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00:00FAMILIES AND FRIENDS DIVIDED ACCORDING TO THEIR ALLEGIANCES BETWEEN EVERTON BLUE AND LIVERCAL RED
00:23THAT'S DARBY GAMES FOR YOU
00:30EVERYTHING IS GOING LIVERCAL'S WAY RIGHT NOW
00:36THE GOAL FRAGISON IS FIRST FOR EBERTON
00:39CHOTA DANCING TO SCORE IN THE MERSEY SIDE JARBY
00:47IT'S CHOTA GILL
00:49WHAT AN ASTONISHING MOMENT
00:51LOOK AT THE SCENE
00:52WELCOME TO ANFIELD AS LIVERPOOL AND EVERTON RESUME THEIR MERSEY SIDE RIVALRY FOR THE 247TH TIME
01:08THE ICONIC MATCHES CULT HEROES LATE GOALS AND LEGENDARY PLAYERS WILL DEFINE THIS FIXTURE AND GO DOWN IN HISTORY
01:16WHO IS GOING TO WRITE THE LATEST CHAPTER TODAY
01:20AND I'M JOINED BY PETER CROUCH AND JOLEAN LESCOTT FOR THIS ONE
01:24IT IS A GRIM DAY
01:26BUT WHAT A FANTASTIC FIXTURE
01:28PETER YOU WOULD HAVE RELISHED A DARBY ON HOME TURF IN THESE CONDITIONS
01:32I CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE
01:34I WAS SLIGHTLY WORRIED THAT CAMERA WAS GOING TO HIT ME IN THE HEAD THERE
01:37THAT'S A DOCTURE
01:39I WAS CONCERNED YARD
01:41BUT NO LISTEN THIS FIXTURE IS
01:43IT'S SOMETHING SO SPECIAL TO ME
01:46JUST THE PRIVILEGE TO HAVE PLAYED IN IT
01:48THE TACKLES THAT FLY IN
01:50I'M HOPING WE SEE THAT TODAY
01:52YOU KNOW SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT NOW TO WHEN WE PLAYED
01:55BUT THE GAMES WERE SO INTENSE
01:57AND THE TACKLES THE RIVALRY WAS SO PASSIONATE
01:58IT'S STILL THE SPICYEST DARBY
02:01OBVIOUSLY I'M THINKING WE WANT TO WEAR THAT
02:03IT'S THE MOST RED CARDS SENDING OFF
02:05BUT IN REGARDS TO THE CONDITIONS
02:07DEFENDER'S CONDITIONS TODAY
02:08OPPORTUNITY TO SLIDE
02:09YOU'D LOVE IT WOULDN'T YOU?
02:10THIS IS PERFECT
02:11LIKE I LOVE PLAYING IN DRIGINY CONDITIONS
02:13LIKE A DARBY LIKE THIS
02:14I MEAN THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN SOME TACKLES FLYING IN DEFINITELY
02:17AND JOELIAN WHAT'S IT LIKE FOR YOU BEING BACK HERE
02:19BECAUSE I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT THIS MORNING
02:21WHEN YOU SAID THIS IS MY FIRST TIME BACK HERE SINCE RETIRING
02:24FIRST TIME SINCE I LEFT EVERTON
02:28THIS ARENA I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO SCORE RIGHT IN THIS GOAL
02:30HERE IN THE FRONT OF THE CUP
02:32WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
02:33YEAH THAT WAS SPECIAL
02:34AND I TRIED TO GIVE IT A BIT MORE CENTERBRATION HERE
02:36BUT VICTORIANA CHIBI LET ME KNOW
02:38WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED WHEN DECORE
02:40CELEBRATED IN FRONT OF THE OPPOSING FANS
02:42HE CONTROLLED ME A LOT
02:43BUT YEAH THIS IS A SPECIAL FIXTURE
02:46FOR BOTH SETS OF FANS
02:48IT'S PROBABLY THE ONE
02:50DERBY THAT FANS ARE DIVIDED
02:52FAMILIES ARE DIVIDED
02:53LIVERPOL AND EVERTON FANS
02:55IT STARTS LIKE TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE
02:57THIS GAME YOU KNOW
02:58AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S
02:59CLUBS HAVE GOT SO MANY GAMES
03:00OBVIOUSLY LIVERPOL
03:01WERE THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TO CONTAIN WITH THIS WEEK
03:03BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE BACK OF PEOPLE'S MINDS
03:05THAT THIS GAME
03:06BECAUSE THE MAGNITUDE IT MEANS SO MUCH
03:07TO THE CITY AND THE PEOPLE OF LIVERPOL
03:10LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THE LIVERPOL TEAM
03:12THEN BECAUSE SOME BIG TEAM NEWS TODAY
03:14IT'S HUGO EQUITIQUE UP FRONT
03:16ALEXANDER ISAK
03:18BEING HANDLED WITH CARER
03:19FIRST START OF THE SEASON AS WELL
03:20FOR CONNOR BRADLEY
03:21BUT PERHAPS ONE OF THE SURPRISING THINGS
03:22FLORIAN VIRTS ON THE BENCH PETER
03:24FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON
03:26ALEXI MCALISTER IS STARTING TODAY
03:29WHY DO YOU THINK ARNESS LOTS MADE THE DECISION
03:31TO PUT VIRTS ON THE BENCH?
03:32YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S DIFFICULT TO ADJUST
03:34COMING FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTRY
03:36AND PLAYING IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE
03:37AND IF EVER THERE'S A HIGH ENERGY GAME
03:40IT'S THE MERSEYSIDE DERBY
03:41I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT EVANS MIDFIELD AS WELL
03:43THERE'S SOME LEGS ENERGY
03:45AND THERE'S A LOT OF STRENGTH IN THERE AS WELL
03:46AND I THINK YOU KNOW
03:47ARNESS LOT MIGHT HAVE JUST BEEN GOING
03:48FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE
03:49YOU KNOW LESS GUILLE AND A BIT MORE STEAL IN MIDFIELD
03:52SO I TOTALLY GET THE DECISION
03:54AND YOU JUST SAW ONE CHANGE THERE FOR EVERTON
03:57IT WAS MICHELENKO IN THERE IN THAT BACK LINE
03:59HE'S FIT AGAIN
04:00THAT'S A BIG BOOST FOR THEM ISN'T IT
04:02JUST TO HAVE AN OUT AND OUT LEFT BACK IN THERE TODAY
04:05WITH GARNER MOVING INTO MIDFIELD
04:06YEAH IT'S A MASSIVE BOOST
04:08JIMMY OBVIOUSLY VERY COMFORTABLE IN POSSESSION
04:10SO RIGHT POSITION FOR HIM IN MIDFIELD
04:11BUT MICHELENKO BRINGS A NICE BALANCE TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE
04:14HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO HAVE JAMES IN MIDFIELD
04:16BECAUSE DAVID MYSE WAS REALLY BIGGING UP
04:19HIS QUALITIES AS A MIDFIELDER THIS WEEK
04:21NO I'VE WORKED WITH JAMES IN ENGLAND
04:22SO I'M AWARE OF HIS QUALITIES
04:24HE'S VERY COMFORTABLE IN POSSESSION
04:25SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T SHOW AWAY
04:26AND IN FICTIONS LIKE THIS YOU NEED A BIT OF BITE
04:28AND HE HAS THAT
04:29BUT ALSO THE ABILITY TO BE BRAVE
04:30AND WANT THE BALL AND THE PRESSURE
04:32AND MICHELENKO HAS DONE WELL IN THE PAST
04:35AGAINST MO SALAH
04:36AND SALAH CERTAINLY LOOKED BACK TO HIS BEST THIS WEEK
04:38DIDN'T HE?
04:39YEAH HE DID YOU KNOW
04:40HE WAS UP HIS GOAL
04:41HE TOOK HIS GOAL FANTASTICALLY WELL
04:46IT'S NOT AVAILABLE THAN WHAT FALLBACK YOU PLAY
04:49HE'S ALWAYS LIKELY OF CREATING A CHANCE FOR HIMSELF
04:52AND SCORING GOALS
04:53OBVIOUSLY HE'S BEEN REASONABLY QUIET
04:54BY HIS STANDARDS
04:55IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE THIS SEASON
04:56BUT IT FELT LIKE
04:57WHEN A TEAM OPENS UP
04:58LIKE ATHLETICO DID THE OTHER NIGHT
05:01THEN YOU KNOW
05:02HE'S ALWAYS GOING TO GET JOY
05:03STICKING ON THE SUBJECT OF FALLBACKS AS WELL
05:05IT'S MILOS KERKES IN A LEFT BACK
05:08ARE YOU SURPRISED IN A GAME OF THIS MAGNITUDE
05:11HE'S NOT STICKING WITH ROBERTSON
05:12FOR THAT EXPERIENCE JOLIEN?
05:13YEAH IT'S LIKE THE SURPRISE
05:14ESPECIALLY AFTER WAS IT LAST WEEK
05:16IT'S BURNLEY COMING OFF IN THE FIRST HALF
05:17BUT LISTEN HE KNOWS HIS SQUAD
05:19HE'LL KNOW WHAT STATE PHYSICALLY
05:21MENTALLY HE'S IN
05:22SO I'M SURE HE'S AWARE OF THE MAGNITUDE
05:24OF THIS GAME AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
05:26OKAY WELL THIS IS DAVID MYS 28TH
05:29MERSEYSIDE DERBY IN THE EVERTON DOUGHOUT
05:31AND THAT'S WHERE HE IS RIGHT NOW
05:33AND HE'S ALONGSIDE ALI MCCOYST AND JULES BREACH
05:36AND OF COURSE LINDSAY
05:37BECAUSE ALI MCCOYST IS NEXT TO HIM
05:38THERE'S SMILES ALL ROUND HERE
05:40DAVID THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
05:42IT'S DERBY DAY
05:43LINDSAY JUST MENTIONED THERE
05:4428 MERSEYSIDE DERBYS
05:46CAN YOU ENJOY?
05:47LOOK LET'S BE HONEST
05:49IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO ENJOY THEM
05:51I THINK WHEN YOU'RE THE SIDE WITH
05:52PROBABLY THE STRONGEST TEAM
05:53IT GIVES YOU BIGGER HOPE
05:54MOST OF THE TIME OVER THE CAREER
05:56I'VE HAD TO FIGHT AGAINST
05:57LIVERPOOL WHO'VE SPENT MUCH MORE
05:59AND A LOT MORE GOING FOR THEM THAN WE HAVE
06:01BUT LOOK MY BIGGEST MEMORIES
06:03WAS WHEN WE FINISHED
06:04ABOVE THEM IN THE LEAGUE TABLE
06:05A COUPLE OF TIMES
06:06BEFORE I LEFT
06:08JUST GOING TO SAY
06:09YOU NEED TO WATCH YOU
06:10THERE'S A BIT OF ACTION
06:11BEHIND THIS DOUGHOUT THERE
06:12JUST BE VERY VERY CAREFUL
06:13WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF GLASGOW
06:14BOYS HERE
06:15THAT'S THE PRO
06:16WE'LL BE FINE
06:17I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR TEAM
06:18YOU'RE A GREAT START TO THE SEASON
06:19COUPLE OF VICTORIES
06:20YOU LOOK AT ZOI
06:21A BIT MORE BALANCE
06:22GET A LEFT BACK BACK IN TOWN
06:23YEAH GET MIKO BACK
06:24I MEAN LOOK
06:25HE'S FIT BUT NOT 100% FIT
06:26IF YOU WANT TO PUT IT THAT WAY
06:27SO WE NEED TO SEE HOW LONG
06:28WE CAN GET OUT OF HIM
06:29BUT LOOK
06:31JIMMY GARDENER
06:32DID A BRILLIANT JOB
06:33THERE WHEN HE HAS DONE
06:34BUT GETTING HIM BACK
06:35IN MIDFIELD IS IMPORTANT
06:36FOR US AS WELL
06:37100%
06:38I HOPE THE REST OF YOUR TEAM
06:39BALANCE
06:40YOUR REPUTATION OF BEING TATTERS
06:41DAVID
06:42BOYS LIKE GREALISH
06:43AND DOY
06:44AND DEWSBURY HALL
06:45I MEAN WHAT'S JUST ATTACK MINDING
06:46WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT
06:47HAVE WE
06:48NEVER DONE THAT
06:49NO
06:50LOOK
06:51HOPEFULLY WE CAN SHOW IT
06:52A LITTLE BIT HERE
06:53LOOK
06:54COME AND DOMINATE
06:55THAT'S FOR SURE
06:56YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO
06:57ALL THE HARD BITS
06:58AND THE DURTY BITS REALLY WELL
06:59BUT
07:00I'M HOPING THAT WE GET THE
07:01MOMENTS TODAY WHERE WE CAN
07:02ANOTHER BIG THING HERE
07:03IS TRYING TO GET DECISIONS
07:04LAST YEAR
07:05WE LOST
07:06WHAT I SAW WAS AN OFFSIDE GOAL
07:08WE HAD A REALLY TIGHT GAME
07:09AGAINST THEM AT GOODISON
07:10LAST YEAR
07:11SO
07:12LOOK
07:13IF WE CAN TRY AND KEEP IT
07:14KEEP IT THAT WAY
07:15THEN IT WILL GIVE US EVERY CHANCE
07:16TODAY
07:17IS THIS AS CONFIDENT AS YOU COME
07:19INTO THE DERBY
07:20WELL I WANT TO SAY YES
07:21BECAUSE I'M NOT ALWAYS GOING
07:22TO COME HERE AND SAY NO
07:23BECAUSE I'VE HAD OTHER GAMES
07:24WHERE IT'S NOT
07:25I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY IN
07:26THE STRONGEST LEAGUE POSITION
07:27THE COBS HAVE BEEN IN
07:28FOR QUITE A WHILE
07:29DOES IT MEAN MUCH
07:30BECAUSE IT'S A SMALL SAMPLE
07:31WE'VE ONLY PLAYED
07:32THREE OR FOUR GAMES
07:33AT THE MOMENT
07:34BUT
07:35YOU KNOW
07:36I THINK WE CAN COME HERE
07:37AND THINK WE'LL HAVE A GO
07:38BUT LET'S BE FAIR
07:39WE'RE UP AGAINST A TEAM
07:40WHO'S
07:41PLAYING VERY WELL
07:42AND GOT A LOT OF REALLY
07:43GOOD PLAYERS
07:44THE GAME ITSELF
07:45I'M LOOKING AT IT
07:46I'VE SEEN LIVERPOOL
07:47A COUPLE OF TIMES
07:48THIS SEASON
07:49THE ONE THING THEY'VE GOT
07:50IS THE DESIRE
07:51AS WE'VE SEEN
07:52RIGHT TO THE END
07:53GOALS AFTER THE EIGHT
07:54MINUTE WINNING GOALS
07:55SO I'M IMAGING YOU'VE
07:56ENFORCED THAT
07:57BACK INTO YOUR OWN PLAYERS
07:58YEAH
07:59I THINK WE'RE SEEING
08:00A LOT OF GOOD TEAMS
08:01WIN GAMES LATE ON
08:02BECAUSE THEY KEEP THE
08:03PRESSURE ON
08:04AND THEY EVENTUALLY
08:05WEAR THE OPPOSITION DOWN
08:06SO WE'RE FULLY AWARE
08:07OF THAT AS WELL
08:08I DON'T THINK IT'S
08:09SOMETHING YOU CAN REALLY
08:10TRAIN TO
08:11I THINK ALL YOU CAN DO
08:12IS JUST MAKE PLAYERS
08:13AWARE OF IT
08:14YOU'RE LOOKING AT
08:15LIVERPOOL'S BENCH TODAY
08:16YEAH
08:17AND SAYING THAT
08:18YOU KNOW
08:19THEY'VE GOT LOTS OF
08:20PLAYERS WHO THEY COULD
08:21BRING ON AT DIFFERENT TIMES
08:22BUT LOOK
08:23WE'RE ACTUALLY THINKING
08:24ABOUT HOW WE CAN COME
08:25HERE AND PLAY
08:26AND HOPEFULLY MAKE IT
08:27DIFFICULT FOR LIVERPOOL
08:28THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION
08:29DAVID
08:30WHAT IS THE GAME PLAN
08:31FOR EVERTON
08:32I SORT OF HINTED A
08:33WE WANT TO TRY
08:34MAKE THE MOMENTS
08:35I THINK WE STILL NEED TO
08:37KEEP THE RESILIENCE
08:38HARD TO PLAY AGAINST
08:39TOUGHNESS ABOUT US
08:40I DON'T THINK ANY TEAM
08:41CAN COME HERE
08:42AND PLAY LIVERPOOL WITHOUT
08:43THAT
08:44BECAUSE THEY'RE
08:45INCREDIBLE FRONT LINE
08:46BUT IT'S JUST A HARD
08:47PLACE TO COME AND PLAY
08:48AND IT IS FOR ALL MANAGERS
08:49NOT JUST FOR ME
08:50WELL BEST OF LUCK TODAY
08:51AND GOOD LUCK
08:52THANK YOU
08:53ALL THE BEST
08:54THANK YOU
08:57THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO
08:58DAVID MOYS
08:59JOELS AND ALI
09:00THE MANAGER
09:01OF EVERSON
09:02SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO
09:03HAVE TO DO THE HARD
09:04STUFF TODAY
09:05JOLY AND IS IT
09:06IS IT ALMOST A BIT OF
09:07BAD LUCK THAT HE'S COME
09:08HERE LOOK AT THAT
09:0922 TIMES
09:10WITH FOUR DIFFERENT CLUBS
09:11AND NOT GOT ONE
09:12SINGLE LUCKY WIN
09:13YEAH THIS ISN'T A GREAT
09:14PLACE TO COME FOR ANY
09:15MANAGER
09:16OBVIOUSLY EVEN MORE
09:17SO DAVID MOYS
09:18BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT
09:19DAVID MOYS I'M USED TO
09:20ON DERBY DAY
09:21VERY RELAXED
09:22AND COMPOSING I LIKE THAT
09:24BECAUSE HE FEELS LIKE
09:25HE'S CONFIDENT THAT HIS
09:26TEAM ARE GOING TO COME
09:27HERE AND GIVE A GOOD
09:28ACCOUNT OF THEMSELVES
09:29AND SO HE SHOULD BE AT
09:30THE MOMENT PETER AS WELL
09:31THEY'VE GOT A NEW STADIUM
09:32A NEW HERO IN JACK
09:33GREELISH THE SIXTH IN THE
09:34TABLE
09:35CAN YOU UNDERSTAND WHY
09:36THAT WHOLE MOOD
09:37AROUND EVERTON IS SO
09:38GOOD RIGHT NOW
09:39TOTALLY YEAH
09:40HE'S DONE AN ABSOLUTELY
09:41INCREDIBLE JOB
09:42I MEAN THEY WERE JUST
09:43JUST ABOVE THE
09:44RELEGATION ZONE WHEN HE
09:45CAME IN AND I THINK
09:46WHAT THEY THE SIXTH
09:47BEST TEAM SINCE
09:48BEST TEAM SINCE
09:49HE WAS REAPPOINTED
09:50YEAH
09:51ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE
09:52STAT REALLY LIKE
09:53FROM WHAT HE'S ACHIEVED
09:54AND LARGELY THAT WAS
09:55DOWN TO YOU KNOW
09:56THE SAME PLAYERS
09:57HE CAME IN AT AN
09:58INSTANT IMPACT
09:59HE DIDN'T SIGN A LOAD
10:00OF PLAYERS
10:01OBVIOUSLY HE'S BROUGHT IN
10:02SOME QUALITY
10:03HAVING SPOKE TO HIM LAST
10:04SEASON HE SAID HE JUST
10:05NEEDED THAT LITTLE BIT
10:06OF QUALITY WHICH I THINK
10:07HE'S ADDED IN SOME WAYS
10:08YOU GIVE HIM ANOTHER
10:09CHANCE OF WINDOW IN
10:10JANUARY AND I THINK
10:11EVERTON WILL BE LOOKING
10:12THAT IS AN ABSOLUTELY
10:13INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT
10:14CONSIDERING WHERE THEY
10:15WERE
10:16WHAT ARE HIS BIGGEST
10:17STRENGTHS AS A MANAGER
10:18HE'S UNDERSTANDING
10:19HIS PLAYERS TACTICALLY
10:20HE'S VERY ASTUTE
10:21HE DOESN'T GET ENOUGH
10:22CREDIT FOR THAT
10:23BUT I THINK CLUB'S
10:24COMING TO SCRUTENY
10:25FOR THE PLAYERS THEY
10:26SIGNED BUT I THINK
10:27THAT ACQUISITION OF
10:28DAVID MOYS WAS THE
10:29TIMING OF IT WAS SO
10:30IMPORTANT THE
10:31RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
10:32FANS I THINK HE'S BEEN
10:33INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT
10:34SO LIKE PETER SAID
10:35THEY'VE GOT A LOT
10:36LOOKING GOOD FOR THEM
10:37OF LIVERPOOL THIS SEASON
10:38HOW WILL HE FEEL THAT
10:39EVERTON CAN CAN GET
10:40AT THAT DEFENSE TODAY
10:42AND YEAH
10:43OBVIOUSLY THAT THAT'S
10:44THE ISSUE I MEAN
10:45THEY'LL SIT BACK TODAY
10:46I THINK IF YOU LOOKED
10:47AT THE BORNMOUTH GAME
10:48ESPECIALLY YOU KNOW
10:49IT WAS OBVIOUSLY
10:50FRAILTIES THE
10:51THERE IS THREE AGAINST
10:52TWO AND AND QUITE
10:54OFTEN YOU KNOW
10:55WITH A BIT OF PAGE
10:56WHICH I THINK BETO
10:57CAN BRING CERTAINLY
10:58ON THE TRANSITIONS
10:59LIVERPOOL WAS
11:00THROWN TOO MANY
11:01MEN FORWARD IT WAS
11:02MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF
11:03ARROGANCE MAYBE IN
11:04THE EARLY PART OF THE
11:05SEASON WITH
11:06LIVERPOOL THROWING SO
11:07MANY PLAYERS FORWARD
11:08AND OF COURSE IT'S NOT
11:09THE FIRST TIME WE'VE
11:10SEEN VAN DYKE AND
11:11CANARTE ISOLATED
11:12QUITE OFTEN THEY CAN
11:13DEAL WITH IT BUT
11:14THEY HAVE CONCEEDED
11:15GOALS IN THE FIRST
11:16PART OF THE SEASON
11:17DOING IT
11:18YEAH I THINK THEY'RE
11:19DIFFERENT NOW
11:20I THINK THEY'LL RECOGNIZE
11:21THEIR STRUMPTS AND
11:22WEAKNESSES AND I DON'T
11:23THINK IF IT WILL BE
11:24AS ADVENTUROUS AS
11:25WE'VE SEEN IN THE CLIPS
11:26LEAVING PLAYERS UP
11:27I THINK DAVID MOYS
11:28WILL HAVE A MORE COMPACT
11:29BUT I'VE SEEN IN
11:30DERBIES BEFORE
11:31ESPECIALLY BETO
11:32HE'S A NUISANCE
11:34AND IT WON'T BE AN
11:35UNDURABLE GAME FOR
11:36KANAETI AND VAN DYKE
11:37WE'VE SEEN HIM USE
11:38HIS PHYSICALITY HAVEN'T
11:39WE BEFORE IN THE DERBY
11:40CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR
11:41THEM?
11:42YEAH WITHOUT THAT
11:43WHAT I WAS GOING TO
11:44SAY THERE WAS WITH
11:45REGARDS TO BURNLEY
11:46I THINK THAT WOULD BE
11:47MORE OF A BLUEPRINT
11:48FOR EVERTON TODAY
11:49YOU KNOW BURNLEY HELD
11:50THEM TO THE VERY LAST
11:51MINUTE OF THE GAME
11:52REALLY WHERE THEY
11:53CONCEDED A LATE
11:54PENALTY AND I THINK
11:55THAT WOULD BE A BLUEPRINT
11:56FOR EVERTON TODAY
11:57I THINK IT WON'T BE AS
11:58EXPANSIVE AS WHAT WE
11:59SAW THERE FROM
12:00BORMAS
12:01YEAH WELL THERE'S BEEN
12:02A SIMPLE NARRATIVE
12:03HASN'T THERE THAT THAT'S
12:04REALLY DEFINED
12:05LIVERPOL SEASON
12:06FIVE MATCHES
12:07AND FIVE LATE WINNERS
12:08IS IT LUCKY?
12:09A WINNING MENTALITY
12:11UNSUSTAINABLE
12:12DOES IT EVEN MATTER
12:13THOUGH AS THE REDS
12:14MAKE A PERFECT START
12:15TO THEIR PREMIER LEAGUE
12:17AND THEIR CHAMPIONS
12:18LEAGUE CAMPAIGNS
12:24THREE WORDS TO SOME
12:31OF THIS TEAM
12:32LOVE YOU GUYS
12:34WITH FOOTBALL
12:38THERE'S A LOT TO CONSIDER
12:40THE PREMIER LEAGUE ON TNT SPORTS
12:42PROUDLY SPONSORED
12:43BY BOYLE SPORTS
12:45WELCOME BACK
12:51IT'S A WET DAY IN LIVERPOLLE
12:52AS THE FANS MAKE THEIR WAY IN
12:54FOR THIS LUNCHTIME KICKOFF
12:55IN THE MERSEYSIDE DERBY
12:57THE HOSTS LOOKING TO WIN
12:58FIVE CONSECUTIVE PREMIER LEAGUE
13:00GAMES FOR THE FIRST TIME
13:02UNDER ON A SLOT
13:04THE DUTCHMAN GOT HIS FIRST TASTE
13:06OF THE DERBY LAST SEASON
13:08AS THE REDS DROPED TWO POINTS
13:09LATE ON IN A SUPER CHARGED
13:11ATMOSPHERE AT GOODESON
13:12WHICH SAW SLOTS SENT OFF
13:14AFTER THE FINAL WHISTLE
13:16TWO MONTHS LATER
13:18HE WOULD CELEBRATE A FIRST
13:19DERBY WIN HERE AT ANFIELD
13:21IN WHAT WILL ALWAYS BE
13:22REMEMBERED AS A POIGNANT
13:23MOMENT
13:24DIOKO JOTA SCORING THE WINNER
13:26WHAT WOULD BE HIS FINAL GOAL
13:28FOR LIVERPOL
13:29AND IT WAS A GOAL
13:32WHICH MOVED LIVERPOL CLOSER
13:34TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE
13:35AND CEMENTED AN EXTRAORDINARY
13:37FIRST SEASON AND OVERALL
13:38RECORD FOR ANNESS LOT
13:40EARLIER THIS WEEK
13:41ALI MCCOY SAT DOWN WITH HIM
13:43IN THE LATEST EPISODE
13:44OF ALI'S SOCIAL CLUB
13:46THANK YOU
13:47lovely to see you
13:48thanks very much for taking the time
13:50really appreciate it
13:51I know you're a busy man
13:53after you
13:54we've got it all marked for you
13:55thank you
13:56looking back in last season
13:59I'm guessing you were always aware
14:00of the talent you had in your team
14:02but were you a little bit surprised
14:03just how consistent you were in the league
14:05yes to a certain extent
14:06because I think the quality was already there
14:08what I did was
14:09what I did was
14:10I think everybody noticed this
14:11I played a lot of time
14:12with the same players
14:13and I think that cost us
14:16in the end of March
14:18also the league cup final
14:20yes
14:21but from November till March
14:22that is the most difficult period
14:24here in England
14:25and I think we won the league
14:27because I always was so consistent
14:29in playing the same players
14:31but it was also the reason
14:33why we were not at our best
14:34in those two weeks in March
14:37now you won the title
14:38the business at Liverpool have had
14:40been well documented and fantastic
14:42right
14:43everybody talks about money
14:44everybody says
14:45oh they spent this
14:46they spent that
14:47where do you sit in that?
14:48I can't blame people
14:49that they don't see
14:51or understand
14:52that we also bring money in
14:54because that's so exceptional in England
14:56because every club never sells
14:58and only buys
14:59so people
15:00here in England
15:01don't even have an idea
15:02that English clubs
15:03also sell players
15:04but we didn't have a big squad
15:06last season
15:07and we did sell
15:08and brought players in
15:09and that is such an exception
15:10in English football
15:11yeah
15:12evidently weekend
15:13Arna
15:14dare I say it
15:15I was at the game
15:16where
15:17it was so different Arna Slaughter
15:19do you know something
15:21I don't think it did you any harm
15:23no I missed two games afterwards
15:26which didn't
15:27yeah well
15:28in that sense it probably didn't
15:29but you know the point I'm trying to make
15:30yeah
15:31passion
15:32derbies
15:33I mean
15:34they just get you don't they
15:35they just get you
15:36and I think
15:37I think every manager around the world
15:38we do
15:40when we finish this interview
15:42I go all into Everton again
15:43looking for this half percent
15:44for this one percent
15:45where I can make the difference
15:47and then a referee decision is
15:49probably ten percent of
15:51maybe fifty percent of what can happen
15:53and that is sometimes
15:54it's out of your hands
15:55and he's human
15:56and it's out of your hands
15:57and that is sometimes difficult to handle
15:59because you wanna influence
16:01almost everything
16:02one final question
16:03I'm only giving you one pick
16:05the league this year or the Champions League
16:08you can only win one
16:10if I can only win one
16:12because I wait so long
16:15it's so difficult to pick
16:17it's almost impossible
16:18yeah it's almost impossible
16:19but I think I would then go for the Champions League this time
16:22brilliant
16:24well as you can see the Everton players
16:26heading out for their pre-match warm-up there
16:29just say hi to Crouchy on the way through
16:32is Beto leading the line once again for them today
16:35and Jack Grealish as well
16:37starting of course for Everton
16:39hoping to win even more adoration today
16:42from the Everton fans as well
16:44Crouchy's just about to join the mascots as well
16:47behind us
16:48don't start
16:49they're lining up
16:50waiting for the Liverpool players
16:51who will be heading out
16:52but over your shoulder as well
16:54you've been in both the dressing rooms here
16:56of course Peter
16:57just how real a thing is the Anfield factor?
17:00listen I've been in both dress rooms
17:01I know exactly which one I'd rather be in
17:03obviously the home dressing room
17:05yeah it's got obvious
17:06it's always had a fear factor about it
17:08it feels like with the late goals as well
17:11especially at the moment
17:12it has an aura around Manchester United
17:15kind of in the 90s and 2000s
17:18Liverpool back in the 80s
17:19Liverpool getting back to that stage now
17:21it feels inevitable that they're going to get that late goal
17:23and end up putting pressure on them
17:25to the point where the other team can't cope
17:28can you hear some boos echoing down the tunnel as well
17:30with the Everton
17:32the Everton players heading out for that warm up as well
17:35we also you spoke about the Anfield factor
17:38we hear all the time about the cop
17:40and being able to suck a goal in almost
17:43can you feel that on the pitch as a player?
17:45yeah I think certainly when you play against the great teams
17:48and fantastic teams with history
17:51you feel that it's almost like inevitable
17:53the pressure tells
17:54and I think certainly
17:55in the early part of the season
17:57Liverpool at the moment
17:58with the late goals
17:59it feels consistent pressure
18:01mental fatigue starts setting in
18:04and you get to the point where
18:06can we handle this?
18:07can we physically get through this?
18:09and unfortunately it's not been the case for the other teams
18:11and for Liverpool
18:12the late goals
18:13but it's something they'll want to address
18:14it's something that you can't continue for the whole season
18:16but of course champions do find a way
18:19do you think it is a big concern then?
18:20or does it just show that champions mentality?
18:22no I think if you go through the course of a league season
18:25there's going to be times where your back's against the wall
18:27and you've got to find a way to win
18:29and Liverpool have done that
18:30certainly in the early part of the season
18:32but you know it doesn't
18:33you can't sustain that for the whole league campaign
18:35I think you know most fans
18:37and certainly on a slot now
18:38will be wanting a dominant performance today
18:40what was your sort of routine then
18:42when you were in that dressing room
18:43on a derby day?
18:44what was going through your mind?
18:46I always remember the local lads
18:48just being so fired up
18:49you know
18:50certainly Gerard, Carragher
18:51players like that
18:52just going around the dressing room
18:53making sure that you were switched on
18:54you knew your jobs
18:55because as much as you say
18:57it's important to all the players
18:58and it was
18:59but the local lads obviously take
19:00immense pride in this fixture
19:02you know and rightly so
19:03and there's a lot of new players as well
19:05who are playing in the derby for the first time
19:07the chance to become an instant legend really
19:10a hero straight away for their respective clubs
19:14your goal at Goodison really sort of
19:16did that for you
19:17didn't it?
19:18It gave me so much confidence
19:19I look at Eketike today
19:20obviously playing these first derby
19:22I heard some of his comments about
19:23you know all he saw was tackles
19:24you know back in the day
19:26some of the old clips
19:27and that was of course the way
19:29but you score in this game
19:30and very early on in my Liverpool career
19:32it was said to me
19:34you score in a Manchester United game
19:35or the Merseyside derby
19:37you'll be remembered forever
19:39and these are the games that can define heroes
19:42if you look at Divock Origi
19:44certain players that stick out in your mind
19:46who score big goals in this fixture
19:48will live on in the memories of the fans forever
19:51Eketike did say didn't he
19:53he was watching YouTube videos
19:55that's what he was doing in preparation
19:56for this game
19:57and like you said
19:58you just said everyone was kicking each other up
19:59honestly
20:00I mean these are the games you want to play in though
20:02you know
20:03with that white hot atmosphere
20:04if you get the chance to be the hero in this game
20:07it's why we play the sport
20:08How do you think that will affect the Everton defenders mindset?
20:11the fact you've got Eketike starting
20:13who's made a strong start to the season
20:16but you know on the bench is Alexander Isak as well
20:19Well that's it
20:20with a big club like Liverpool
20:22you know you have options
20:23and you know 100 million with Wurtz
20:26and 150 odd million for Isak sitting on the bench
20:29I mean you know you've got pretty good options when you can do that
20:32Absolutely
20:33How important did you take the sort of pre-match warm up as well?
20:37What was it like for you?
20:38Yeah no it was important for me
20:39like I always pretended I was relaxed
20:42you know outwardly if people would look at me
20:44and say oh he's laughing he's joking
20:46but the nerves it kind of was masking the nerves
20:48and the energy that I had inside me
20:50and I always took it very seriously the warm up
20:52I don't know how players you know didn't go out for the warm up
20:55or didn't do it properly
20:56like for me it's all about my first touch
20:58getting a few shots off
20:59make sure I hit the back of the net
21:01and getting things ready in my mind
21:02for obviously the big game ahead
21:04and I think you know these players are very different now
21:06we found it difficult to keep calm
21:08but you know I think you've got to be calm under pressure
21:12in a white hot atmosphere
21:13because you don't want to be the man to give a goal away
21:15or get a sending off
21:17or at least pretend you're calm
21:19yeah exactly that's exactly what I did
21:20you know even now I'm pretending I'm calm
21:22and I'm only I'm only watching it
21:24and Virgil van Dijk just
21:26giving the high fives to the mascots as they head out
21:29followed by Cody Gakpo as well
21:31the first thing you notice as well
21:32is just the size of the team Peter when they head out
21:36yeah of course you know it's a big strong side
21:39you know there's all parts of the game
21:41covered you know fantastic talent
21:43and a team that will be there or thereabouts
21:45come the end of the Premier League season
21:47well Everton are out there already
21:49Liverpool about to go out for their warm-up as well
21:51so let's head outside
21:53because Jules Breach is there with Jolian Lescott
21:55yeah and we're just at the mouth of the tunnel Lindsay
21:58and of course the Liverpool players are just about to run out here
22:01Jolian I'm sure we're going to hear a loud roar
22:03from these Liverpool fans as they head out here
22:05Crouchy just then was talking about
22:07pretending to feel relaxed on Derby Day
22:09but from an Everton perspective
22:10surely you can't come here with any kind of relaxed feelings
22:14it's definitely not relaxed composed
22:16a little bit of calmness
22:18that's what you want it cool heads
22:20but in regards to the fixture
22:22Everton fans the players will be aware what this is
22:24and what it means to this group of fans
22:26so yeah you can be calm
22:28but you've also got to be ready for the fight
22:30because it's intense and you hear the atmosphere
22:32it's raised the level now but it also blows it will be very intense here
22:35and you can just hear that roar
22:37and this stadium is not even a quarter full
22:39as the Liverpool players come out to warm up here at Anfield on Derby Day
22:43a moment ago as well Jolian I saw you saw a familiar face in Jack Greenish
22:47a nice hug from him as he comes out to play in his first Merseyside Derby
22:50how was he feeling?
22:51Confident, knowing Jack he's always confident
22:53all self-belief is high
22:55he'll relish this opportunity
22:57I'm sure he'll be the pantomime villain today
22:59probably get booed every time he touches the ball
23:01someone that will thrive on that
23:03the pressure of and the responsibility that comes with being the man in a team
23:05so I know he's looking forward to that
23:07and the thing is they mentioned the Anfield factor as well
23:09how much of a factor was it as the away side?
23:12Oh it's huge
23:13and not just from an Everton perspective
23:15every team I played for here
23:17it wasn't easy
23:18the cup has an ability and a capability of sucking the ball into the net
23:22when they're kicking downhill
23:23slightly downhill in the second half
23:25but yeah Anfield is a great place for Liverpool
23:28not so much for the opposition teams
23:30and the Liverpool players will be hoping Lindsay
23:32that the Anfield factor will play a big role today
23:38well thank you very much to Jules
23:40we're about 35 minutes from kickoff
23:42and up next we're going to head out onto the pitch
23:45and have a closer look at some of the key men on either side
23:49he's really special to play in this club
24:01he's one of the biggest clubs in the world
24:03after last season we've got something to prove
24:05welcome back Bryan
24:06let's do this
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24:09yeah we lost two big players
24:11come on!
24:12but on our day we fancy ourselves against anybody
24:14we'll see
24:15I know it's going to be unbelievable
24:16because I found out it was crazy
24:18yeah
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27:07Well, we've come out onto the pitch.
27:09Right behind me there is the August Premier League Player of the Month, Jack Grealish.
27:15Peter, he's been an absolute revelation so far for Everton.
27:18Just how do you think he's transformed their attack?
27:22I just think it's pure confidence.
27:24All Jack needs is an arm around the shoulder and someone who loves him.
27:28A bit of belief.
27:29Feeling like he's the man.
27:30I think Aston Villa, it was kind of a free roll.
27:33Give the ball to Jack and he'll make things happen.
27:34It's not quite that at Everton, but, you know, he's got a new lease of life.
27:38He's got the ability to go past people.
27:40I thought he might kind of almost play in a free roll, but he's playing off the left-hand side and he's been dynamic in the games that he started in.
27:47Is it as simple as taking the shackles off him, Jolien, or does the Everton way of playing and system just suit him better?
27:54Yeah, I think the system.
27:55I think it's more knowing Jack.
27:56The responsibility of being the man, enjoying that role.
28:01Freedom helps, obviously.
28:02Someone that can create moments out of nothing can like the responsibility of staying on the ball for long periods.
28:07And, yeah, I don't think he's just transformed the forward and the attack of him.
28:11I think he's transformed the club, the belief, the team and the fans.
28:13Like, they were so excited having known a lot of Evertonians.
28:16They were so excited when it was rumored he was going there.
28:18I think they've had a lack of quality in forward areas, haven't they?
28:23And I think they're addressing that.
28:24Certainly, you know, Guy on one side and Grealish on the other.
28:27I think Jusby all gives him a good option as well.
28:29But what's Jack's attitude?
28:31We all know what a fantastic player he is, but it's the numbers.
28:34It's the involvements, the assists.
28:37And, you know, he will get goals as well, I think.
28:39That's obviously what he was missing.
28:41I think it was a couple of assists in the Premier League in two years.
28:44For a player of Jack Grealish's caliber, that's not good enough.
28:47And the fact that he's proven a point now that he comes straight into the team
28:50and he's already having an impact.
28:51But what you notice in these clips is, it's not this one,
28:54but he's in the box a lot more.
28:55I think in the City system, he operates a lot wider.
28:58We know their wingers are told to stay high and wide,
29:01where obviously for Everton it's like, no, get yourself in the box,
29:03create members of brilliance, suck in a number of defenders,
29:05and then final pass.
29:07When you look at these areas, quite often in that situation for Man City,
29:10he would have turned out and he would have passed it backwards, right?
29:13He didn't do it, he hasn't done it once there.
29:15You know, he's going past people, he's getting crosses in.
29:17And I think quite often, that must have been something he was told.
29:21You know, you don't put the ball in the box aimlessly at Manchester City.
29:24And I'm not saying it's aimless, it's just, it's a dangerous pass,
29:26but he would have come out and recycled it more.
29:29And obviously when you play for Man City,
29:30there's a lot more defenders back there,
29:31in the greatest respect to the way Everton attack and Man City attack.
29:34So yeah, there's going to be a lot more space for him to operate.
29:37Yeah, the rain really coming down here at Anfield now.
29:40Proper derby conditions, which you absolutely love.
29:42Let's just head towards the Liverpool guys warming up as well,
29:46because one of the guys, of course, tasked with stopping Jack Grealish today,
29:50Virgil van Dijk.
29:51Julian, he's 34 now.
29:53Do you think he's getting better?
29:54Yeah, I don't think he's getting any worse.
29:58And that's the thing, players of his magnitude and great players,
30:02they necessarily don't get better.
30:04They just don't get worse.
30:05And they do what they should be doing for a longer period of time.
30:07And Virgil van Dijk definitely will go down as one of the greatest,
30:11arguing a lot of Liverpool fans' minds, the greatest defender.
30:14But yeah, he's generational.
30:17He could have played in any generation and looked as composed.
30:19And I think that's the key to his game.
30:20I think the things he does are so, not so simple, they don't sound disrespectful,
30:25but he makes them look so simple.
30:27And that's the skill.
30:28There's been a lot of talk this week as well, Peter,
30:31about whether he's going to go down as one of the greatest ever players
30:35to wear the Liverpool shirt.
30:36Not just defenders, one of the greatest ever players.
30:39Where do you stand on that?
30:41It's such a hard conversation.
30:42Like, it feels like, you know, before the Premier League was.
30:47You know, if you think about Dalglish, Keegan, Rush,
30:51players of this calibre, Graeme Souness,
30:52you've got a long list of players,
30:55the rich history of this football club.
30:56But van Dijk is right up there amongst them.
30:59You have to say it.
31:00He will be a legend of this football club.
31:01The same with Mo Salah for what they've achieved.
31:03I mean, it's the new generation of Liverpool dominance to some degree.
31:07I know Manchester City have been relentless in their pursuit.
31:09But Liverpool have been fantastic,
31:10got back to the levels that we've been accustomed to.
31:13And that's largely down to the big centre-half.
31:15How would you play on him as a striker?
31:17I did.
31:18I remember towards the end of my career,
31:19I played against him a few times.
31:20And there's nothing he can do.
31:22You know, he's just as good as you in the air.
31:24He's quicker than me.
31:25That was the issue was he was playing me so high up
31:27and I couldn't get any joy at all.
31:28So absolutely no joy out of the big man whatsoever.
31:32Well, speaking of Liverpool legends,
31:35Mo Salah is just one goal behind Steven Gerrard
31:39for the most ever Merseyside derby goals
31:41in the Premier League era.
31:42Last weekend, he also went fourth outright
31:45on the all-time Premier League scorer's list.
31:48Apparently, it's been a slow start to the season
31:50for the Egyptian,
31:51who's got three goals and two assists already.
31:54The best team I played in, without doubt,
32:11was the Rangers side of the late 80s and early 90s.
32:13He won nine titles in a row.
32:21Effectively, we were one goal away from a Champions League final.
32:25Walter moulded an excellent team.
32:28Excellent team.
32:29We had some great leaders as well
32:31when I'm Butcher Goff and Terry Butcher
32:33were two great captains.
32:36And if you're captain in your country, England and Scotland,
32:38you've got something about you.
32:41Although it wasn't the same team
32:42all the way through the period,
32:44there was a core of players
32:46which clearly helped.
32:49And as soon as players were coming in
32:50to join that group of players,
32:52they knew immediately
32:53because there was five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten of us even
32:56that had been there for a period.
32:58So that team that I played in
33:00in the late 80s, early 90s
33:02was certainly the best team I was involved in.
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33:41Right now, we are at Anfield
33:43kicking off at the Premier League weekend
33:45with the Merseyside Derby
33:46underway at 12.30.
33:49And the team news starting with Everton.
33:52Vitaly Mikhelenko is back from injury
33:54in at left back
33:55with James Garner moving into midfield.
33:57Iribunum on the bench.
33:59Jack Grealish will be up for this one today
34:02hoping to earn even more adoration
34:04from the Toffees supporters.
34:06And David Moyes is sticking with Beto up front.
34:09He, of course, scored in last season's Derby
34:11at Giddison Park.
34:13For Liverpool today,
34:14Milos Kerkhez is in at left back
34:16with Robertson dropping to the bench.
34:19Alexis McAllister starting with Florian Burt
34:22on the bench for the first time this season.
34:24And up front, it is Hugo Eketike
34:26recalled to lead the line
34:28with Alexander Isak being handled with care.
34:31And we can hear from Arna Slott now.
34:33He's speaking to Jules Bridge.
34:35Arna, a short turnaround
34:37since Wednesday's Champions League game.
34:39Was that the biggest factor
34:40in the four changes you've made for today?
34:42Yeah.
34:43Yes, but it wasn't only for today.
34:45It was during the week already.
34:46I think against Atletico,
34:49you didn't saw Macca and Conor Bradley,
34:52players that didn't have the best preseason.
34:55So we knew from the start
34:57three games, seven days.
34:59With the third one being the most intense game,
35:02we need players that are ready for this game.
35:04Ready in a sense of being fit enough
35:06for the intensity that's coming up.
35:08And that's what we tried to do
35:10throughout every line-up we've made.
35:12Against Atletico and Burnley
35:13for us to be as ready as we can for this game.
35:17You said that Alexander Isak
35:18was feeling the effects from Wednesday's match.
35:21But as a striker,
35:22I'm sure he's desperate to be on the pitch
35:23to score his first Liverpool goal.
35:25Yeah, yeah, he is.
35:28But normally when you don't play a player,
35:29I don't think there's any player in the world
35:31that's like, okay, I can understand your decision.
35:33Maybe they can understand your decision,
35:34but they would have made a different one themselves.
35:36I wouldn't be surprised if you ask him today
35:39that he would say,
35:39hmm, this is the best choice to make
35:41for me not to start this game.
35:44And that has all to do with match fitness,
35:46of course, with him missing out
35:47on so much team sessions on hardly any game.
35:51It was very good to see him play
35:52for an hour during the week
35:55and let's see how many minutes he can make today.
35:57Florian Wirtz on the bench.
35:58What was the thinking there?
36:01The same as it was Macau on the bench
36:03against Atletico Madrid.
36:05Like I said, it's three games in seven days,
36:09not in eight days,
36:10which is normal.
36:11Normally play from Saturday, Wednesday, Saturday.
36:13This is Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday,
36:15early kick-off.
36:17One of the most intense games we have to play.
36:20So we tried to manage it
36:21during the Burnley and Atletico game.
36:24And for today,
36:25I think Dominic Soboslai,
36:29who played both of the games as well,
36:31is more used to the intensity
36:34of the Premier League.
36:36Soboslai, more used to the intensity
36:38of the Premier League,
36:39the reason for Wirtz being on the bench today.
36:41Does that make perfect sense to you, Peter?
36:43Yeah, we mentioned it before, didn't we?
36:44I just think that,
36:46especially in this fixture,
36:47more than any other,
36:47I mean, the Premier League's difficult enough
36:49to cope with if you come from
36:50a different league anyway,
36:50but the intensity of Merseyside derby,
36:53I think, yeah,
36:54it's probably the right call
36:55just to leave him out,
36:56but have a little bit more physicality
36:57in that central midfield,
36:58especially with Everton having there as well.
37:01This is nice, isn't it?
37:02Someone's remembered
37:02where we put the brollies as well.
37:04Treating you to a bit of cover there, guys.
37:06It's perfect.
37:06It's perfect for a derby load,
37:08this weather, perfect.
37:09Also in that midfield,
37:10Ryan Gravenberg,
37:12with so much talk about
37:13all the new signings,
37:14the exciting attacking players
37:15for Liverpool this season, Jolion,
37:17but just how key is he
37:18to making it all work for them?
37:21He's instrumental.
37:21Not his only ability to break down play,
37:24but just sustain consistent possession.
37:28We've seen him show a bit of flair
37:29last week as well,
37:31but his contribution,
37:32his understanding of where to be
37:33positioning himself
37:34and his ability to pick a pass,
37:36dribble,
37:37he plays that role in a unique way.
37:39We often associate the deep line midfielder
37:42with being aggressive and tough,
37:44but he's got them traits,
37:46but he's also so comfortable
37:47in possession and his ability
37:48to just look effortlessly
37:50composed at all times.
37:52Jolion spoke about the flair,
37:53that trademark spin he's got,
37:55Peter.
37:55It's lovely, isn't it?
37:56It's so nice to watch.
37:57Look at the strength as well there,
37:59by the way.
38:00Honestly,
38:01I feel like he's got everything.
38:02I think if he continues
38:04in this vein,
38:05playing the way he's playing
38:06at the moment
38:06and Liverpool win things,
38:08you've got a player there,
38:09he's going to win
38:10Player of the Year awards.
38:11I think he's that good.
38:13He's on his way
38:13to being one of the best midfielders,
38:15if not the best midfielder
38:16in the Premier League.
38:17He's just got to find
38:17that consistency
38:18and continue doing
38:19what he's doing now
38:20because some of the attributes
38:21and the way he breaks lines
38:23just by running at people
38:24through the centre of the picks,
38:25he can pick a pass,
38:27if he adds goals to his game,
38:28I mean,
38:29he's got absolutely everything.
38:30You said he's on his way
38:31to being one of the best midfielders
38:33in the Premier League.
38:33Do you think at the moment
38:35he's one of the best midfielders
38:37in the world?
38:38Yeah,
38:38I'd put him in that bracket
38:40without doubt.
38:41I look at the midfielders globally,
38:43yeah,
38:43there's some fantastic ones
38:44but he'd be right up there.
38:45I think the only reason
38:46is he's kind of only had
38:48one real season
38:49in a number six role.
38:51You know,
38:51he can play in an eight kind of role,
38:53he can do both jobs
38:54in one position
38:55and I think he is on the road
38:57to becoming one of the best
38:58in the world,
38:58if not the best.
38:59I agree,
39:00I think they go hand in hand.
39:01If you are one of the best midfielders
39:02in the Premier League,
39:03that means you're one of the best
39:04in the world
39:04so if he continues along
39:06this trajectory
39:07that he's on
39:08showing immense consistency,
39:10yeah,
39:10he definitely talked about
39:11trying the best.
39:12Here we go then guys,
39:13the atmosphere
39:14really starting to build
39:15and get noisy in here.
39:17Liverpool have been
39:18perfect results-wise
39:20without hitting top gear yet
39:22but the Blues arrive here
39:24in form
39:25and in a buoyant mood as well.
39:27They may just be feeling
39:28this is their best chance
39:29for a win at Anfield
39:30for quite some time.
39:32We'll have kick-off
39:33in the Merseyside Derby
39:34coming next.
39:53This weekend
39:54on TNT Sports.
39:55The Rugby You Love
39:57is back
39:58with a fresh look.
39:59Prem Rugby Cup holders
40:00Bath host
40:01West Country rivals
40:02Exeter at the Rec
40:03ahead of the new
40:04Gallagher Prem season
40:05starting on Thursday.
40:06San Francisco
40:07hosts the Labour Cup
40:08where Carlos Alcarez
40:09leads Europe's elite
40:10against Team World
40:12in this tennis extravaganza.
40:14We'll also serve out
40:15plenty of drama
40:15in Dublin.
40:16England are in town
40:17for the third
40:18and final T20
40:19of the series
40:19against Ireland.
40:21Don't miss the likes
40:21of Joss Butler
40:22and new captain
40:23Jacob Bethel
40:24in action.
40:25And in Tokyo
40:26British Olympic champion
40:27Keely Hodgkinson
40:28goes for gold
40:29in the women's 800 metres
40:31at the World Athletics Championships
40:33before the relays
40:34bring the event
40:34to a dramatic close.
40:36But now
40:36Liverpool take on
40:37City rivals Everton
40:38in the Merseyside Derby.
40:40Your weekend
40:41starts here.
40:46What a brilliant match
40:48to kick off
40:48the fantastic sporting
40:50weekend ahead
40:51on TNT Sports.
40:52The Merseyside Derby
40:53is just minutes away.
40:56The Merseyside Derby
40:58still the most vibrant
40:59occasion on the
41:00English football calendar.
41:01Those two might go
41:02for this.
41:03Oh, and Ferguson reacted.
41:05We might yet get
41:06another red here
41:07after all.
41:08And Barros is going to go.
41:09There's trouble here.
41:11Sent off
41:12on his Merseyside Derby
41:13debut.
41:15A new challenge
41:16and a new era.
41:17It's Issa!
41:21British.
41:22Absolutely brilliant!
41:25And it's as simple
41:25as that for Florian Verst.
41:27Still going.
41:28It's Kim and Dewsbury Hall!
41:30And he scores!
41:32Welcome to the Premier League!
41:35He's making
41:36quite a name for himself.
41:37As intense
41:38a local derby
41:39as you are likely to get.
41:40Well, the fans
41:43are ready to play
41:44their part
41:45and it's almost time
41:46for the players
41:47to stand up
41:48and be counted.
41:50Julian to Everton
41:51be cautious
41:52do you think
41:52and hope for a draw
41:53or do you want to see them
41:54go for it
41:55with the attacking players
41:56that have now gone?
41:56I don't think they hope
41:57for a draw
41:57but you have to be cautious.
41:58You have to respect
41:59that you're playing
42:00the champions
42:00you're playing Liverpool
42:01you're playing away
42:02from home
42:03at Anfield
42:03so staying in the game
42:05for as long as possible
42:05and then looking
42:06to win it later on
42:07I don't think
42:08you come to Anfield
42:08and expect to win it
42:09in the first half an hour.
42:11How big a factor
42:12is discipline
42:13in these games Peter?
42:14Because you want
42:15to make it a battle
42:16but you've got to stay
42:17on the right side
42:17of the ref as well.
42:18Yeah that's it
42:19you can't get wound up
42:20by these fixtures
42:21as much as the blood's pumping
42:22and you want to get your
42:23but you've got to be
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