WEBVTT 00:00:00.330 --> 00:00:03.149 Did Liverpool deserve to win the Premier League? 00:00:03.529 --> 00:00:06.809 How sweet does this title feel for Liverpool 00:00:06.809 --> 00:00:10.929 fans? Is Mohamed Salah more interested in breaking 00:00:10.929 --> 00:00:15.609 records than the team? And what does to be short 00:00:15.609 --> 00:00:31.519 of something mean? and today we are going to 00:00:31.519 --> 00:00:35.600 talk about liverpool who have just won the premier 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:41.560 league title in season 24 25 and here with me 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:44.960 in the studio is none other than paul himself 00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:48.200 the liverpool fan the friend of the podcast welcome 00:00:48.200 --> 00:00:52.539 back paul and first of all congratulations thank 00:00:52.539 --> 00:00:57.149 you Yes, come on, Liverpool. Champions 2025. 00:00:58.009 --> 00:01:01.189 I'm happy about this. Of course you are. Big 00:01:01.189 --> 00:01:08.250 celebrations yesterday. Let me just check something 00:01:08.250 --> 00:01:13.329 quickly. Sorry. I wasn't sure I'm using my best 00:01:13.329 --> 00:01:15.870 microphone. Is the sound okay, Paul? It seems 00:01:15.870 --> 00:01:21.640 okay. Okay, great. For such an important and 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:24.299 iconic moment, I don't want to have a bad sound. 00:01:24.480 --> 00:01:29.400 So, yes, Paul, this is fantastic. You beat Spurs, 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:35.219 Tottenham, which is nice. And I guess for that, 00:01:35.260 --> 00:01:39.540 I think the title is in the right hands. You 00:01:39.540 --> 00:01:43.959 beat Arsenal's biggest rival. So, of course, 00:01:44.099 --> 00:01:48.120 we were hoping that we could challenge for... 00:01:48.620 --> 00:01:51.780 for it and we could keep up with you, but honestly, 00:01:52.379 --> 00:01:55.519 I think it was obvious in winter who was going 00:01:55.519 --> 00:01:59.260 to win the title, don't you think? Not really. 00:01:59.340 --> 00:02:02.079 I never felt like that. Maybe other people did, 00:02:02.200 --> 00:02:06.000 but as a Liverpool supporter, I've been hurt 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:10.120 in the past and I think you're quite critical 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:15.360 of your own team sometimes. I could see that 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:18.409 Arsenal were playing well, so I was... I wasn't 00:02:18.409 --> 00:02:23.750 100 % sure until recently, really. But yeah, 00:02:23.770 --> 00:02:25.770 there must have been a point when you were like, 00:02:25.909 --> 00:02:30.550 well, this is so close. It's only... Well, you 00:02:30.550 --> 00:02:32.650 don't expect Arsenal to drop so many points. 00:02:32.710 --> 00:02:38.210 I think it's Arsenal who've made it more comfortable 00:02:38.210 --> 00:02:41.129 than it should be because I think when we last 00:02:41.129 --> 00:02:43.229 spoke, I thought, no, I'm not that confident. 00:02:43.789 --> 00:02:47.039 I think we had a bit of a lead. But we've been 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:51.020 stretching the lead without really playing so 00:02:51.020 --> 00:02:54.159 well. Yeah, Arsenal have been dropping points 00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:58.719 like 24 -7 pretty much, like mostly draws, occasionally 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:01.919 a defeat. And that's not good enough if you're 00:03:01.919 --> 00:03:04.759 challenging for the title. So yeah, like I said, 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:07.340 the title is in the right hands, well -deserved. 00:03:07.340 --> 00:03:11.240 And I think it must feel a little bit better 00:03:11.240 --> 00:03:13.840 than that COVID season one, don't you think? 00:03:15.100 --> 00:03:17.599 People can celebrate. I think for the players, 00:03:17.719 --> 00:03:20.159 like Salah was saying, it feels better. But for 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:25.419 me, that was a big monkey off our back. So it 00:03:25.419 --> 00:03:28.860 was 30 years until we had won it. That one was 00:03:28.860 --> 00:03:32.620 a big release and it was much closer. I understand. 00:03:32.800 --> 00:03:35.560 But this one must be also great because nobody 00:03:35.560 --> 00:03:39.379 expected it as well. I don't think you were... 00:03:39.979 --> 00:03:43.199 You were among the favourites to win at the beginning 00:03:43.199 --> 00:03:46.419 of the season, especially because everybody was 00:03:46.419 --> 00:03:48.500 talking about the fact that Jurgen Klopp had 00:03:48.500 --> 00:03:51.659 left the club and now it's like a rebuild a little 00:03:51.659 --> 00:03:54.879 bit, right? The new coach. But lo and behold, 00:03:55.180 --> 00:03:58.060 you are the champions and by a country mile, 00:03:58.280 --> 00:04:01.120 no one could match you. He has been so good. 00:04:01.340 --> 00:04:05.539 Arne Slot. Wow. Honestly, every interview from 00:04:05.539 --> 00:04:10.360 the day he walked in. as being spot on. I enjoy 00:04:10.360 --> 00:04:14.020 listening to him. He gives a real insight into 00:04:14.020 --> 00:04:17.300 the match. It's always calm. He's really humble. 00:04:18.180 --> 00:04:22.120 I think what he's done, he's tweaked things. 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:24.759 He's changed a few things with how we play, but 00:04:24.759 --> 00:04:29.779 he's demanded, I think, a really high standard. 00:04:29.959 --> 00:04:34.800 I think that he said the number one thing that 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:38.220 he demands is work rate. He demands every player 00:04:38.220 --> 00:04:42.639 to have maximum work rate and also to win their 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:46.800 duels. So in the midfield three, he demands that 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:49.660 those midfielders win their duels. And you've 00:04:49.660 --> 00:04:51.860 seen with Gravenberg and McAllister and even 00:04:51.860 --> 00:04:57.459 Sobozle, they've won the majority. If you have 00:04:57.459 --> 00:05:00.129 results like that, it's easy to... Trust your 00:05:00.129 --> 00:05:03.009 manager, trust the process, follow the manager 00:05:03.009 --> 00:05:05.189 that is going to bring you the title. You know, 00:05:05.230 --> 00:05:08.269 now it's such a... He has won everyone over, 00:05:08.449 --> 00:05:11.189 the fans. He has really slotted in well. Remember 00:05:11.189 --> 00:05:14.870 how we said that? I think you came up with that 00:05:14.870 --> 00:05:17.670 one first. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Slotted in really 00:05:17.670 --> 00:05:20.529 well, didn't he? His first season at Liverpool, 00:05:20.769 --> 00:05:24.290 the first title, making himself immortal, you 00:05:24.290 --> 00:05:28.910 could say. Who would have thought that he would 00:05:28.910 --> 00:05:32.250 be a better coach than Jürgen Klopp, who seemed 00:05:32.250 --> 00:05:36.649 a bit burnt out? Yeah, I think, yeah, he's proven 00:05:36.649 --> 00:05:39.810 to be. But it was Jürgen himself who decided 00:05:39.810 --> 00:05:44.050 to step away from the job. It wasn't like he 00:05:44.050 --> 00:05:47.370 was still doing well in the job. But maybe he 00:05:47.370 --> 00:05:50.009 recognised something in himself that he couldn't 00:05:50.009 --> 00:05:52.910 commit. And he got it right. He got it right. 00:05:53.189 --> 00:05:59.170 Spot on. Do you think he's celebrating? I haven't 00:05:59.170 --> 00:06:03.110 seen a video, actually, but I'm sure he is. I 00:06:03.110 --> 00:06:06.589 watched that speech he gave when he left last 00:06:06.589 --> 00:06:09.769 year again, and that was incredible. Heartbreaking, 00:06:09.889 --> 00:06:13.230 wasn't it? Yeah, just how he was sad at leaving, 00:06:13.370 --> 00:06:17.629 but how magnanimous he was in how to welcome 00:06:17.629 --> 00:06:22.569 the new coach. It was incredible. And new coach's 00:06:22.569 --> 00:06:27.019 response was... When you won the title or after 00:06:27.019 --> 00:06:29.899 you won the title, didn't he encourage the fans 00:06:29.899 --> 00:06:35.680 to sing Jurgen Klopp? What was the song? Jurgen 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:39.040 Klopp. Yeah, which again shows the humility of 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:43.339 Slot and how smooth the transition has been. 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:47.139 Yeah, yeah, fantastic. So I don't know if we 00:06:47.139 --> 00:06:49.560 can say a few things about this game against 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:53.279 Tottenham, which you won. 5 -1, very convincing 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:56.920 manner. I think you went 1 -0 down, didn't you? 00:06:57.040 --> 00:07:00.819 Yeah, we did from a silly corner that we gave 00:07:00.819 --> 00:07:05.300 away. Tottenham scored. But yeah, I never expected 00:07:05.300 --> 00:07:07.579 Tottenham to win, even when we went 1 -0 down, 00:07:07.660 --> 00:07:12.060 to be honest. You only needed a point as well, 00:07:12.180 --> 00:07:15.699 didn't you? I know, so yeah. We only needed the 00:07:15.699 --> 00:07:19.439 points from the remaining five matches. It was 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:21.579 like Slavia Prague. It was exactly the same. 00:07:21.639 --> 00:07:24.639 Really? Yeah. And they also did it. They won 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:30.379 5 -0 their game. It's like being two metres away 00:07:30.379 --> 00:07:32.980 from the hole in golf and having five chances 00:07:32.980 --> 00:07:35.680 to pot it. It's like you have five match balls 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:39.500 and you are also the better player in that tennis 00:07:39.500 --> 00:07:45.040 game. So, honestly... This must have been a perfect 00:07:45.040 --> 00:07:48.660 night for you. It was the perfect scenario for 00:07:48.660 --> 00:07:52.160 the team and the fans. I don't go to the stadium, 00:07:52.220 --> 00:07:55.620 don't I? And I'm not in the city anymore, so 00:07:55.620 --> 00:07:58.620 my mum is in the city. She went to the city centre 00:07:58.620 --> 00:08:05.399 and she's 73. Did she video call you? No, she 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:09.000 never actually. I was thinking about should I 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:11.720 go to the city, but I have responsibilities here. 00:08:12.120 --> 00:08:16.139 I think I will for the parade. So in a couple 00:08:16.139 --> 00:08:19.360 of weeks, there will be a parade. Because they 00:08:19.360 --> 00:08:22.079 don't have the trophy yet. The victory parade. 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:25.720 So it's a trophy which gets passed from the previous 00:08:25.720 --> 00:08:29.259 champion? So City have to give it to you? Or 00:08:29.259 --> 00:08:32.259 what's the deal there? I think so. They have 00:08:32.259 --> 00:08:36.080 to return it, right? The trophy gets passed, 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:40.720 yeah. So this year, Paul, was such a weird one, 00:08:40.779 --> 00:08:43.750 wasn't it? Manchester City, they completely fell 00:08:43.750 --> 00:08:47.370 off. You have the likes of Tottenham United, 00:08:47.590 --> 00:08:54.590 the worst season in years, right? And then, obviously, 00:08:54.789 --> 00:08:59.610 Arsenal were trying, trying, but not really stood 00:08:59.610 --> 00:09:02.169 a chance in the second half. I thought in the 00:09:02.169 --> 00:09:03.730 second half of the season, you just completely 00:09:03.730 --> 00:09:07.129 dominated the league. Just like you dominated 00:09:07.129 --> 00:09:09.269 this game against Perth, going back to that. 00:09:11.039 --> 00:09:13.159 i guess we could mention that gold that mike 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:15.879 allister scored that was a beauty wasn't it oh 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:18.419 yeah i love mcallister he is a little beauty 00:09:18.419 --> 00:09:23.559 but um it was a great goal yeah it was a wow 00:09:23.559 --> 00:09:29.279 goal it made it made you say wow yeah um what 00:09:29.279 --> 00:09:31.860 an incredible footballer he he has been for liverpool 00:09:32.490 --> 00:09:35.250 I think we have improved. So you mentioned how 00:09:35.250 --> 00:09:37.070 it's been a strange season. I think Liverpool 00:09:37.070 --> 00:09:39.809 have improved from last season. I feel like the 00:09:39.809 --> 00:09:43.549 midfield is operating much better. The defence 00:09:43.549 --> 00:09:47.090 is operating well. The forwards are operating 00:09:47.090 --> 00:09:49.710 similar, I suppose, to last year. The forwards 00:09:49.710 --> 00:09:52.090 and defenders, it's the midfield that's much 00:09:52.090 --> 00:09:54.970 better. With Gravenberg at the base, McAllister, 00:09:54.990 --> 00:09:59.210 I suppose, Jones coming in sometimes. I think 00:09:59.210 --> 00:10:00.990 it's the midfield what's been the difference 00:10:00.990 --> 00:10:03.350 for Liverpool. So we have improved slightly. 00:10:03.629 --> 00:10:06.250 But you mentioned Manchester City, who've had 00:10:06.250 --> 00:10:09.570 injury problems, and Arsenal. Both of these teams 00:10:09.570 --> 00:10:14.210 have had injury problems, which you don't expect 00:10:14.210 --> 00:10:16.809 them to have next year. You think about Manchester 00:10:16.809 --> 00:10:19.669 City, Haaland, Rodri, the Ballon d 'Or winner. 00:10:19.789 --> 00:10:22.549 Rodri, yeah. has hardly played for them. It happened 00:10:22.549 --> 00:10:25.190 when he started complaining about the fact that 00:10:25.190 --> 00:10:27.590 they play way too many games and that it leads 00:10:27.590 --> 00:10:31.409 to injuries. And then it happened like the next 00:10:31.409 --> 00:10:33.990 game or something. It was against Arsenal, wasn't 00:10:33.990 --> 00:10:36.149 it, actually? Something like that, yeah. So, 00:10:36.149 --> 00:10:39.149 yeah, you're right that injuries play the part 00:10:39.149 --> 00:10:43.710 in this. But to be honest, still, these teams 00:10:43.710 --> 00:10:46.730 should do much better. Yeah, I agree, though. 00:10:46.850 --> 00:10:48.850 Yeah, I do think Manchester City... Yeah, OK. 00:10:49.610 --> 00:10:51.590 It's been difficult. There's been a lot of forward 00:10:51.590 --> 00:10:55.470 players for Arsenal. I think defensively, have 00:10:55.470 --> 00:10:57.549 you been injured that much? You've lost a few 00:10:57.549 --> 00:10:59.110 full -backs, but you've got enough defenders 00:10:59.110 --> 00:11:03.190 to cover that. Your midfielders have... Odegaard's 00:11:03.190 --> 00:11:09.250 been out for a couple of months, hasn't he? Yeah, 00:11:09.389 --> 00:11:12.210 I feel like I agree with you. I think that Arsenal 00:11:12.210 --> 00:11:16.570 should have enough... Firepower, as they say, 00:11:16.730 --> 00:11:25.490 yeah. Yeah, so, I mean, it looks like we've lost 00:11:25.490 --> 00:11:28.649 Paul for a second. Hopefully he is coming back. 00:11:28.929 --> 00:11:32.250 But just to remind everyone, we are talking to 00:11:32.250 --> 00:11:37.610 my friend Paul, a massive Liverpool fan, a huge 00:11:37.610 --> 00:11:42.269 fan of this great club that has just won the 00:11:42.269 --> 00:11:46.370 Premier League title and five games to go, which 00:11:46.370 --> 00:11:49.379 is nice. Nice thing to do because now they can 00:11:49.379 --> 00:11:54.340 just have fun in the remaining games. And they 00:11:54.340 --> 00:11:57.519 won 5 -1 against Tottenham Hotspur, against the 00:11:57.519 --> 00:12:03.200 Spurs, as we call them. And I also wanted to 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:06.220 ask Paul about Mohamed Salah, who scored one 00:12:06.220 --> 00:12:09.759 of the goals. And he seems very happy about that. 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:12.700 Every time he scores, he feels happy about that. 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:17.330 So I will ask Paul when he comes back. because 00:12:17.330 --> 00:12:19.830 we are recording this interview online, as I 00:12:19.830 --> 00:12:22.990 do the vast majority of the Footgrish podcast 00:12:22.990 --> 00:12:26.049 interviews. The advantage of that is that we 00:12:26.049 --> 00:12:29.269 can then put it on the YouTube channel, on the 00:12:29.269 --> 00:12:30.970 Teachers' Denik YouTube channel. 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Give it five 00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:28.759 stars and write what you think. Recommend it 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:32.879 to some potential viewers, English learners. 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:36.299 Who would like to improve their English through 00:13:36.299 --> 00:13:39.980 football? And it looks like Paul is back. Welcome 00:13:39.980 --> 00:13:44.159 back, Paul. Hey, sorry. No worries, no worries. 00:13:44.700 --> 00:13:48.899 This is exactly how Arsenal have been playing 00:13:48.899 --> 00:13:53.440 their season on and off. But it's good that we 00:13:53.440 --> 00:13:57.860 have you back on now. I wanted to ask you about 00:13:57.860 --> 00:13:59.919 Mohamed Salah, Paul, and this is what I promised 00:13:59.919 --> 00:14:02.419 to the listeners that I would do. So he scored 00:14:02.419 --> 00:14:04.679 his goal as well. He seemed very happy about 00:14:04.679 --> 00:14:11.759 that. He did. He wants personal records, Mohamed 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:15.360 Salah. And I think Thierry Henry has the record 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:18.120 for most goal contributions, goals and assists, 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:22.519 which I think he is too short of at the moment. 00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:26.100 Yeah. So I think he's desperate for that. Do 00:14:26.100 --> 00:14:28.019 you think he's a bit too obsessed? Do you think 00:14:28.019 --> 00:14:32.580 this could be sort of disruptive for the team? 00:14:32.659 --> 00:14:37.100 If a player is chasing these personal accolades, 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:41.320 could it be disruptive? It could be, couldn't 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:43.559 it? I think most teams do it. If somebody is 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:47.799 going for the golden boot, most teams do kind 00:14:47.799 --> 00:14:50.000 of look for that player to try and help him win 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:55.549 the golden boot. I think it won't disrupt. Liverpool 00:14:55.549 --> 00:14:57.850 and Salah so much because we've won the league, 00:14:57.909 --> 00:15:02.330 but also it assists as well. So you could see 00:15:02.330 --> 00:15:06.509 it doesn't have to score. He just needs to assist 00:15:06.509 --> 00:15:10.409 or score. So you could see yesterday he was desperate 00:15:10.409 --> 00:15:13.769 to assist. So that can only be a good thing. 00:15:14.149 --> 00:15:17.230 Yeah, absolutely. But now that means that he 00:15:17.230 --> 00:15:19.850 will play the remaining games because sometimes 00:15:19.850 --> 00:15:23.360 when the title is decided, the coaches can do 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:26.440 is try some new players or give the opportunity 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:30.860 to some youngsters. But I think Salah won't let 00:15:30.860 --> 00:15:35.000 anyone in, right? True. And Chiesa, who has hardly 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:37.740 played because of that, because it's Diaz and 00:15:37.740 --> 00:15:40.460 Gakpo on the left. Chiesa's hardly played because 00:15:40.460 --> 00:15:44.840 Salah is going for records. So keep him in your 00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:47.940 fancy football team. Yeah, he's my captain, of 00:15:47.940 --> 00:15:54.269 course. What about his contract then? Is there 00:15:54.269 --> 00:15:56.990 a chance he will stay? Has it already been decided? 00:15:57.230 --> 00:15:59.710 It's already decided. He's staying. Van Dijk 00:15:59.710 --> 00:16:02.970 is staying. Sorry, I haven't been including on 00:16:02.970 --> 00:16:09.289 that one. So they are both staying. How long 00:16:09.289 --> 00:16:12.909 did Salah sign a contract for? Two years. Well, 00:16:12.929 --> 00:16:15.070 that's nice, right? Considering his age, that's 00:16:15.070 --> 00:16:18.730 quite nice. Yeah, I think. I think it's good 00:16:18.730 --> 00:16:20.769 for both of them and good for Liverpool as well. 00:16:20.850 --> 00:16:23.909 I think Van Dijk has two more years, Salah has 00:16:23.909 --> 00:16:25.809 two more years, definitely, maybe even more. 00:16:26.049 --> 00:16:30.830 And Trent? Trent's going. Trent's going? Yeah. 00:16:30.970 --> 00:16:34.850 Ah, to Spain or where? Trent's going, yeah. Did 00:16:34.850 --> 00:16:37.509 you say rat? Yeah, I'm not happy about that, 00:16:37.509 --> 00:16:42.110 Zenech. Ah, so you say rat. That means you think 00:16:42.110 --> 00:16:46.230 he betrayed Liverpool? Yeah, I think he has. 00:16:46.730 --> 00:16:52.570 I can't begrudge someone. He's 26, I think. Going 00:16:52.570 --> 00:16:57.610 to Spain and playing for a football team in Madrid, 00:16:57.830 --> 00:17:01.750 which is an amazing city for an amazing club. 00:17:02.210 --> 00:17:05.269 I cannot begrudge him doing that. Well, I can't 00:17:05.269 --> 00:17:09.750 because I'm calling him a rat. But he is a local 00:17:09.750 --> 00:17:13.150 lad. He's wanted to captain the team. I feel 00:17:13.150 --> 00:17:16.619 like Real Madrid are Liverpool's rivals. Yeah, 00:17:16.660 --> 00:17:20.319 that is true. You're okay, Arsenal, Manchester 00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:23.119 City, but Real Madrid, just as much as those 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:28.920 teams. And he's going to our rival. Liverpool 00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:33.940 fans hate Real Madrid, really, because of how 00:17:33.940 --> 00:17:36.900 they've beaten us in a couple of finals recently. 00:17:39.579 --> 00:17:44.490 And he's known about this. He's known. I'm going 00:17:44.490 --> 00:17:46.289 to run my contract down. I'm going to run my 00:17:46.289 --> 00:17:48.650 contract down. I don't think Real Madrid would 00:17:48.650 --> 00:17:50.809 pay a fee. They don't pay a fee for players. 00:17:51.190 --> 00:17:54.789 Like Mbappe, they got for free. So they've said 00:17:54.789 --> 00:17:56.609 to him, listen, run your contract down. We'll 00:17:56.609 --> 00:18:00.250 have you. Is there a way to do it? Yeah. It's 00:18:00.250 --> 00:18:01.869 pretty clever, to be honest. Clever business 00:18:01.869 --> 00:18:04.309 from them. It's clever business from them. And 00:18:04.309 --> 00:18:06.109 I suppose for the player, because they get the 00:18:06.109 --> 00:18:09.549 signing on fee. They get like, I don't know, 00:18:09.549 --> 00:18:12.589 20, 30 million signing on fee. Of course, the 00:18:12.589 --> 00:18:15.849 player does, right? So it's very beneficial to 00:18:15.849 --> 00:18:19.230 them as well. You say he's a rat, but at least 00:18:19.230 --> 00:18:21.549 he's leaving on a high, right? He's leaving with 00:18:21.549 --> 00:18:26.269 a title. You will always be part of the team, 00:18:26.349 --> 00:18:28.950 right? The legend. Will he have a legend status 00:18:28.950 --> 00:18:33.730 or not? No, no, no. No, no. Salah will, right? 00:18:33.849 --> 00:18:38.450 That's for sure. Salah will. Yeah. Van Dijk will. 00:18:39.150 --> 00:18:41.769 What about Darwin Nunes? Didn't he miss another 00:18:41.769 --> 00:18:45.829 sitter in this game? He did, didn't he? He's 00:18:45.829 --> 00:18:48.750 going. I think he's going. I think he'll be in 00:18:48.750 --> 00:18:52.589 the Saudi league. I think Saudi tried to buy 00:18:52.589 --> 00:18:55.670 him in January and it never happened. I think 00:18:55.670 --> 00:18:57.789 we wanted to keep him just in case of injuries. 00:18:58.089 --> 00:19:00.970 I think he will go to the Saudi league this summer. 00:19:01.089 --> 00:19:03.789 Okay. Do you think they have wider goals there 00:19:03.789 --> 00:19:09.660 in Saudi Arabia? That might help him, you know, 00:19:09.660 --> 00:19:12.099 that might actually do some good. It's just his 00:19:12.099 --> 00:19:15.140 decision making, isn't it? Like he has some good 00:19:15.140 --> 00:19:17.440 attributes, but that chance the other day versus 00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:20.640 Spurs, you thought, okay, you knew in his head, 00:19:20.660 --> 00:19:22.180 he's thinking, I've got to pass it to Salah. 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:23.940 I've got to pass it to Salah. I've got to pass 00:19:23.940 --> 00:19:27.700 it to Salah. But saying that, so his decision 00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:31.480 making was okay. Passing to Salah is okay. But 00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:35.059 the execution, it was just a terrible mess. Not 00:19:35.059 --> 00:19:38.460 the best, not the best. I had a lesson today. 00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:40.660 I was teaching my private student. I teach one 00:19:40.660 --> 00:19:44.380 student from Belarus, of all countries. And he 00:19:44.380 --> 00:19:47.400 mentioned something to me that I didn't know 00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:50.640 about. Apparently, there was a funny moment in 00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:54.079 the post -match when the players were celebrating 00:19:54.079 --> 00:20:01.079 on the pitch. He told me that Darwin Nunes and 00:20:01.079 --> 00:20:06.220 Mohamed Salah had some sort of situation where... 00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:11.319 Mohamed said something to Nunez and it made Nunez 00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:16.240 go crazy and run across the whole page. And then 00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:19.579 everyone was speculating like what it must have 00:20:19.579 --> 00:20:23.720 been. And there is a theory that says that he 00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:28.599 reminded him of his bad scoring tally. But is 00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:31.579 this, do you know anything about this or has 00:20:31.579 --> 00:20:38.720 it happened or did my student make it up? Paul. 00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:45.220 Ah, okay. I think we have lost Paul in the worst 00:20:45.220 --> 00:20:48.960 possible moment because this was the most important 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:53.039 question of this podcast, quite possibly. I don't 00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:56.579 know. It probably wasn't. But you know what? 00:20:56.660 --> 00:21:01.259 I'm going to ask Paul off air and tell you in 00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:04.019 the language corner. How about that? Is that 00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:07.079 a good deal? All right, let's do it like that. 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:11.240 Welcome back to the Language Corner. In this 00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:13.440 part of the show, as always, I'm going to be 00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:16.000 teaching you something because I'm an English 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:19.660 teacher, so I might as well do my job. Let's 00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:22.279 discuss the phrase to be short of something. 00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:26.579 I was talking to Paul about Mohamed Salah and 00:21:26.579 --> 00:21:30.160 Paul mentioned that Mohamed Salah had been chasing 00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:34.539 records and the specific phrase he said is that 00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:39.039 he is short of two assists. And that means he's 00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:43.720 missing two assists to break a record or to reach 00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:46.720 some kind of objective, right? So I think he's 00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:51.559 short of two assists to equal. Was it? I can't 00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:53.920 remember exactly who it was. Maybe Kevin De Bruyne 00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:56.339 or someone like that. But if you are short of 00:21:56.339 --> 00:22:00.259 something, it means you only need something to 00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:03.920 get something else. So you are short of two assists. 00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:07.470 It means you only need two assists. to do it. 00:22:07.910 --> 00:22:12.589 The phrase short of means you don't have enough 00:22:12.589 --> 00:22:16.029 of something. So I'm short of money means I don't 00:22:16.029 --> 00:22:18.609 have enough money or I don't have money. I'm 00:22:18.609 --> 00:22:22.049 short of patience means I don't have any patience. 00:22:22.589 --> 00:22:25.529 So of course you can also be short of ideas. 00:22:25.650 --> 00:22:27.829 If you're short of ideas then you don't know 00:22:27.829 --> 00:22:30.450 what to talk about, you don't know which topics. 00:22:31.049 --> 00:22:34.029 to address or to explore maybe. Sometimes it 00:22:34.029 --> 00:22:36.769 happens on this podcast. Maybe I'm short of questions. 00:22:36.990 --> 00:22:40.809 I don't know what questions to ask. I don't think 00:22:40.809 --> 00:22:43.009 that happens that often, but it could happen, 00:22:43.109 --> 00:22:45.869 right? Nobody is perfect. We are only human beings. 00:22:46.009 --> 00:22:49.930 We are not robots. And perhaps I'm sometimes 00:22:49.930 --> 00:22:53.750 short of likes on the YouTube channel. So that's 00:22:53.750 --> 00:22:56.769 why I would like to encourage you to go there 00:22:56.769 --> 00:23:00.809 and help me out. Click. the like button on the 00:23:00.809 --> 00:23:03.470 YouTube channel if you are watching this as a 00:23:03.470 --> 00:23:07.349 video. And yeah, I think that's it for today. 00:23:07.450 --> 00:23:09.990 Thank you very much for listening and for being 00:23:09.990 --> 00:23:14.970 faithful to the FootGlish podcast. And yeah, 00:23:15.029 --> 00:23:19.230 I'll speak to you soon. Ah, not yet. Too soon, 00:23:19.309 --> 00:23:22.490 Zdenek, too soon. Remember, there was a moment 00:23:22.490 --> 00:23:25.390 in the middle of the... No, it was actually at 00:23:25.390 --> 00:23:27.589 the end, at the very end of the interview when 00:23:27.589 --> 00:23:31.480 Paul... unfortunately disconnected. It was actually 00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:34.799 the second time in the interview. And I was asking 00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:38.539 him a question. I was telling him about what 00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:43.680 my private student had described to me after 00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:49.049 the game against Liverpool. Apparently... Mohamed 00:23:49.049 --> 00:23:52.730 Salah upset Darwin Nunez, who reacted in a crazy 00:23:52.730 --> 00:23:55.730 way, started running after Salah, chasing him. 00:23:55.809 --> 00:23:58.130 But Salah is a great sprinter, so I think he 00:23:58.130 --> 00:24:03.470 couldn't catch up. But I wanted to ask Paul about 00:24:03.470 --> 00:24:06.029 more details about that. But unfortunately, Paul 00:24:06.029 --> 00:24:10.039 doesn't know, because I did ask him. after the 00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:12.759 interview ended, and he said, I haven't heard 00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:17.599 about it. So I did see the video, however, and 00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:22.960 I can prove that this is not fake news. Okay, 00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:26.579 so that's definitely everything for today's episode 00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:28.460 of the Food Grish podcast. Thank you very much 00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:31.380 for listening or watching. If this is YouTube, 00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:33.759 and I'll speak to you soon. Take care, everyone. 00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:34.660 Bye -bye.