastle shirts by the way,
00:46but the ten Liverpool shirts could just stand in between the Newcastle fans.
00:50That is impossible in Holland.
00:53So that is something really special what you have over here now,
00:57and I hope you can keep this for many years to come.
01:00So yes, there's rivalry, yes, both fans are so passionate for their own teams,
01:05but they respect each other as well.
01:07And that for me is the main difference,
01:10because if Ajax plays against Feyenoord, away fans are not allowed anymore.
01:14So that tells you how terrible that situation is.
01:19So yes, and it makes it so much nicer if both fans are there.
01:23And that's what's going to happen tomorrow,
01:25and I hope that this is going to continue for as long as football is played here in England.
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