00:00Can you give us a few thoughts on exactly what he's done here and what he means
00:04and what a gap he would potentially leave behind?
00:09I think he's one of them, maybe the player that changed that position
00:17into a player that constantly goes up and down and up and down.
00:22I think we all remember the clip where he started to press from left full-back
00:29and ended up at the right wing and went again.
00:31I think many, many, many managers showed that at that time to their players,
00:37I was one of them, to show what a mentality and what an intensity he played with.
00:43I think throughout his whole period he played with that intensity.
00:47He's becoming a full-back that constantly went up and down
00:53and be important on both sides of the pitch,
00:55where back in the old days defenders mainly had to defend.
01:00He's one of the full-backs that changed that position to doing both.
01:05And apart from that he's a great human being.
01:07I think I've experienced that in the two years I'm working with him
01:11and I think every fan recognises what I say when we see social media posts
01:17or in other moments when he's just playing and he always gives his best for the club,
01:21on and off the pitch.
01:24So he's been a very influential player for this club on the pitch
01:29but definitely also in the dressing room.
01:30Someone who redefined the way that full-backs are looked at as well,
01:36overlapping, underlapping this, that up and down,
01:38just making you tired watching him.
01:41He's just phenomenal.
01:44One that comes to mind is obviously Barcelona.
01:46Now we were 3-0 down that day and nobody gave us a chance.
01:50I think a lot of people still give us a chance in this time.
01:54So yeah, of course you have to rely on your experience.
01:57You have to rely on lads that have been in this position before
02:03because that's what's going to help us.
02:05And then you obviously have the young lads and things like that
02:07that maybe haven't experienced it to bring that fresh energy and that no fear.
02:11And that's when you get the right balance within the squad.
02:20You know, I think since I've been here for nine years now,
02:23our aim is always to be sending our fans home happy
02:26because when they go bounding out of Anfield, we know we've done our job.
02:29And I think in football that gives you the biggest satisfaction
02:31that people are heading back into the pubs or back to their families that night,
02:35happy with what they've seen on the pitch.
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