1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,000 You're listening to the Footglish Podcast. Love football, learn English. 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:15,000 Tottenham 3, Liverpool 6. How come 9 goals were scored in this extraordinary game? 3 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:19,000 Which team is the biggest threat to Liverpool's title challenge? 4 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,000 Who would Liverpool fans want to keep out of the trio? 5 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:26,000 Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah. 6 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:30,000 And what does team-rolling someone mean? 7 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:54,000 Hello everybody, welcome to another episode of the Footglish Podcast. 8 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,000 What's Footglish Podcast, I hear you asking. 9 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:02,000 Footglish Podcast is a podcast for people learning English. 10 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,000 It's a podcast about football. 11 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:08,000 And yeah, that's what it is. 12 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:14,000 Merry Christmas to all our listeners and viewers on the YouTube channel as well. 13 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:18,000 And I've got a present for you. So make sure you listen till the end. 14 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,000 Actually, I have two presents. 15 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,000 One of the presents is you, Paul. 16 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,000 Okay, yes. 17 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,000 A Christmas present. 18 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:33,000 I didn't ask you whether you accept this title. 19 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,000 I don't know if I'm going to get any Christmas presents this year. 20 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:43,000 I think you already got one, Paul. 21 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,000 I think you got it earlier than expected. 22 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,000 So actually, yes, yes. 23 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:53,000 Your team is in the first place, yes, 24 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:59,000 and will definitely stay there no matter what happens on the boxing day. 25 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,000 I think you will stay there for longer than that. 26 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:07,000 Probably throughout January, February and maybe even longer. 27 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:12,000 No, you never know, Zenech. It's very early in the season, I think. 28 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,000 We'll still come strong. 29 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:19,000 Chelsea, Manchester City have fallen away a little bit, haven't they? 30 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:24,000 I don't know about them this year, but definitely Arsenal and Chelsea are still in the race. 31 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,000 Arsenal have lost Saka. 32 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:31,000 He's now injured, so he is the best Arsenal player. 33 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:36,000 And I'm saying this because I'm hoping I jinx it for you, yeah? 34 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:40,000 Because obviously I would like Arsenal to win, not Liverpool. 35 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,000 But you look very good. 36 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:51,000 And we are here, of course, to talk about your game against Spurs at Wighthart Lane. 37 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:57,000 It happened this Sunday and there were nine goals in this game. 38 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:03,000 OK, they should have all been for Liverpool, but Liverpool could have scored nine goals. 39 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,000 But they scored six, which is easy. 40 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,000 You will take it though, right? 41 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,000 Yeah, definitely I will take it. 42 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,000 It's always a difficult match going to Wighthart Lane. 43 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:18,000 We usually have a terrible refereeing decision. 44 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:24,000 Over the last three seasons, there has been one in each of the matches. 45 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:29,000 But this time it wasn't. This time it was a bit easy, really. 46 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:38,000 I think Spurs are really struggling. Playing an 18-year-old centre-back who's not a centre-back is madness. 47 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:42,000 But I was trying to think what else could they do? 48 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:49,000 Could they put a more experienced midfielder in centre-back and put him in midfield? 49 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,000 Possibly Sar or Besuma. 50 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:56,000 But yeah, I think Spurs are what I love about the show. 51 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,000 Yeah, well, Spurs, this is Spurs, you know. 52 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:04,000 They are just Spurs of the late under this manager, Ange Postekoglu, 53 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:08,000 whom I quite like as a character. 54 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:13,000 He's a good fan in the press conferences, in the interviews. 55 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:22,000 I'm not a Neutro fan, but I can assume that Neutro fans like the football that he plays with his team. 56 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:28,000 Kind of Gang Ho, all guns blazing, attacking football. 57 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,000 But his defence is very leaky. 58 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:40,000 Yeah, after watching that match, it's amazing how they beat Manchester United three days before. 59 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:46,000 It shows you where, well, it's not amazing when you think about Manchester United's results. 60 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:51,000 But I can't believe they have won some games recently. 61 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:59,000 Tottenham, they've had some good results and they looked in a totally different league to Liverpool. 62 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:03,000 They're inconsistent and they're just sort of like a random team. 63 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:09,000 I think they also have this sort of title of Robin Hood of the Premier League. 64 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:16,000 So they take points from the big teams and then they drop points with the weak teams. 65 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:23,000 So that's why I was hoping they could rob you guys, but they didn't. 66 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:31,000 Yeah, I think people watching that match like Arsenal fans, Chelsea fans, I think everybody could see. 67 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:36,000 Even Gary Neville in commentary was saying how good Liverpool looked. 68 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:43,000 And it's been a really good season for Liverpool and in every position, Van Tijk is playing unbelievable. 69 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:47,000 The full backs have been like Trent is really good. 70 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:53,000 Robinson played well yesterday, I thought, even though he in a slight decline possibly. 71 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:59,000 Mittfield has been outstanding. Gravenberg is unbelievable. 72 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:03,000 He's like a one man midfield. 73 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,000 He's a number six or something. 74 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:09,000 He plays everywhere. Yeah, he's like they have two holdings. 75 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,000 So him and McAllister usually or maybe Jones. 76 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:17,000 McAllister has been a little bit off this season, I think, but he's still a good player. 77 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:21,000 But Gravenberg, it doesn't matter because Gravenberg was really good. 78 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:24,000 So Bosley yesterday was outstanding. 79 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,000 So Bosley probably his best match for Liverpool. 80 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:30,000 He scored two goals, I think, right? Two goals. 81 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:35,000 I think he's assisted. Yes, I don't think he's definitely at least one. 82 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:39,000 Maybe isn't it maybe McAllister's goal where he and McAllister scored with his with his head. 83 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:46,000 Right. Yeah. So maybe I think supposedly had to assist one goal and he scored two. 84 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:50,000 Right. And Salah won. Salah scored. 85 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,000 Oh, I don't know. Actually, Salah had two plus two. 86 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,000 Salah had two goals. 87 00:06:55,000 --> 00:07:00,000 One. McAllister had one. 88 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,000 So Bosley had one. 89 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:08,000 It sounds like every player of your team has scored at least a brace. 90 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:13,000 To be honest, your attacking players had a field day yesterday. 91 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:17,000 Yeah, true. Attack players are really good. 92 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:21,000 And there's also like Jota and Nunes waiting in the wings. 93 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,000 But I think Slot prefers these three. 94 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:30,000 And instead of playing Gakbo as a number nine, he's playing DS as the false nine. 95 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:34,000 And Gakbo on the left. Gakbo looks more comfortable. 96 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:38,000 He's a good player. Gakbo links up well with people. 97 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:44,000 Strong. He can score goals. DS works so hard. So Bosley works so hard. 98 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:49,000 Salah not so much. Doesn't work so hard, but he doesn't need to work. 99 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:54,000 He doesn't need to. Yeah. He's just he uses his experience very well, I think. 100 00:07:54,000 --> 00:08:01,000 Definitely. Now. Yeah. Yeah. He's become so creative. 101 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:06,000 And like, yeah, it's so nice. It's just where he should be. 102 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:14,000 He's there when the important moments come and his decision making is as good as it always has been. 103 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:22,000 And obviously now, when Liverpool are on top, it's very important that a star player of his quality is doing well. 104 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:28,000 Because imagine, just imagine for a second if he had an off season or something, he wasn't scoring goals. 105 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:35,000 Even like how his mood could transfer onto the onto the whole team because he's such an important figure. 106 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:43,000 Right. So I believe when when you have a team and your star players work like a well-oiled machine, 107 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:50,000 that's when you can achieve big things. But when there's like, let's say, a star that is unhappy, 108 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:54,000 you know, it might create some rifts in the dressing room or things like that. 109 00:08:54,000 --> 00:09:00,000 True. No, I think it's interesting what's going to happen, isn't it? 110 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:08,000 Because the three players are out of contracts. Right. Salah, Trent and three best players. 111 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:11,000 Really, we have fun. But they are a big part. 112 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:16,000 Fondayk as well. Van Dyck, Salah and Trent Alexander. 113 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:25,000 OK, I'm sorry. So I have a very important question for you, Paul. So if you were to pick one to stay, 114 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:30,000 if I know it's a terrible question to ask, but let's let's ask it anyway. 115 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:36,000 So if you were to pick one to stay. Sorry, I think, yeah, sorry. 116 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:39,000 The club is that is thinking about this now, isn't it? 117 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:48,000 I don't think the club can afford the three of them to stay. So I would pick Van Dyck, though. 118 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,000 I think most people would. He's been incredible this season. 119 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:56,000 And the follow up question, if you could pick two out of three. 120 00:09:56,000 --> 00:10:00,000 People would say Trent because he's younger. It's so difficult. 121 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:07,000 It is so difficult because they're all like they all play in different positions and they're all such a big part of the team. 122 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:15,000 How can you say not seller when he is he is at the most incredible season so far? 123 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Yeah, yeah. Like I think the thing is, I think Salah wants to stay. I don't think it's up to the club. 124 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:26,000 I think a lot of people say like, come on, get the money about get the money out. 125 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,000 But it's not that it's the players have power. 126 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:35,000 And if the player wants to run his contract down and see what options that are and see if he can get like 127 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:42,000 Trent Alexander-Arnold could get like a 30 million pounds euro, whatever. 128 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:46,000 50 euro, 50 million euro signing on fee. 129 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:53,000 Instead of going to Liverpool, he's going to get given 40 million pounds. 130 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,000 It comes down to money at the end of the day. Right. 131 00:10:56,000 --> 00:11:03,000 So but imagine so imagine a hypothetical situation when, of course, these players are too expensive for the Liverpool board 132 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:15,000 and they might sort of hope that the player them players themselves would be happy to decrease their salary. 133 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:23,000 But that's never going to happen. It's kind of disrespectful and sorry. 134 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:26,000 You're right. It's I don't it's human nature. 135 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:34,000 There's no if Trent Alexander-Arnold. OK, it's his boyhood club. He's been here since he's been there since he was six years old. 136 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:40,000 But if somebody's offering you I don't know how much 20, 30, 40 million pounds. 137 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:46,000 There you go. Come join our club. Yeah. 138 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:52,000 And even if even if you win the title, because let's let's be honest, you now have a massive chance to do it. 139 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:59,000 I know there is Chelsea and Arsenal, but you're still in that pole position and Manchester City are what they are. 140 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:04,000 And let's be honest, for everyone else, they have been that team. 141 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:08,000 They have been in everybody's way. Let's be honest. 142 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:12,000 Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Everybody's way. Yeah. 143 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:22,000 So so if you win the title and if I'm someone like Salah, I'm like, OK, what else can I achieve here? 144 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:26,000 Really? Like, I can achieve like this is the moment you might want to leave. 145 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:31,000 Really? You get more money. You you you leave as legend. 146 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,000 They will build his statue. Come on. They win. 147 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:38,000 Like he's achieved so much at your club. True. But I don't think he wants to leave. 148 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:42,000 He does want to stay. It's not like I don't sell it doesn't want to leave. I'm not sure. 149 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:50,000 I'm Van Dyke. He's been very quiet, but like he's the captain and Kat Kat Van Dyke talks about legacy. 150 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:55,000 When he gets asked, what do you want? He said, it's always been the same legacy. 151 00:12:55,000 --> 00:13:01,000 He wants to be a great. And I think he can achieve that at Liverpool. 152 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:06,000 I Van Dyke wants every trophy. It's not just the Premier League. He wants the Champions League. 153 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:10,000 He wants the FA Cup. You saw them in the League Cup final last year. 154 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:14,000 He was incredible in the League Cup final against Chelsea last year. 155 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:22,000 And he wants everything. And. Yeah, I just hope he gets it. 156 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:27,000 So, yeah, I want. Yeah. But this is the last season for this team. 157 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:31,000 Because those three players are not going to be at Liverpool next year, I think. 158 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,000 And they are a really big part of this team. Wait. 159 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:39,000 So you really believe they are all going to leave? Not all of them, but the three of them. 160 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:44,000 Like they're running out of the contract. I think Trenton. I do. 161 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:47,000 I think Trenton. Where would he go? Where do you think he would go? 162 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:54,000 Ramadjit, like Ramadjit. Yeah. Really? Ramadjit needs a right back. 163 00:13:54,000 --> 00:14:04,000 His mates there, Jude Bellingham. They offer him loads of money. I think he's gone. 164 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:09,000 Why? I don't know why he would run his contract down. The other two. 165 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:14,000 The only reason you'd run your contract down is to go. Really? 166 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:19,000 Like with Salah and Van Dyke, it's more with the club a little bit. 167 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:25,000 Do we offer them two years, three years? There's a bit more. But with Trent, I think Trent's been offered. 168 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:30,000 And he's like, no, I'm going to see. I'm going to see what's happening. 169 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:34,000 Made up his mind. Yeah. I think so. 170 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:38,000 Yeah. Well, if they leave, there will be someone else. 171 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,000 So you still have an amazing team, even without these players. 172 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:45,000 The club goes on. That's why, though, I hope that this season something happens. 173 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:49,000 That would be great, right? Yeah, I do hope. For you guys? 174 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:53,000 Yeah, just because they are so good and have been unlucky in the past. 175 00:14:53,000 --> 00:15:01,000 There's all different circumstances. You look at Klopp's, Reign, and they won one Premier League and one Champions League. 176 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:08,000 But you only need to change four results. Four football matches from draws to wins or whatever. 177 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:15,000 You only need to change four results for that to be three Premier Leagues and three Champions Leagues. 178 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,000 And it's only one. And it's such a good team. 179 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,000 So I think Van Dyke is a big part of that. 180 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:30,000 And before he goes or before he retires or whatever happens, before his decline sets in, I'd like to win more. 181 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:35,000 Well, he would like to win more. Yes, to decorate him as a legend. 182 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:42,000 Well, he's already a legend, but he would be even a bigger legend after that. 183 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:47,000 And so I need to ask you, so who do you fear the most? Because it's not Manchester City. 184 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:54,000 Surely not. Like out of 12 games, they only won one. Again, they lost a game. 185 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:59,000 They lost to, of course, Aston Villa now. So. 186 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:07,000 Oh, it's definitely Arsenal, I think, and even in the last couple of weeks, it's been Arsenal because of Manchester City's results. 187 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:13,000 I suppose with Saka going, it's still Arsenal. Not Chelsea. What about Chelsea? 188 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:22,000 Chelsea are really good, but I fear Arsenal more than Chelsea just because of, because they're a better team and a better squad, really. 189 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:30,000 But yeah, with Saka being injured, you never know what's going to happen. 190 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:36,000 Jesus has been playing. If they play at that, Jesus on the left, Jesus would be better. 191 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:43,000 Jesus has been resurrected and it's Christmas. It's still Christmas. 192 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:48,000 This should be happening at Easter. 193 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:57,000 Jesus has been born again, reborn, like a phoenix, phoenix out of ashes. 194 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,000 And you never know something, Arsenal might hit on something. 195 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:04,000 If Odegaard is still there feeding somebody else. 196 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:11,000 And yeah, I still think Arsenal are the biggest threat and Arsenal have had the toughest matches. 197 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:14,000 They've played a lot of teams away from home. That's true. 198 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:19,000 And you expect them to win every game. 199 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:25,000 And yeah, I still fear Arsenal. The defenders are really good. The midfield is powerful. 200 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,000 Yeah, I still think Arsenal. 201 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:31,000 They don't have a bad team, I agree with you, but we will see. 202 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:35,000 You know, it's still a lot of games to go, obviously. 203 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:39,000 It's only 15, 16, 17 games. 204 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:47,000 I still kind of feel a significant chunk of the season, especially the way some of the results have gone, 205 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:53,000 the way some of the teams have underperformed, obviously referring to City, but also Manchester United. 206 00:17:53,000 --> 00:18:00,000 Did you know, Paul, that Manchester United is in the 13th place? 207 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:10,000 Which is absolutely horrible. They are bottom of the league, but they are only five points apart from their City rival, Man City. 208 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,000 Oh really? 209 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:20,000 Whenever I've watched Manchester United in the past, what, three, four seasons, they've been awful. 210 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:26,000 They've been awful, actually. So it's no surprise because of the football that they play. 211 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:32,000 Yeah, exactly. They were hoping with this new manager, something would change. 212 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:39,000 I'm looking at their current form, right? So out of the last five games in the Premier League, they won only two games. 213 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:44,000 One of them against Manchester City. Everyone is beating Manchester City. And the other one against Everton. 214 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:47,000 They were lucky to beat Manchester City though. 215 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:51,000 Yeah, that's true. That was a big win for them. 216 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:58,000 It means nothing if they are losing to Bournemouth, 3-0 at home. 217 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:03,000 Yeah, it's such a tough league. It's such a tough league. 218 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:09,000 I think teams like Manchester United, they're not as good as teams like Bournemouth. 219 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,000 Bournemouth have better attacking players. 220 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,000 They have Bournemouth in the fifth place now. 221 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,000 Yeah, even Nottingham Forest beat them. 222 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:21,000 They want to have better defenders and better team. 223 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:26,000 What about Leicester City? Because that's your next opponent on the box team. 224 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:37,000 Leicester have been awful. Since Ruud van Nistel took charge and he's put Conor Cody in best of guard as centre-backs. 225 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:48,000 Conor Cody, I feel like, he's gone. The football has left Conor Cody, I think. 226 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:54,000 And he's alongside best of guard, who's not the most mobile player. 227 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:59,000 Hopefully they play. If they play against Liverpool. 228 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:04,000 I'm always worried with Liverpool. I'm always anxious. It's the Premier League. Anything can happen. 229 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:08,000 If Leicester City are struggling. 230 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:13,000 If you keep increasing this cushion of points, there will come a time when you will not be worried. 231 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:16,000 You will become complacent and that's our chance. 232 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:21,000 Yeah, and that's Liverpool last season when Manchester United beat us in the FA Cup. 233 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,000 It was too easy for Liverpool and they became complacent. 234 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:28,000 In this Spurs match, it was too easy. So they just switched off. 235 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:31,000 It's a little bit of arrogance. It's complacency. 236 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:35,000 It's human nature, Paul. It happens to the best of us. 237 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:40,000 So you think you will steamroll Leicester City then? 238 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:50,000 I would never say that. There's always a part of me that thinks we will get beat and I'm quite anxious whenever Liverpool play. 239 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:55,000 It's a home game. Come on. Their best player is Jamie Vardy. Come on. 240 00:20:55,000 --> 00:21:01,000 That's true. But it's a football match and you never know. You never know. 241 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:05,000 It's a football match as you know. You play football. Anyone can be football. 242 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:09,000 Now these days I play pickleball, Paul, because my football career is over. 243 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:19,000 I hung up my boots a few years ago and now I only play racket sports and swim and go to the gym. 244 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,000 So you never know with football? 245 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:26,000 Arsenal have a good switch, don't they? So you expect Arsenal to win. 246 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:31,000 I expect Arsenal to win every game, to be honest. 247 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:40,000 Everton have done Liverpool a good little bit of credit for Everton taking points off Arsenal, taking points off Chelsea. 248 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:46,000 You still yet to play Everton. I think you have one game in hand as well against Everton in your Mercer side derby. 249 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:51,000 Yeah. It's nice having that game in hand, I think. 250 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,000 Yes, it's a good game as well. 251 00:21:53,000 --> 00:22:00,000 Especially if we were behind and we had a game in hand. It's not good. But now we're ahead and we have a game in hand. 252 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:07,000 Four points ahead, I think. And then on top of that you have a game in hand. 253 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,000 Is this it? OK. 254 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,000 Something like that. Let me check. 255 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:21,000 I think it's four points. You're four points ahead of Chelsea. You're on 39 points. Chelsea have 35. Arsenal 33. 256 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:25,000 OK, so six points ahead of Arsenal. 257 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:29,000 Yes, and one game in hand. So potentially nine points ahead. 258 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:34,000 Potentially. But as you said, it's Everton away, which is a tough match. 259 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:40,000 Yeah, but Everton, they have been shit in the last few years. 260 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:46,000 But they just took points off Chelsea. They just took points off. They would. They love playing Liverpool. 261 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:53,000 They would love that match. They beat Liverpool near the end of last season at Cuddleston quite easily, to be honest. 262 00:22:53,000 --> 00:23:01,000 Like they have a way of playing. They just win free kicks. They get off the pitch. They set pieces. They keep it tight. 263 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:08,000 Win another free kick. Jordan Pickford takes it. Jordan Pickford trots up. 264 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:13,000 Pickford picks it up, then falls to the ground with the ball and then all of this. 265 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:18,000 Yeah, it starts up again. Yeah, what can you say? 266 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:25,000 Anyway, Paul, thank you very much for joining me on this Christmas episode about your team, Liverpool. 267 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:32,000 I thought you would be the perfect guest because you just beat Tottenham 60. 268 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:36,000 Very happy. Yes, I'm sure you are. 269 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,000 So enjoy your Christmas present. And thank you very much. 270 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:45,000 I hope it doesn't stay very long, but enjoy your Christmas at least. Enjoy your Christmas. 271 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:54,000 Yeah, thanks. Take care. Bye bye. 272 00:23:54,000 --> 00:24:00,000 Welcome back to the language corner. 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I hope you guys like it. 293 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:28,000 So once again, head over to the description where you can fill out this quiz. 294 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:36,000 Now, this is the language corner, and we haven't done much clarification, much vocabulary clarification here today yet. 295 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:42,000 Well, let's do it now. I only have one piece of vocabulary here today. 296 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:49,000 I asked Paul in the interview, do you think you will steamroll Leicester City? 297 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:55,000 Leicester City is next Liverpool's opponent, and well, they are in the relegation battle. 298 00:26:55,000 --> 00:27:03,000 So everyone expects Liverpool to thrash Leicester City, right? To destroy them. 299 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:09,000 To steamroll kind of means something similar. You know what a steamroller is? 300 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:21,000 It's that kind of vehicle that moves forward on a large and heavy wheel in order to make a road surface flat, right? 301 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:29,000 So when you are making a road surface, I don't know what they use these days, concrete, I suppose, asphalt, I don't know. 302 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:39,000 Then you need something to make it nice and flat. And for that, you use this heavy machinery type of vehicle called steamroller. 303 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:56,000 But it's also used as a metaphor, as a verb to steamroll someone, to steamroll another team means to defeat someone or forced someone to do something using your power or authority. 304 00:27:56,000 --> 00:28:02,000 So the team steamroll their way to victory, for example, is one of them. 305 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:13,000 And it's similar to the phrase to stamp your authority, I suppose, which means to show that you have power over someone or something or in a particular situation. 306 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:20,000 So obviously you would expect big teams to steamroll the small teams in the Premier League. 307 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:26,000 Let's see what happens on the Boxing Day. It will be quite interesting to watch these games, of course. 308 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:37,000 And yeah, that's it for today. 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