00:13Yeah, but not only the long future, also the near future.
00:16I think I've said a few weeks, maybe months ago, one or two months ago,
00:20that his playing time would increase because he got stronger and stronger,
00:25showed more and more when he came in, but also in training sessions,
00:29that it wasn't only a nice trick, but there was more and more end product to what he did.
00:37There was more and more power to what he did, which is needed if you play against the best defenders
00:42in the world.
00:43And I don't think anyone is surprised that at this moment of time he scored his first goal.
00:50He has such a special quality, which you don't see a lot in football anymore,
00:53dominating the 1v1 situation, and that's exactly what he did when he scored his goal.
01:00Making the ball free by twisting and turning and then hitting it in, like a Mo Salah finish, I would
01:06say,
01:08is something I'm not surprised to see because in training sessions during the last month,
01:14we saw more and more that he got more and more power to hit the ball as powerful as he
01:18did today.
01:21And, yeah, that's why he had now three starts in the last seven or eight games, I think.
01:26I don't know exactly, but Wolves and Tottenham and this one.
01:31And it's pleasing to see that he did what we know, what makes him special,
01:37that's dominating the 1v1 situation.
01:41Greg?
01:42Is he ready to start again?
01:46Yeah, I think he's ready, yeah.
01:48Now the question, of course, is can he do this two days later again?
01:54That's another question, but would he be able to play and perform at that level?
01:58Yeah, I play him because I see him as one of the players we are having.
02:04It's not like he's less or in the beginning of the season,
02:08he was a young player getting some experience with the first team.
02:12But now he's just someone I can pick for any game, so also the one from Tuesday.
02:19But I think in general, that's not to say about Tuesday,
02:23but in general expecting from a 17-year-old that he can play three games in six days.
02:29Because, of course, we were so lucky and fortunate that we have the Wednesday-Tuesday fixtures of UEFA.
02:37You could question if that's realistic, especially for the ones that have been there in Paris and saw that intensity.
02:47That's almost for every player too much, as you noticed today in my line-up,
02:51that I was aware of how intense two days ago was and how intense two days from today will be
02:58again.
03:02Paul?
03:08I just said trying to be funny, although I don't know if it's funny.
03:14This whole season has been, so many things are constantly repeating themselves.
03:20And that, again, was an example of that today.
03:23Every time when something positive has happened this season,
03:26someone, I don't know who's responsible for it, makes sure there's also something negative happening.
03:30It cannot only be positive this season, so there must be an injury involved after a good win.
03:38And that's why I had to take him off.
03:40I would be surprised if he's available for Tuesday.
03:42The good thing was he didn't feel it in a moment.
03:44He felt it coming, but since it's such a sheer turnaround,
03:49I really hope he's available because we need all the players that we have.
03:56But I would doubt it if that's going to happen.
04:24I completely agree, as I usually agree with most of you.
04:29That's also something different than what we've usually seen with us.
04:33So I think we started off really well.
04:34First 20-25 minutes we were creating not the biggest chances,
04:38but we had a few good moments in and around their penalty box.
04:42And then there were indeed five to ten minutes where I felt like,
04:44OK, Fulham is now coming into the game.
04:46And we all know, because you guys see always the same faces,
04:49we all know what's going to happen then with us.
04:51We can see that has happened every single game almost.
04:55And that's why today it was for the first time maybe that in that moment,
04:58not that we were outplayed.
04:59Yeah, we were outplayed two days ago,
05:01but we were not outplayed in that ten minutes.
05:03But they were coming a little bit.
05:06That's nothing for us, game a little bit,
05:07and I got a corner kick and scored immediately.
05:09Today, at last, at last, at last, exactly at that moment, Rio had his moment.
05:16And that tells you how crucial goals are and how crucial momentum is.
05:20Because what if we, in the same game today,
05:22we would have conceded in that ten minutes?
05:25It would have been a completely different game.
05:27And now, because we scored, we had the momentum,
05:29and five minutes later we scored the 2-0,
05:31which has happened so many times here at Liverpool.
05:33When you get the momentum, you can score another one.
05:39And so, yeah, that's why a goal is very important,
05:42but that quality he has is also very important.
05:48And hopefully, he can show this many more times in this stadium.
05:54Bruce, last one.
05:56Does Alisson have a chance for the next two games next week?
06:01For Tuesday, you mean?
06:02Or Tuesday or Sunday?
06:04Oh, Tuesday I don't expect him.
06:05He's not training with the team yet,
06:07but he's working very hard on his recovery,
06:08so we hope to have him back in the near future.
06:11But he doesn't train with the team yet,
06:15so he will not be performing Tuesday.
06:17Thank you, everyone.
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