00:02And a well covered up against the elements whatever they may throw at us over the next hour or two
00:11So what a stage for the players to take to here ahead of such an important game
00:20And as you can see we've already started here
00:25Now can he capitalize
00:32And it's been intercepted and that will come to nothing
00:37For Tongan
00:44And it's got through
00:47He's got the ball glued to his feet
00:51Ronaldo plays it out to the wing
00:55Pique attempts a clearance
01:00Could move up a gear here
01:01Good ball
01:02It's got through
01:11Daniel Alves
01:14Quick glance and goal
01:15Has a point
01:18Nice to get it away
01:22And that's been one straight back
01:24Dani Alves tries to stroke it through
01:28Florenti tries to get it forward quickly
01:32Questions were asked
01:33But he's given the answers
01:36Hulk
01:39Liverpool paid tribute to their manager recently
01:42And why not
01:42He did bring them the title
01:44He deserves all the praise that comes his way for me after his success last term
01:48But the fans will be looking for even more now
01:51That's the game for you
01:53And he'll undoubtedly want to show that he can maintain success
01:56And enhance his own reputation
02:00Dink swan in
02:04And he's got the final touch there
02:06Goal kick's been given
02:16Just to point out Peter that the fullbacks are quite high
02:19And what do they try to achieve?
02:20Well, it's obviously a move to push the opposition
02:24Payee!
02:26That has certainly tested the keeper
02:28The keeper really dug out his defence then
02:31A magnificent effort
02:50Liverpool will try it again now
03:06Now it's Benzema
03:09Liverpool, whose last result owes so much to the astuteness of their manager
03:14I think Peter, we have to give credit where it's due
03:17He had a problem up top
03:18And he tweaked a system to sort it out
03:20And what I like is that
03:22He doesn't hold back
03:23He's got that
03:24Who dares wins mentality
03:25And he really goes for it
03:27It's the through ball
03:29Messi
03:30He's left his man
03:33Pepe gets it away
03:43And out to safety
03:53Vertonghen
03:55Either side
03:56Yet able to find the net
03:59And here's Messi
04:02Whistle's gone
04:03That's a foul
04:05Yeah, well they were exposed
04:06And vulnerable
04:07And he knew he had to do something
04:09To prevent a goal
04:10The referee has resisted the temptation
04:14To go to his pocket
04:15It's just a stern lecture
04:29And a real chance to break the deadlock
04:32This certainly looks appetizing
04:35Well within shooting range
04:36He's gone for the shots
04:38Oh, that's fabulous
04:41That is a gem
04:44An absolute gem
04:46There is the breakthrough
04:54Dispatched expertly
04:56Nicely done
05:15Deadlock broken
05:16It's 1-0
05:17Still a fragile lead
05:19Though
05:19They can't afford to sit on this
05:25Battles to win it back
05:27And it's Cristiano Ronaldo
05:31Hulk
05:33Well here is the raid
05:34We were told to expect
05:35And he's going long
05:38Oh, well defended
05:40That had to be done
05:42Done very well to intervene
05:44To the keeper
05:45And go again
05:49Pepe
05:50Hoists it forward
05:55Liverpool
05:56Disappointing in the end
05:57There
05:57That urgency
06:00Flings in across
06:01And he's cut it out
06:09Cristiano Ronaldo
06:12Cleared without complication
06:14Now it's Payet
06:17It's got through to him
06:31It's got through to him
06:44The score is 1-0
06:48Dani Alves
06:49Can hoist it clear
06:55Cristiano Ronaldo
07:01Oh, he's got out of play
07:09And it's Cristiano Ronaldo
07:11It's on a plate
07:13Messi gets on the end
07:14Of it
07:17And that has been
07:18Clucked away
07:23That's just very well played
07:25He can't hurt you
07:26With his back to goal
07:27And he didn't go
07:28For the back heel
07:31And here's Payet
07:34Brunch
07:36Oh, the keeper's done
07:38Ever so well
07:38Well, as Tesco
07:40Peter, the keeper
07:41Has just received
07:41An A-plus grade
08:01Strong punch
08:06Okay
08:08And here's Milner
08:12He wasn't very far
08:13From making something
08:14Happen by himself
08:15Lovely to see
08:19Little doubt
08:20That is a foul
08:21It's a straight red
08:22He has been
08:23Given his marching orders
08:26Well, there may be
08:27Some scope for debate
08:28Over the seriousness
08:29Of the offence
08:30But none
08:31Over its repercussions
08:32We'll have to see
08:33Out the rest of the game
08:34With ten men
08:48That is some save
08:51From Akinfeb
08:58And it's Messi
09:01And Messi
09:04Oh, denied
09:05Brilliantly
09:06Well, you can't ask
09:07For much more than that
09:08A difficult moment
09:09He simply had to deal with
09:13We hit half-time
09:15And there we are
09:16Off they go for half-time
09:17The breakthrough
09:18Did indeed come
09:19In the first half
09:20But there has only been
09:22That one goal
09:23It is very, very tight
09:26Well, you obviously
09:26Have to give credit
09:27To the front men
09:28For the half-time lead
09:29But I think the midfield
09:30Can really pat themselves
09:31On the back too
09:32They work tirelessly
09:33For me
09:34Leading 1-0
09:35At the break
09:38The action has
09:39Already resumed here
09:42Well, 1-0
09:42May be good enough
09:43So they may err
09:44On the side of caution
09:45And get more players
09:47Behind the ball
09:47Instead of running
09:48Beyond it
09:49They could even try
09:50To spoil it
09:51From here
09:51We'll see
09:56Tie eight
09:58And it's played forward
10:00Well played
10:01He saw that coming
10:05Now it's Messi
10:07Nicely measured par
10:09Real chance
10:11He's pulled off
10:12A fine save
10:13Benzema
10:14Simply didn't do
10:16Anything wrong
10:16He was thwarted
10:17By brilliance
10:20Looks to bypass
10:22The midfield
10:29Pique does well
10:30To read it
10:31And intercepts
10:33Keepers got
10:34Good distance
10:34On that
10:38Payet
10:38Payet
10:39Plays it forward
10:42Gerrard
10:43Payet
10:44Lifting it over
10:47And the finish
10:52Well the pressure
10:53Is relentless
10:54It's a very
10:55Very high press
10:56Yeah because
10:57It's all about
10:57Winning the ball
10:58Back at the
10:59Earliest opportunity
11:00A trigger by
11:01One player
11:01For the others
11:02To follow
11:02And designed
11:03To force
11:04Opposition mistakes
11:09Cristiano Ronaldo
11:12Benzema
11:13Now surely
11:16Benzema
11:16Gets flagged
11:17Offside
11:31Keepers
11:31Sends it forward
11:33Time and again
11:35They are repelled
11:38Looks to thread it
11:39Through
11:40To the side
11:41That time
12:00That will annoy the manager
12:02They're making themselves
12:03Too predictable
12:04Here
12:07It's a fine run
12:08And he's happy
12:09To keep going
12:11Over hits
12:11And out of play
12:14Both sides
12:15Then taking this chance
12:16To turn to their benches
12:27Oh no
12:29That's not the ball
12:29He wanted
12:33Now it's Lewandowski
12:36He spotted the run
12:37And played him through
12:39It's a fine challenge
12:40And it goes his way
12:42Well it's good stuff
12:43This is better
12:44Well a hit and hope
12:45Is just about the sum of it
12:46Isn't it Jim
12:47Just has to be done
12:53He'll hit it
12:55Oh that was no routine save
12:58Who really must have felt
13:00He had the measure
13:00Of the keeper
13:01Then but how wrong
13:02He was
13:05Piquet
13:09And that's a throw
13:12Liverpool making
13:13Consecutive changes
13:16Here
13:22That is as far
13:24As they're going to go
13:27Deftly done
13:29He needed to come up
13:30With a better ball
13:31Yeah I mean
13:32I think he did well
13:33To spot the run
13:34He needs a chance
13:36It's broken loose
13:38Turns and goes back
13:40Florenti with the cross
13:57Place it long
14:01Hazzar
14:03Up for the header
14:05Good try
14:06The outcome could so easily have been different
14:09Good effort
14:10Very good effort
14:11He would have at least wanted to
14:12Make the keeper work though
14:18They have got changes here
14:20From both sides in fact
14:29And the through ball is intercepted
14:31The Tongan
14:32Cuts it out
14:38Hazzar
14:40Hazzar with the delivery
14:43Fiquet is there to heave it away
14:48Gets it back
14:50Foul and a free kick in a very dangerous area
14:55And that's going to be a booking
14:58Players protesting furiously
15:00But there's little or no sympathy from the ref
15:02Well
15:03It was deliberate
15:04It was cynical
15:05And you have to understand the frustration
15:07Have been denied a clear opportunity
15:09But it had to be done
15:18And remember Peter
15:19That first goal came from a free kick
15:21So why not a repeat
15:24He's trying the shots
15:29And it's Jorginho
15:34There's a real appetite from them to finally put this game to bed
15:38But will they
15:44Looks to play him in
15:45It's a minor communications breakdown
15:54Milder
16:01Keep calm
16:02And carry on
16:03That's the job in a nutshell
16:04Now
16:13Akin Faev
16:14Sends that a long way
16:16The Tongan
16:18Does well there
16:19Alert
16:20Dashing forward at pace
16:22Looking for space out wide
16:24Striding for
16:26Hedda
16:27Sticks it away
16:31A two goal cushion
16:33And it's looking safe
16:39The breakaway clinical and clean
16:42And the finish unerring
16:44Yes the turn and finish is to be admired
16:47But what about the sense of urgency and desire
16:49To move the ball with such pace on the break
16:51As soon as it was retrieved
17:09So that's two now without reply
17:14Milner
17:14Across the field it goes
17:18And here's Hulk
17:22Now it's Milner
17:24Milner towering
17:25He has done it
17:28Late drama
17:30Late goal
17:31This will be one frantic ending
17:38What a super header
17:40Dispatch
17:41Beautiful
17:42Well as contact goes
17:43That was tremendous
17:44And it helped him to direct it
17:46Exactly where he wanted
17:47Into that net
17:47I think when it comes to the area department
17:49This fella
17:50Is definitely no sledge
18:19Liverpool give themselves a chance
18:21Of a fairy tale finish
18:25Dani Alves
18:26Knocks it away
18:29And it's been taken straight back
18:33This could fall anywhere
18:37That's great strength
18:39On the ball
18:41And he's there to clear it
18:46Vertonghen positions himself well
18:48And cuts it out
18:49Receives it in a good position
18:52Vertonghen goes looking
18:55Nicely measured pass
18:56He's got away
18:58What a
18:59Oh shooting chance
19:02Gets good distance on it
19:10Chooses to go back
19:11Tries a shot
19:14Oh that's a terrific
19:17And that is that
19:19Whatever the shortcomings
19:20On either side
19:21It was a great game to watch
19:23Just one between them
19:24So Jim how do you reflect on
19:26What we've seen
19:27What we've seen
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