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And welcome back to the PD Football Podcast.

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My name is Presh. My name is Darren. And how

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are you doing today? I'm okay. Just a bit fatigued.

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Didn't get much sleep yesterday and then went

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straight to work. But I'm good. I'm good. I'm

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feeling okay. How's everything on your end? I'm

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feeling great. The new trailer for Dune 3 dropped

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this week and it's got my blood pumping. You

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just read the audiobook? Yes, I did read the

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audiobook a few weeks ago. Now I'm just hyped

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for the new... The movie. The movie, yes. It's

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based on the second Dune book, Dune Messiah,

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which I've never read. And I was thinking, should

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I read it? Or, you know, listen to the audiobook,

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not read. But I don't want to spoil it for myself

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before I get to the movie. To the movie, yeah.

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There wasn't, like, I mean, I guess you said

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with the first Dune or whatever. I mean, I know

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there's two movies so far. But you said the book

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so far added a lot of context, so wouldn't you

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want to watch the movie with that context? Not

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if it spoils the movie. Oh, so it would still

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be a spoiler. I'll listen to the audiobook after

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I watch the movie to get that extra context.

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And I also have to say that the movies are way

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different than the books. Yeah, that's what I

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was saying. The director's taken his own liberties

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and made his own thing. Yeah, so then would it

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really be a spoiler? Oh, how hard. Because, so

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this is the thing. In the book, Paul sees, well,

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he sees lots of visions of the future, but he

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sees one view or one path that he can't see the

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end of. Yeah. One of the markers on that path

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is that he kills Baron Harkonnen. I know this

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means nothing to you. Yeah, I mean... Right.

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But one of the things on the path is that he

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kills this guy, Baron Harkonnen. And we see in

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the movie that he kills Baron Harkonnen. So we're

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on the path that Paul couldn't see. Oh, okay.

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So what's happening in the movie is totally unrelated

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to the book. But it's obviously inspired by.

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So I don't want to read it and then... You just

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want to avoid the possibility of any spoilers.

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I just... Even now, having read the audiobook

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or listened to the audiobook, I feel like I know

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too much about the next one. So that's why I'm

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just trying to keep myself... Trying to rein

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it in a bit. Keep myself pure. Don't want to

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get these spoilers on me. But anyway, how about

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you? Anything that you're excited by at the moment?

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Like culturally? Nothing that I can really think

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of. Any music maybe? I know you're much more

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of a music guy. A music guy, yeah. I mean, I

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haven't kept up with what's coming out or whatever.

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I've been listening to a lot of music on my end,

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like some 80s gangster rap, Mac Dre. I've been

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listening to a lot of Mac Dre, actually. That's

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probably like 80 % of my playlist right now.

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Other than that, I'm just focused on getting

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money right now. I haven't had much time to consume

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movies or series. Suddenly, there's a new season

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of the TV show Invincible. I'm pretty sure you've

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never watched it. I've heard about it. A lot

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of people, I mean, it's one of my girlfriend's

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favorite shows, the animation, right? Yeah. You'd

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probably fuck with it if you saw it. But the

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episodes are like 40 minutes long and there's

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four seasons now. So it would take quite a while

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for you, I think, to catch up. I mean, I just

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don't have the time. That's what I'm saying.

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But if you had the time, I think you would fuck

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with it. I would. But I also haven't had the

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time to watch it. It came out two days ago. I

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mean, if we do a cultural review podcast, it

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would probably be better in December because

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we both have more. time off that's true and well

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we've spoken about this many times but the the

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oscar play movies come out in december that's

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the the height of cultural you know importance

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in the film world so december would be a good

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time if we were to branch out out of football

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and speak about other topics maybe we'll do that

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someday but this is a football podcast so let's

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get into it manchester city one real madrid two

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Real Madrid go through 5 -1 on aggregate. Yeah,

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I mean, this is completely what I expected. Yeah,

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so I think when we first, when the fixtures were

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released, I recall us having a bit of a disagreement

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on you thought Man City would get through comfortably

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and I thought Real Madrid would get through comfortably.

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Yeah, I mean, I think they'd risk the team for

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the big moments. It's not to say how far they

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will go, but I just felt like they would handle

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this moment better than Man City and especially

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Vinicius. I'm pretty sure last week you said

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they'd win it. Hey? No, I didn't say... You said

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they'd win it and then Abeloa would be called

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a genius, even though... No, that's not my...

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I've always said Barcelona is my favorite. Still,

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Barcelona is my favorite. It's not about favorites,

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it's about who you think is going to win. Barcelona.

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I've always said Barcelona. I said from that

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side of the draw, I'd favor Madrid to get to

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the final, but... Alright, fair enough. But the

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points you were making? Yeah, I think, again,

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I think it's just what I expected coming into

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it. I think I was always sceptical of Man City's

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form, especially with the amount of chances they

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were conceding, I would think, against a better

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opposition. As I said, there was a possibility

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of them being thrashed and it's not surprising.

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So, yeah, I think the scoreline perhaps flatters

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Real Madrid a bit, but that's what... what i

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thought as well that they could get out played

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and still win by thrashing scoreline you know

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it is incredibly shocking to me because i thought

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madrid were much worse than both uh before the

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the tie and currently i think they're worse than

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what the result shows yeah but they've been in

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this position before and won the champions league

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that's what i've said and i'm saying this is

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not the team of 2017. you know they have the

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name but they don't have the players and If they

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do win the Champions League, fair play to them,

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but I just don't think so. I think a bigger team,

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not a bigger team, a better team will show them

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how it is really. City aren't that team, fortunately.

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And they're going to play Bayern Munich, who

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you also don't, right? So one of them will be

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in the semi -finals. Well, I rate Bayern higher

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than this Madrid team. But I mean, I said one

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of them would get to the semis. That's all I

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said in our initial predictions that I think

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they're both better than you say they are. All

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right. So City made four changes to the team

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that drew 1 -1 with West Ham and changed shape

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from a 4 -1 -3 -2 to a regular 4 -3 -3. Ruben

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Diaz came in for Mark Weahy. Unclear why. Doku

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and Cherki came in on the wings for O 'Reilly

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and Semenyo. That makes perfect sense. Doku was

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the chief creator for the team, and he did quite

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a good job. And then, due to the shape change,

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Reinders came in for Mamoosh. Now, I don't know

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Madrid's team well enough to talk about it, so

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we're just going to leave that portion out. I

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started the game late, and the first thing I

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see is Bernardo Silva handling the ball on the

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line and being sent off, which... You know, that's

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the stupidest red card to receive because you'd

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rather just give the goal away than concede a

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penalty and lose a man. To make this even worse,

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Bernardo is your captain and most experienced

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player. Yeah, I mean, it was very immature from

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him. I honestly don't know what he was thinking.

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Like, obviously, it's like an instinctive...

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Yeah, like he couldn't... stop himself from doing

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it but still like I mean I guess the only time

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where that has ever worked out was Suarez in

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the against Ghana unfortunately but yeah and

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Vinicius converts the penalty using the stutter

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technique which once again I need to say I don't

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like it's unfair to the goalkeeper trying to

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save the goal Despite being a man down, City

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are still creating great chances. But so are

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Madrid. It's a very open game. Both teams getting

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decent chances. It's more that City are kind

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of camped in Madrid's half and Madrid are countering.

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So a very fun game. They haven't struggled with

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creating chances. My qualm with them was always

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that they're leaking chances. And the chances

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that they are conceding are very, very high x3

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chances in every game almost. So that was my

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only critique of them. I still think... For me,

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if they're two or three signings away with Guardiola,

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I still think they'll be ahead of us next season.

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I'm not doubting them. I just think in current

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form, I would say... But they're at least slightly

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off it defensively to at least be in the absolute

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bracket that they've been in the last five or

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ten years, should we say. Well, City eventually

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make use of one of these chances where Doku beats

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Thiago Putak and puts in a cross that is scrappily

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finished off by Haaland. He reads some milestone.

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I can't remember what the commentator said. Oh,

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it's his first goal in five games. No, no, but

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I think... He did, I think he got 50 Champions

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League goals. No, no, that's Salah. Oh, that

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was Salah, okay. Yeah. But you're right, there

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was a milestone related to goal scoring. He overtook

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somebody in City's history, some guy from the

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60s, but that's not what I was thinking about.

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I was thinking about the first goal in five games.

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Oh, okay. Which is not what you would associate

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with Haaland. That would be his second goal in

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a lot more than that, I think, because he'd had

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one in like 12 or something, right? Yeah. That's

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not what we would associate with Haaland, especially

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with the chances that City create. You don't

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think that their starting striker would have

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such a drought. Yeah, I mean, I guess at this

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point, it's also a bit of the same situation.

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I mean, we'll talk about it later that Saka's

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in at Arsenal. I guess it's like he's a club

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legend. So I guess in a weird way, I wouldn't

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say Saka's on the same level as Haaland. He hasn't

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won anything yet. I'm just saying that. affinity.

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Well, both of them. I don't think Haaland is

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a club legend for City either. I would say, I

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mean, like, I think you can have, like, if you

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look at Van Persie, okay, maybe not a legend,

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like, a greatest of all time legend, but Van

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Persie is still considered a Man United legend

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by a lot of their fans, even though he had only

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one good season. I think Haaland had a season

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where... They won the treble. They won the treble.

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I mean, I would say De Bruyne is the main player,

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but his numbers were ridiculous that season,

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so... I think we've spoken about this, right?

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Holland. didn't make City better. I cannot recall

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off the top of my head, but City scored a number

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of goals. And then the next season when Haaland

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came in, they scored roughly the same amount

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of goals. I agree. What changed was it was Sterling,

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it was Mahrez, it was, you know, multiple players

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getting these goals. What changed was it was

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only Haaland that was scoring these goals. Yeah.

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And he got an inflated goal tally because of

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that. And now it seems as if though he made them

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infinitely better. If you think about it, he

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didn't score in the semis or the final of the

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Champions League. Yeah, I don't think he necessarily

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made them infinitely better, but I think he reduced

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it to, like, maybe in the biggest games or biggest

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competitions, he reduced the game to Marjolins

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where, I guess, De Bruyne could swing it in their

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favour, as opposed to... like you said before,

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Sterling or Mahrez, who weren't as consistent.

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Maybe they might show up in the big games more

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than Haaland, but I guess in the other games,

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if you look at going out to Lyon before that,

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going out to... Monaco. It wasn't necessarily

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big teams. They generally managed the big teams

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well. I thought you were going to say Spurs.

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Also Spurs. That's such a slam dunk for you to

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get one on Spurs and you just missed it. Also

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going out but at the time Spurs were one of the

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best teams in Europe so it's not like they went

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out to a bad Spurs but they were better than

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Spurs at the time. I think The doom and gloom

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around City is a bit of an over -projection,

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but I think Holland is probably, the club is

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giving him the respect they think he deserves.

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Whether he deserves it or not is another question,

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but I guess statistically that season and the

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season after, what he did still stands on its

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own as far as a Premier League striker is concerned.

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No one's come close in terms of numbers. Whether

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it's in the big games or not, I think that's

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a separate issue, but I think it's more like

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the club. Feeling like they owe him a bit of

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let's play him back into form. Okay. Yeah. So

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at halftime, Gueye and Nathan Ake come on for

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Ruben Diaz and Tiani Reinders. And City change

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to a back three. Very odd decision in my point

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of view from Guardiola. Not like you can see

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it working. I mean, he's done it before. Against

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you guys. I don't recall that. But I take your

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word for it. Yeah. But what I did see here is

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that... he went to a back three so he could throw

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everyone forward and then the back three will

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deal with counters but then in that like He only

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did it for about 10 -15 minutes. In that small

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portion of time, Madrid went through them a few

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times. So, clearly a mistake. I think the last

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time he did it was something similar because

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I recall it was a game they played against you

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guys, if I'm not mistaken, where Mahrez missed

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a penalty in the dying seconds and it was 0 -0.

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But I think in the first half, you guys were

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just opening them up time and time again. In

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the second half, he switched to a back three.

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But in that game, it actually worked out because

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they... They managed to reduce the chances. I

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think the game finished 0 -0 in the end. I must

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have missed this game. Yeah, I think Morris missed

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the penalty in like the 97th or 96th minute.

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Then I definitely missed this game. Yeah, that

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was the season you guys won the Champions League.

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2019. I think so, yes. All right. Listen, even

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if I watched that match in HD, I would not remember

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it. It's been seven years. I just remember it

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so clearly because in the interview after that,

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that was when Guardiola said that's the first

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time he's felt that he had to park the bus in

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his career. Oh, wow. That was the match because

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I was very much like a detractor of Jurgen Klopp

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just because of my affinity to Guardiola. the

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rivalry at the time. I was a teenager, so I took

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it too emotional. When Guardiola himself said

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it, that's when I became a fan of Klopp, you

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know. You needed the co -sign. Yeah. Okay. Also

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at halftime, on the Madrid side of things, Lunen

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comes on for Courtois. I'm not sure if this was

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an injury. I assume it has to be an injury if

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you replace your goalkeeper or, you know, perhaps

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Courtois had like a, it's just like a, I saw

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something that said he's going to be out for

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two weeks, so it could be... Yeah, it could be

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like one of those that it's like, it's not bad,

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but like you don't want to, you just want to

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be... I mean, he is the most important player.

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You want to take precautions with him. Yeah.

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So yeah, that could be the case. The dynamic

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of the first half continues with City trying

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to break down Madrid and Madrid playing on the

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counter. But both teams getting chances with

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City just shading it for me. None of the changes

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have had a tangible difference. And in fact,

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after about 15 minutes, Pep changes shape again.

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And Lunen does a decent job of saving the shots

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at him. So, Nuri hauls down Mbappe in the area,

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but no penalty given. I agree with the no penalty

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given. I thought, like, it wasn't strong enough

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for him to go down. You know, again, that's one

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of the ones that are up to interpretation. So,

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you know... I'm fine to just disagree with the

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referee or... Actually, no, I'm agreeing with

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the referee. I'm fine to agree with the referee

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or disagree, but it's just up to your interpretation.

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Yeah, I mean, it's like one of those ones where

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if he had given the penalty, you'd also have

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been like... Fair enough. Because he was holding

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on to him. I just don't think the contact was

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enough. But that's my opinion. Anything else

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you want to say about that particular incident?

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No, nothing else. I think I agree with you on

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that. Vinicius scores a late goal to seal it.

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A cross from number 14. I'm not sure who that

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was. Doesn't matter who it was. I think it was

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Goulet, but I'm not 100 % sure. And that brings

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me to saying Adegule had a very good game. I'm

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not usually a fan of him, but apparently he also

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had a good game against Elche on the weekend.

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So perhaps he's coming into himself. I've read,

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I mean, like one of my friends who's a Madrid

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fan, and I've also read from like some Madrid

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accounts that he's been... played a little bit

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deeper, more of an eight or like a controlling

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midfielder which suited his game. Are you sure

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that's not from before? It might have been from

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before, but I think... Because I think that's

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what Alonso was doing with him and now... He's

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been plagued a little bit further forward so

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that he, you know, where he's more comfortable.

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Yeah, because the clips I saw of him, he was

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more in the left half spaces and slightly deeper,

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which he usually plays on the right when he's

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in the 10. So maybe switching him over to the

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left helped. That's exactly where he was, the

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left half space. Yeah, so I mean... I guess he's

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usually in the right half spaces. Maybe Arbeloa

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sees something from the left half space. I haven't

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watched much of Goulet recently. He played in

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Venice a few times. I was very impressed. He

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reminds me a lot, not just obviously because

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he's Turkish, but he has a lot of similar traits

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to Ozil. I think he fades in and out of games,

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but when he comes in, he can do amazing things.

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But we'll see where he develops. I'm not exactly

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sure what to think of him because I haven't watched

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much of him, honestly, to know whether he's better

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deeper or whether he's better forward. I mean,

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I think he's a bit like Odegaard right now. I've

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seen opinions going both ways that, oh, get him

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closer to goal and opinions, oh, get him deeper

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so he can break the press more. Yeah, I mean,

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let's see. I wish him the best. He seems to be

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a good footballer to watch, though. Alexander

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-Arnold was once again the worst player on the

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pitch. virtually non -existent defensively and

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added very little attacking wise he did have

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one corner where too many headed it at the keeper

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but it was saved quite easily so once again it's

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not me picking on him because i have some sort

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of vendetta or whatever that's just if you just

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sit down and watch him you you'll just feel disgusted

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by how poor he really is. And perhaps it's just

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because I've always had, like, biased glasses

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on, and now that I've taken the biased glasses

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off, I see him as he really is, but he's really

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poor. And I know you were telling me when I said

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this about him the other day that... He's a guy

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for the moments. He's not going to be 100 % every

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minute of every game in the action, but he'll

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pick his moments and in those moments he'll deliver

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something really good. And I've just not seen

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that in the past, let's say a couple of weeks

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since he's been back from injury. I mean, I don't

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know. I haven't watched him much, but I've seen

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Madrid fans who are happy with him. That's all

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I can say. I think, what is it? There's a guy

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on Twitter, RM14, one of the coaches I follow

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or something. He seems very happy with, I respect

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his opinion a lot. So he seems very happy with

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Trent's playing out. I think he put up a bunch

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of stats of how many times Trent broke the press

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as well. So I think he's improving. He's coming

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back from injury. I still think he's my favorite

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fullback in the world. So we'll just agree to

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disagree. We watched the highlights together

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just now, right? and we saw every attack coming

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in from cities left. Why do you think that was?

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That's always been the case. I mean, you can

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target Alexander -Arnold. I think there's always

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players who get targeted. Dani Alves got targeted

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at Barcelona as well. If you go watch Pep's boss,

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all the attacks would come down the right -hand

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side. But he was still the best full -back in

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the world for most people. So because Dani Alves

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was good, because Marcelo was good, that automatically

00:19:54.490 --> 00:19:56.490
means this guy is good because he doesn't defend.

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I think, yeah, he falls into the same bracket.

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He gives you enough going forward. So I think

00:20:01.069 --> 00:20:03.769
take the liberties. if you believe there's enough

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liberties. I think just put him next to some

00:20:05.589 --> 00:20:07.630
good centre -halves and that's pretty much covered

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up. No, it's not. He needs another midfielder

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to also cover for him. Valverde was playing kind

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of a wing -back and Trent was playing as a right

00:20:17.250 --> 00:20:19.349
-hand -sided centre -back. That's how much Valverde

00:20:19.349 --> 00:20:21.450
was doing to help him. If Valverde doesn't mind

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doing that, then that's okay. You have a player

00:20:23.769 --> 00:20:26.509
like that. Valverde went to the Madrid management

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and complained that he was being played at right

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-back. He wanted to be played. Yeah, but that's

00:20:31.339 --> 00:20:33.299
when he was playing as a right back. But, I mean,

00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:35.700
if he doesn't mind covering him out of possession...

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He's a de facto right back now. All he's doing

00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:40.859
is, you know, going deep and... But that's out

00:20:40.859 --> 00:20:43.039
of possession. If he doesn't mind, he's not complaining.

00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:46.039
His form's improved, so he seems to be happy.

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Yeah. Overall, it was a fun game, but if Kompany

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is a serious manager, then this Madrid team will

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be put to the sword. That's all I'm hoping for,

00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:57.599
because fuck Madrid. Yeah, anything else you

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want to add to that? Well, I just hope you guys

00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:04.480
beat PS3, so someone that you hate is getting

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to the final. Oh my god. Yeah, that would be...

00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:12.680
That would be awful. Imagine if we made the Champions

00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:15.480
League final. I would be raging. I'd be so pissed

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off. Imagine. And imagine if we won it. I would

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be so mad. I would actually... I think you guys

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have a good record against us in Barcelona, so...

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Okay, Barcelona 7, Newcastle 2. Barcelona go

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through 8 -3 on aggregate. I think I predicted

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10 -2. I don't recall that. Yeah, I think that's

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what I also told my brother. I expect us to be

00:21:41.109 --> 00:21:44.690
5 -1 both legs, but I was close enough, you know.

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Once again, I don't know Barcelona's team well

00:21:47.509 --> 00:21:50.829
enough to talk about their starting 11. But for

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Newcastle, Eddie Howe made five changes, with

00:21:53.789 --> 00:21:56.849
Dan Byrne in for Sven Botman, Kieran Trippier

00:21:56.849 --> 00:21:59.970
in for Livramento, Tanali came in for Willock,

00:22:00.089 --> 00:22:03.549
Joe Linton in for Valtamada, and Anthony Lange

00:22:03.549 --> 00:22:06.069
in for Jacob Murphy, and then a change of shape

00:22:06.069 --> 00:22:09.630
from a 4 -2 -3 -1 to a 4 -3 -3. So in this game,

00:22:09.670 --> 00:22:11.769
there's not really patterns of play to talk about,

00:22:11.890 --> 00:22:15.410
but I will say this. Barcelona's pressing was

00:22:15.410 --> 00:22:18.849
incredibly high and aggressive. I haven't seen

00:22:18.849 --> 00:22:21.029
crazy pressing like this in quite some time,

00:22:21.150 --> 00:22:23.710
and Newcastle weren't sitting off either. They

00:22:23.710 --> 00:22:25.849
were also pressing high and keeping a high line.

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What a fun match to watch, but because there

00:22:28.970 --> 00:22:31.269
was a goal every 10 minutes or so, I think we're

00:22:31.269 --> 00:22:33.349
just going to be talking about individual moments,

00:22:33.369 --> 00:22:35.910
not the, you know... Yeah, I mean, I think for

00:22:35.910 --> 00:22:40.509
three quarters of the tie, it was evenly matched,

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and then Barcelona just blew them away. That's

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what, I mean, that's why I think Barcelona are

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:49.740
the best team in the world because, like, I think

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:51.259
they have the two best players in the world,

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:53.400
in my opinion, in Pedri and Jamal. And if they

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click the way they did yesterday, I just don't

00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:58.140
see how anyone stops them. They'll do that against

00:22:58.140 --> 00:23:00.519
every team. Just like PSG lost. Yeah, well, we'll

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:02.720
get to it. We'll get to the second half and I'll

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:04.700
make a point then. But let's just go through

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:07.240
the individual moments in the first half. And

00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:09.180
it was a great goal for Barcelona after just

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:12.299
six minutes. Lamine turns Malik Chow in midfield.

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So what I noticed was the Newcastle defenders

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:18.279
kept getting drawn into midfield, causing a big

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:21.299
gap. And then the Barcelona runners would get

00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:23.640
into that gap. I mean, I think something Flick

00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:26.279
probably identified quickly was that they were

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:28.240
kind of tagging Amal. They were double -teaming

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:30.980
him everywhere. So he just... moved Jamal around

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:33.079
the pitch to create space everywhere but wherever

00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:35.759
Jamal went he almost always took two players

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:38.220
with him and he almost always beat them so that

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:40.900
left like acres of space for Barcelona to exploit

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in other areas I think I was very smart from

00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:45.839
Hansi Flick because You couldn't really pin down

00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:48.759
a position of Jamal in yesterday's game. I think

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:50.740
he was everywhere. He was. I agree with that.

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So Lamine turns Malik Chow in midfield and Rafinha

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:57.140
and Fermin Lopez exchange passes. And then Rafinha

00:23:57.140 --> 00:23:59.920
finishes it off. 1 -0 to Barcelona. Anything

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:01.799
you want to say about that first goal? No, I

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:04.359
mean, just a classic Hansi Flick goal in a lot

00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:06.880
of ways. So, yeah, pretty much nothing else to

00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:09.619
add. Then Newcastle catch them out on the counter.

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:12.759
Anthony Gordon plays a beauty of a pass and Anthony

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:16.309
Alanga scores. the Anthony connection oh it was

00:24:16.309 --> 00:24:19.049
it was Lewis Hall who crossed no no no Gordon

00:24:19.049 --> 00:24:21.509
oh was it Gordon I thought it was Lewis Hall

00:24:21.509 --> 00:24:25.089
he used his weak foot to I thought I heard the

00:24:25.089 --> 00:24:27.609
commentator say Hall but yeah it was it was a

00:24:27.609 --> 00:24:32.309
good goal also Hall was for the second goal oh

00:24:32.309 --> 00:24:35.609
okay I mean I think oh no no okay sorry no no

00:24:35.609 --> 00:24:38.130
no carry on Yeah, I think it was a good goal

00:24:38.130 --> 00:24:40.769
either way. I think the good cross. In a way,

00:24:40.809 --> 00:24:44.809
it's also a very common goal for a Hansi Flick

00:24:44.809 --> 00:24:46.809
team to concede. I think if you even go back

00:24:46.809 --> 00:24:49.289
to his Bayern team, if you break the press, there's

00:24:49.289 --> 00:24:51.569
a lot of space to exploit. I think they just

00:24:51.569 --> 00:24:54.890
bet on the fact that even if they concede, they'll

00:24:54.890 --> 00:24:58.349
score again, you know. So then Mark Burnell scores

00:24:58.349 --> 00:25:01.690
from a set piece. Newcastle switch off and Dan

00:25:01.690 --> 00:25:04.750
Byrne plays everyone onside. What happens is

00:25:04.750 --> 00:25:08.430
he sits back while everyone goes up. So he is

00:25:08.430 --> 00:25:11.609
shouting and he's angry at everyone else for

00:25:11.609 --> 00:25:14.970
going up while he stood back because now he played

00:25:14.970 --> 00:25:19.109
everyone else onside. So that's why Barcelona

00:25:19.109 --> 00:25:24.150
scored. Just poor organization. The coaches need

00:25:24.150 --> 00:25:29.460
to have a look at themselves. Yeah, I mean, it's

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:32.380
like, I guess with Eddie Howe, it's like, where

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:35.240
do you stand on him? It's something, I think

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:38.619
he's trying to evolve. I think also maybe how

00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:41.380
far can he evolve in the Newcastle job? I think

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:43.500
he seems to overthink a lot of moments, but I

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:45.299
think that's normal as well when you're trying

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:48.099
to get... Yeah, because, well, we've been speaking

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:50.000
about this Newcastle team and how they're not

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:53.019
pressing anymore. And this game, it's like they've

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:55.819
been saving up their energy to press in this

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:57.880
game. And it was the wrong team. I mean, I think

00:25:57.880 --> 00:26:01.559
if there's any team you don't want to press high

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:04.200
with all 11 men pitched in their half all the

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:06.839
time, it's a Hansi Flick team, you know. I think

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:12.160
he just relies on teams sitting low in a way.

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:16.170
Because if they sit low... he kind of dominates

00:26:16.170 --> 00:26:18.609
position he can impose his high line but he wants

00:26:18.609 --> 00:26:22.269
he wants teams to attack him you know the minute

00:26:22.269 --> 00:26:25.750
you you you press him i think uh even with his

00:26:25.750 --> 00:26:27.950
first season at bayern i think they they kind

00:26:27.950 --> 00:26:30.069
of flew under the radar every team pressed them

00:26:30.069 --> 00:26:32.250
high and they just almost thrashed everyone you

00:26:32.250 --> 00:26:34.890
know except the final was a close game but i

00:26:34.890 --> 00:26:36.829
think everything else they just destroyed them

00:26:36.829 --> 00:26:39.910
and i think the same thing will be true of barcelona

00:26:39.910 --> 00:26:43.640
so i think if Anyone has the nerve to press Hansi

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:45.180
Flick high, they're probably going to experience

00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:47.220
the same. I wouldn't be surprised, you know.

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:50.680
So Labine tries a backheel in his own half, but

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:53.200
it gets cut out by Lewis Hall, who flicks it

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:55.779
to Harvey Barnes. Harvey Barnes then crosses

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:58.720
it for Ilanga to score his second goal. It's

00:26:58.720 --> 00:27:00.700
actually missed by like three Barcelona players

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:03.099
and three Newcastle players. And right at the

00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:05.460
back post, Ilanga is the only one who slots it

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:10.380
in. Poor awareness from Cancelo to allow Ilanga

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:13.400
a free shot, in my opinion. He was, he just,

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:15.359
like, his head was not in the game. Like, he

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:18.279
just watched him do it. I mean, also, you know,

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:21.480
Cancelo probably falls into the same mold as

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:24.299
Trent for me, I think. It's a give and take,

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:27.160
you know. You take the bad so you get the good,

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:29.799
you know. Both of them are washed, in my opinion.

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:34.450
Like, if this were 2018, I'd be like, yeah. I

00:27:34.450 --> 00:27:36.509
think Cancelo is washed, yeah. But I think as

00:27:36.509 --> 00:27:39.430
a player, he falls into the same bracket. Well,

00:27:39.450 --> 00:27:42.309
Trench is also washed, in my opinion. But yeah,

00:27:42.470 --> 00:27:45.130
Trippier holds Rafinha and gives away a penalty.

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:47.240
Once again, I didn't think it was a penalty.

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:51.359
I thought it was very weak from Rafinha. Again,

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:53.539
the same as the other one. If it's given, you

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:56.160
understand it. If it's not, you're also like...

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:59.059
Maybe I'm just thinking things should be more

00:27:59.059 --> 00:28:02.700
physical and more like a higher tolerance for

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:06.039
a penalty because the two we've spoken about

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:08.099
have been very... Yeah, it's just like one of

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:09.740
those things you can't exactly complain about

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:13.160
it because if you go read the rules of the game...

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:15.940
Yeah, there was contact in the box. Whatever

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:17.440
the ref would have said, they would have agreed

00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:19.599
with, whether it was minimal contact or maximum

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:22.500
contact. That's true. So it's halftime, and this

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:25.180
is probably the game of the season. I start texting

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:27.640
my brother and my two cousins, hey, put on this

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:33.299
game. It's going crazy right now. And, oh, sorry,

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:35.660
Lameen converts. I forgot to mention that. It's

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:38.650
3 -2 at halftime. Both teams playing high -intensity,

00:28:38.789 --> 00:28:41.170
counter -attacking football. But at the beginning

00:28:41.170 --> 00:28:43.509
of the second half, Barcelona start to slow down

00:28:43.509 --> 00:28:45.609
the game and play possession -based football,

00:28:45.869 --> 00:28:48.190
which is not what I associate with them. But

00:28:48.190 --> 00:28:51.230
this leads to four unanswered goals. So it looks

00:28:51.230 --> 00:28:53.430
like a genius bit of management from Ansi Flick,

00:28:53.470 --> 00:28:56.490
you know, to go possession -based rather than

00:28:56.490 --> 00:28:59.309
continue what was happening in the first half.

00:28:59.410 --> 00:29:02.910
Because even though they were winning 3 -2, Newcastle

00:29:02.910 --> 00:29:04.950
were very much still in the game and in the tie.

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:08.720
A change of tactics is what... I mean, he played

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:10.579
into the strengths of his players, you know,

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:13.980
so... So, Barcelona just play a 1 -2 and Tonali

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:16.099
doesn't track the man and Firmin Lopez slots

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:19.980
home. It's 4 -2 after... Very early after the

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:24.079
break. Yeah, I mean, I think after the fourth

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:26.779
goal, Barcelona began... to, you know, just,

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:29.980
I guess, dominate every, like, facet of the game,

00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:31.579
like, kind of blow Newcastle. Newcastle started

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:34.460
making a lot of errors as well. The moment started

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:37.140
getting to them, I think. And, yeah, I think

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:40.380
Lewandowski came in, put in a classic striker's

00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:43.240
performance for about 30 minutes. I think that

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:45.140
showed the importance of experience in these

00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:47.039
moments as well and being able to deal with the

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:49.029
pressure, you know. It's interesting you bring

00:29:49.029 --> 00:29:51.589
it up because the next goal is from him. He headers

00:29:51.589 --> 00:29:53.670
home from a corner and that's when I thought

00:29:53.670 --> 00:29:59.509
it's probably over now. 5 -2. 5 -2, 6 -3 on aggregate.

00:30:00.549 --> 00:30:03.349
Dan Byrne comes to confront Lamine in midfield

00:30:03.349 --> 00:30:06.710
in an almost carbon copy of an earlier goal.

00:30:07.049 --> 00:30:09.390
He gets beaten and now there's a big gap in the

00:30:09.390 --> 00:30:12.170
back line which Lamine exploits to pass in Lewandowski

00:30:12.170 --> 00:30:15.349
who scores. I can't remember which one, if it

00:30:15.349 --> 00:30:17.549
was the first or second, but... Very similar

00:30:17.549 --> 00:30:19.849
to what happened. A defender goes out to midfield

00:30:19.849 --> 00:30:23.250
to meet Lamine. He does them in, plays in the

00:30:23.250 --> 00:30:25.789
other player. They score. They just got caught

00:30:25.789 --> 00:30:28.690
in their own, in Barcelona's little trap. I think

00:30:28.690 --> 00:30:31.170
with both Lamine and Pedri, the difficult thing

00:30:31.170 --> 00:30:34.259
is like, oh, okay. If you double mark them, they

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:36.279
can kind of just eliminate those players from

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:38.039
the game. And if you give them the space, they

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:42.319
can use it just as well. So it's a dilemma that

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:44.420
I think every coach who comes up against Barcelona,

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:46.259
if they're in form, is going to have to face.

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:49.000
It's like, how do you stop those two players?

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:51.680
Because I can empathize with Newcastle a bit.

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:53.259
When I watched Lamin yesterday, I thought he

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:55.910
was completely unplayable. I don't see... how

00:30:55.910 --> 00:30:57.450
they could have stopped him like what could they

00:30:57.450 --> 00:30:58.930
have done to their structure they were really

00:30:58.930 --> 00:31:01.630
good for three quarters of the tie and i think

00:31:01.630 --> 00:31:04.029
it just took him and pedry 45 minutes to completely

00:31:04.029 --> 00:31:06.609
destroy them you know in terms of control and

00:31:06.609 --> 00:31:08.269
just shift the momentum of the game to where

00:31:08.269 --> 00:31:10.029
it looks like newcastle were never in it you

00:31:10.029 --> 00:31:14.130
know Okay. Lastly, Jacob Ramsey slips and passes

00:31:14.130 --> 00:31:16.809
it straight to Rafinha, who finishes well. 7

00:31:16.809 --> 00:31:20.890
-2. And yeah, that's all the notes I have. That's

00:31:20.890 --> 00:31:24.569
the game. Yeah. So there was just one small tactical

00:31:24.569 --> 00:31:27.630
tweak in the second half that just took it out

00:31:27.630 --> 00:31:30.430
of Newcastle's hands completely. And I agree

00:31:30.430 --> 00:31:32.910
with what you say. No, no, no. I take that back.

00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:36.420
I think PSG are still stronger, but Barcelona

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:39.500
are very good. I agree that PSG could be a more

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:42.000
well -rounded team. My argument is that those

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:44.140
two specific players... I'm saying even in attack,

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:46.359
I think PSG are better, but we can just agree

00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:49.400
to disagree about that. Anything else you want

00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:51.259
to mention about this game before we move on?

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:55.279
No, that's it. Yeah, nothing really to say in

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:58.819
a 7 -2. You're like, yeah, the one team was better

00:31:58.819 --> 00:32:03.279
than the other. Liverpool 4, Galatasaray 0. Liverpool

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:06.460
go through 4 -1 on aggregate. This is the biggest

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:10.039
shock of the round to me. I mean, I expected

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:13.599
it, honestly. Okay, you can just look at the

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:15.339
name and be like, okay, Liverpool is a bigger

00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:17.099
team than Galatasaray. They should go through.

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:19.539
No, but Galatasaray are awful away from home.

00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:21.460
In the Champions League particularly. I think

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:23.339
they've lost almost every game away from home.

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:26.160
But 4 -0. And okay, never mind the scoreline.

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:30.019
The performance was pathetic. Yeah, they were

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:32.240
shocking. I think the defending was some of the

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:34.539
worst I've seen this whole Champions League campaign

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:37.700
from any team. I just don't know what happened

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:40.500
to the team from last week that covered their

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:43.799
bases, that made it very difficult to play through.

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:48.180
They were so open. I have no idea what switches

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:50.039
off in their mind when they go to a different

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:52.859
stadium. I wonder. I wonder. Or what switches

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:55.299
on when they're at their stadium. I think the

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:57.259
fans, you know. It could also be that the opposition

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:59.359
becomes easier to play against because they're

00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:01.680
intimidated by the fans, you know. Another thing

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:05.200
is their fans were banned from the game last

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:08.900
night. So it was 100 % Liverpool. Contingent.

00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:11.960
Yeah. So that could have definitely played a

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:14.740
part that they have no fans there. But still,

00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:17.000
4 -0 was a very... I mean, their fans are banned

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:20.670
off their own behavior, so it's... Gotcha. So

00:33:20.670 --> 00:33:23.309
in defense, Konate and Kirkees came in for Gomez

00:33:23.309 --> 00:33:26.470
and Robertson. Then in attack, Slott replaced

00:33:26.470 --> 00:33:29.349
Rio and Gamoa and Gakpo with Salah and Ekotike.

00:33:29.730 --> 00:33:32.230
So by the way, Gakpo not starting and we scored

00:33:32.230 --> 00:33:38.289
four goals. Kalemi shocked. He's the biggest

00:33:38.289 --> 00:33:40.650
culprit in stopping all our attacks. Didn't stop

00:33:40.650 --> 00:33:43.430
an attack when he was benched. I'm shocked. I

00:33:43.430 --> 00:33:45.990
didn't know this could happen. Maybe Scott was

00:33:45.990 --> 00:33:48.069
saving the squad for the Champions League run.

00:33:48.369 --> 00:33:52.430
This guy. He made a mistake. I'm sure he played

00:33:52.430 --> 00:33:55.609
Gakpo like too much now. And the medical people

00:33:55.609 --> 00:33:57.990
told him, just give him a rest this one game.

00:33:58.069 --> 00:34:00.789
And he did. And now he doesn't know what to do.

00:34:00.970 --> 00:34:02.509
Now he's going to win the Champions League and

00:34:02.509 --> 00:34:06.369
get a contract extension. Even if he wins the

00:34:06.369 --> 00:34:09.289
Champions League, he needs to go. No one's sacking

00:34:09.289 --> 00:34:12.389
a Champions League winner. Chelsea did. Into

00:34:12.389 --> 00:34:13.809
the draw. I mean, no one's going to sack him

00:34:13.809 --> 00:34:16.369
after the season. Both Di Matteo and Tuchel got

00:34:16.369 --> 00:34:18.949
sacked mid -season. Whatever the case is, you

00:34:18.949 --> 00:34:21.269
can't continue. A few luckier results aren't

00:34:21.269 --> 00:34:24.389
going to change the patterns of play, the negativity

00:34:24.389 --> 00:34:26.429
in the squad, the negativity in the stadium.

00:34:27.730 --> 00:34:30.789
But a Champions League victory will change the

00:34:30.789 --> 00:34:33.769
mood for a long time. Liverpool tried the PSG

00:34:33.769 --> 00:34:36.449
kick -off routine, which is just to boot it as

00:34:36.449 --> 00:34:39.690
close to the corner flag as possible, just to

00:34:39.690 --> 00:34:43.670
gain more territory rather than possession. which

00:34:43.670 --> 00:34:46.369
is one of the stupidest things I've ever seen

00:34:46.369 --> 00:34:48.730
in my life. They clearly take it from rugby,

00:34:48.889 --> 00:34:53.210
but in rugby the rules are different. I truly

00:34:53.210 --> 00:34:56.869
don't see the gain from this. You'd rather keep

00:34:56.869 --> 00:34:59.070
the ball, let players go forward, and then just

00:34:59.070 --> 00:35:01.909
play a ball over the top where a player can actually

00:35:01.909 --> 00:35:04.909
try to win it instead of just booting it out.

00:35:04.929 --> 00:35:07.250
I think what Luis Enrique's argument was that

00:35:07.250 --> 00:35:09.929
his team's strongest suit is their counter -pressing.

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:12.860
So he pushes them up and then counter -presses

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:14.760
them in the final third? As quickly as possible

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:17.139
to psychologically intimidate the opponents,

00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:21.739
I guess. It's working. Even if it doesn't necessarily

00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:24.679
work in the moment, I think the idea that, oh,

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:27.039
these guys are going to press us right from the

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:29.820
start can throw some players off psychologically.

00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:34.059
So either that was a PSG kick -off routine or

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:40.480
just a massive fuck -up, which... Imagine! i

00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:43.800
mean nobody's expecting it i would say is your

00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:45.920
guys counter pressing your strong suit where

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:48.039
that tactic would make sense i don't know now

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:50.900
here's the interesting thing i don't know why

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:54.920
but this is the game we decided to press in and

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:58.599
i have a theory but uh who knows right jamie

00:35:58.599 --> 00:36:01.940
carragher on whatever channel he's on i'm not

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:04.579
sure i saw this in the low pool subreddit so

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:06.239
that's why i'm saying i didn't watch it on tv

00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:09.099
i just saw the clip he was telling honest lot

00:36:09.610 --> 00:36:12.050
We don't press enough. From last season where

00:36:12.050 --> 00:36:15.889
we pressed quite a bit to now, it's been a big

00:36:15.889 --> 00:36:17.949
drop off. And I don't complain about this because

00:36:17.949 --> 00:36:20.789
he's going towards possession -based football.

00:36:21.289 --> 00:36:22.909
Obviously, if you're playing possession -based

00:36:22.909 --> 00:36:25.070
football, you're not going to be pressing too

00:36:25.070 --> 00:36:28.409
much. You can combine the two and play possession

00:36:28.409 --> 00:36:31.809
-based with some pressing in moments. And that's

00:36:31.809 --> 00:36:34.429
what he did last season. And that's what I thought

00:36:34.429 --> 00:36:37.389
was a very good blend of possession -based and

00:36:37.389 --> 00:36:40.889
pressing. And that's how he won the league, right?

00:36:41.130 --> 00:36:44.090
Yeah. And for whatever reason, Slott just watches

00:36:44.090 --> 00:36:46.269
that, I assume as well, and decides, okay, we're

00:36:46.269 --> 00:36:50.969
going to start pressing. Maybe it is. And yeah,

00:36:51.090 --> 00:36:55.730
so I don't know if he's like Donald Trump, who

00:36:55.730 --> 00:36:59.349
just, he believes everything he sees on TV. So

00:36:59.349 --> 00:37:02.289
on Slott, he just, we need to put on like...

00:37:02.829 --> 00:37:06.070
Lots of coaching stuff. On Fox News. Yeah, on

00:37:06.070 --> 00:37:10.269
Fox News. Unbeknown to. On the slot. We'll make

00:37:10.269 --> 00:37:13.030
him a better coach. We need to hypnotize him

00:37:13.030 --> 00:37:18.550
into dropping Gakpo. Oh, yeah. Just get Guardiola

00:37:18.550 --> 00:37:21.809
to make comments about him every week. This Gakpo

00:37:21.809 --> 00:37:24.809
guy is pretty good. Next thing on the slot, what

00:37:24.809 --> 00:37:28.949
is he trying to do to me? Let me drop him. Yes,

00:37:28.989 --> 00:37:32.679
that's what we need. whatever Jamie Carragher

00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:36.900
says apparently this guy just starts to do and

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:40.860
uh now like I said I think personally it's a

00:37:40.860 --> 00:37:43.219
good mixture to both press and be possession

00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:45.920
based but that's not what he's shown he wants

00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:48.360
to do so I don't know what this is is this a

00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:51.079
turning point where we're changing our entire

00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:55.280
structure to be more more pressing based uh going

00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:58.079
forward or I have no idea what this augers but

00:37:58.809 --> 00:38:01.190
I mean, maybe he's just playing into the current

00:38:01.190 --> 00:38:04.469
squad dynamics. I think maybe he was at the start

00:38:04.469 --> 00:38:06.090
of the season, like you said, trying to move

00:38:06.090 --> 00:38:09.710
to a more positional game, but I think he's probably

00:38:09.710 --> 00:38:12.550
still now in the position where maybe he realizes,

00:38:12.769 --> 00:38:16.110
okay... But why this game? Why not, like, the

00:38:16.110 --> 00:38:18.690
Premier League game the week before to test it

00:38:18.690 --> 00:38:21.489
out and then... I think because coaches are stubborn.

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:24.780
They will stick to their principles as far as

00:38:24.780 --> 00:38:27.340
they can until they're being withered down and

00:38:27.340 --> 00:38:31.260
then eventually... I think maybe, let's hypothetically

00:38:31.260 --> 00:38:34.920
say, Onslaught is a good coach who can take a

00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:39.000
tactical interpretation and coach it well. But

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:41.360
he becomes stubborn behind an idea that made

00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:44.300
him win something. Maybe he doesn't see it specifically

00:38:44.300 --> 00:38:46.840
as, oh, it was the individual brilliance of Salah

00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:49.519
last season. Maybe he thinks it was my coaching.

00:38:50.059 --> 00:38:52.099
that won us the league. Well, I would say it's

00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:54.800
50 -50. Yeah, either way, maybe he doesn't see

00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:58.139
it as 50 -50. Maybe he sees it as like, oh, I

00:38:58.139 --> 00:39:00.840
got the most out of Salah. My system did everything.

00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:05.440
That's a good argument. Yeah, it could be. You

00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:07.320
would know better than me. That was Salah's best

00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:09.880
season in terms of return. Yeah, I mean, you

00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:12.340
would know better than me, but then even within

00:39:12.340 --> 00:39:15.179
that, like you said, if there's no player who's

00:39:15.179 --> 00:39:17.219
giving those returns, you would have to adapt

00:39:17.219 --> 00:39:20.190
the system. So I think... Someone like Arteta

00:39:20.190 --> 00:39:23.389
who probably we had two seasons ago or three

00:39:23.389 --> 00:39:25.630
seasons ago and two seasons ago our system was

00:39:25.630 --> 00:39:27.469
heavily based on counter pressing, you know,

00:39:27.530 --> 00:39:32.670
I think That's what he saw is maybe the the kryptonite

00:39:32.670 --> 00:39:35.989
to Guardiola's Man City because of how you guys

00:39:35.989 --> 00:39:38.949
had been the biggest competitors I think now

00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:41.699
He's found a different way. He's found a different

00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:44.179
way. So I think that a coach has to play into

00:39:44.179 --> 00:39:46.099
the strengths of their players. I think that's

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:48.619
what maybe Slott has taken a bit longer to do.

00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:51.179
But if he hypothetically, let's say, like you

00:39:51.179 --> 00:39:53.699
said, is an elite coach based off of last season's

00:39:53.699 --> 00:39:56.559
performance, then if he has a blueprint he can

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:59.960
follow, perhaps he can do something special till

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:03.119
the end of the season. All right, so let's just

00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:05.739
get into some individual moments. The first goal

00:40:05.739 --> 00:40:08.980
was a routine set piece and Sabozlai saws. Yeah,

00:40:09.059 --> 00:40:11.500
I mean, again, Sabozlai was sensational, if anything.

00:40:11.900 --> 00:40:14.880
If you, like, there's a man free and he's running

00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:17.119
onto the ball and you don't place a player there

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:20.760
or, you know, attempt to stop him, then you're

00:40:20.760 --> 00:40:23.699
going to concede. Yeah. I don't know what to

00:40:23.699 --> 00:40:26.460
say about that. Then Salah has a penalty save,

00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:28.800
but to be fair, I didn't think it was a penalty.

00:40:28.860 --> 00:40:34.159
I thought Dominic Sabotislai just dived and he

00:40:34.159 --> 00:40:37.340
conned the referee. I mean, I didn't notice that,

00:40:37.380 --> 00:40:41.199
but... Like he was already going down. The angle

00:40:41.199 --> 00:40:43.280
I saw it looked like a penalty. He was already

00:40:43.280 --> 00:40:46.960
going down before the contact came. So it's one

00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:49.889
of those ones where I think they just... he pulled

00:40:49.889 --> 00:40:52.030
the wool over the referee's eyes i guess it's

00:40:52.030 --> 00:40:54.050
a bit of he was the best player on the field

00:40:54.050 --> 00:40:56.210
by a long way so it's just a bit of a blight

00:40:56.210 --> 00:40:59.630
on the on the performance but if this were the

00:40:59.630 --> 00:41:01.570
champions league final and we won 1 -0 because

00:41:01.570 --> 00:41:05.110
of that i wouldn't be complaining yeah but in

00:41:05.110 --> 00:41:09.429
a game like this i can say uh you know it's poor

00:41:09.429 --> 00:41:11.570
play we shouldn't be doing this in the future

00:41:11.570 --> 00:41:14.809
yeah i mean with a lot of i guess in in a weird

00:41:14.809 --> 00:41:17.619
way recent years a lot of the the the absolute

00:41:17.619 --> 00:41:20.059
best players in the game. It is something they

00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:24.519
do a lot. I think outside of maybe Messi, if

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:27.199
you look at any of the greatest players in recent

00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:31.699
times, from Henry till now, they love to dive.

00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:37.280
Suarez, big diver. Yeah, Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo,

00:41:37.659 --> 00:41:40.900
Gareth Bale. So then at halftime, I went to cook.

00:41:41.219 --> 00:41:44.699
And when I got back, it was 3 -0. The match graphics

00:41:44.699 --> 00:41:46.840
said that the goals were scored by Eketike and

00:41:46.840 --> 00:41:49.519
Gravenberg, but they didn't show the replay for

00:41:49.519 --> 00:41:51.920
those goals. And I found the highlights package

00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:55.340
now, and both goals were assisted by Salah. Well,

00:41:55.599 --> 00:41:59.039
if you count a blocked shot as an assist, then

00:41:59.039 --> 00:42:02.300
two assists. I think it counts on fantasy, but

00:42:02.300 --> 00:42:04.780
it doesn't count as an assist. That's why, yes,

00:42:04.820 --> 00:42:07.480
I know. I'm counting it because of fantasy. So

00:42:07.480 --> 00:42:09.900
it's good to bounce back from that missed penalty

00:42:09.900 --> 00:42:14.690
by assisting too. Like, you always got to keep

00:42:14.690 --> 00:42:16.469
your head up, even if you're having a bad game.

00:42:16.570 --> 00:42:18.469
And just keep trying stuff, keep trying stuff.

00:42:18.730 --> 00:42:22.309
And this is actually why I said, if we're forced

00:42:22.309 --> 00:42:24.670
to play one of Salah and Gakpo, I would choose

00:42:24.670 --> 00:42:28.150
Salah. Because he actually has a creative bag.

00:42:28.250 --> 00:42:31.710
He has options that he can access. Now, he hasn't

00:42:31.710 --> 00:42:36.409
been making the best choices, but in a game like

00:42:36.409 --> 00:42:38.949
this, you see in individual moments, he can actually

00:42:38.949 --> 00:42:43.500
pull something out of a bag, you know? I mean,

00:42:43.539 --> 00:42:45.739
I'm sure you'll talk about it now, but the fourth

00:42:45.739 --> 00:42:48.920
goal was also just... It's a typical Mo Salah

00:42:48.920 --> 00:42:51.719
goal, but by any other player's standards, it's

00:42:51.719 --> 00:42:55.559
a sensational goal. He rifled it into the left

00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:58.300
-hand side corner. The first touch was also incredible,

00:42:58.420 --> 00:43:01.300
the way he set himself up. They call it a Salah

00:43:01.300 --> 00:43:04.199
special, but he's only scored a handful of them.

00:43:04.400 --> 00:43:08.039
I would think slotting it past the keeper is

00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:13.639
his most often finish. I'd say if any player

00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:17.019
made that a specialty, it's probably Messi, but

00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:19.920
obviously... That's what I'm saying. I don't

00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:22.739
consider... Salah has scored a handful of goals,

00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:26.719
like let's say between 5 and 10. That's not a

00:43:26.719 --> 00:43:28.719
specialty. Or Robben. Maybe people are talking

00:43:28.719 --> 00:43:31.179
of him like he's Robben. Yeah. Like Robben did

00:43:31.179 --> 00:43:35.260
that. Like a Gatpo. Gatpo only has one thing.

00:43:35.440 --> 00:43:38.360
Every goal of his will be that thing. Salah has

00:43:38.360 --> 00:43:42.179
so many... a breadth and depth worth of... finishing

00:43:42.179 --> 00:43:44.639
shots that i don't think you could call this

00:43:44.639 --> 00:43:46.260
a salah special but we're just getting bogged

00:43:46.260 --> 00:43:47.880
down in nonsense i mean it's a good sign though

00:43:47.880 --> 00:43:50.019
i think uh like it's hard to judge because it

00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:52.940
was galatasaray i think uh that's the thing as

00:43:52.940 --> 00:43:55.300
well so i don't want to take away too many big

00:43:55.300 --> 00:43:57.980
ideas from this because the opposition was so

00:43:57.980 --> 00:43:59.920
poor i mean now you guys come up against the

00:43:59.920 --> 00:44:02.719
best team in the world officially so we will

00:44:02.719 --> 00:44:05.219
see we'll see that will be the ultimate test

00:44:05.219 --> 00:44:07.539
i guess right now you know the last thing i want

00:44:07.539 --> 00:44:11.039
to say is that florian verts was poor again and

00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:13.739
this is what we would call an everyone eats game.

00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:16.679
Why do we call it everyone eats? Because everyone

00:44:16.679 --> 00:44:19.380
gets a goal or an assist. And he, I think he

00:44:19.380 --> 00:44:22.239
did get the assist for the Salah goal. But it

00:44:22.239 --> 00:44:25.780
was because it was like, he's the last touch.

00:44:25.900 --> 00:44:28.980
It wasn't a incredible pass to play in Salah.

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:32.940
He just happened to be the last touch. And I

00:44:32.940 --> 00:44:35.780
just, I'm very frustrated with Virts at the moment.

00:44:35.860 --> 00:44:38.619
I spoke about him in the previous episode, but

00:44:38.619 --> 00:44:41.809
I just wanted to say again that You can argue

00:44:41.809 --> 00:44:43.750
he's just coming back from injury, blah, blah,

00:44:43.789 --> 00:44:47.030
blah. But what he's shown hasn't been good recently.

00:44:47.989 --> 00:44:50.170
Yeah, I mean... Anything else you want to say

00:44:50.170 --> 00:44:52.309
about this game? No, not really. I would have

00:44:52.309 --> 00:44:54.670
probably said the same things of Wurz. I mean,

00:44:54.710 --> 00:44:59.289
it's just, you know, he has moments where he

00:44:59.289 --> 00:45:04.010
can deceive the eye. A bit like, I guess you

00:45:04.010 --> 00:45:06.849
could say someone... Like, again, like... I think

00:45:06.849 --> 00:45:09.269
Ozil, in his peak, was one of the best players

00:45:09.269 --> 00:45:12.030
in the world. But I don't think he particularly

00:45:12.030 --> 00:45:14.349
suited the Premier League. Like, I understood

00:45:14.349 --> 00:45:18.510
fully why Arteta got rid of him because centring

00:45:18.510 --> 00:45:20.469
a team around him was going to have a ceiling

00:45:20.469 --> 00:45:22.769
in a league as physical as the Premier League

00:45:22.769 --> 00:45:25.570
that perhaps you could get to the Champions League

00:45:25.570 --> 00:45:29.449
but no further, you know. So I think Vert seems

00:45:29.449 --> 00:45:31.349
to be falling in the same brackets. Like, I think

00:45:31.349 --> 00:45:33.309
he has a lot of magic and that deceives people

00:45:33.309 --> 00:45:36.250
because... If he has a shit game and does something

00:45:36.250 --> 00:45:38.789
from nothing. Like with Salah, okay, he can have

00:45:38.789 --> 00:45:40.989
a crap game. But the things he does, like you

00:45:40.989 --> 00:45:43.530
said, it's a goal, it's an assist. Whereas Wurzel

00:45:43.530 --> 00:45:47.090
maybe disappears and then for 10 minutes he's

00:45:47.090 --> 00:45:50.170
dribbling, he's passing, he's creating. But nothing

00:45:50.170 --> 00:45:52.469
of real substance when compared to someone like

00:45:52.469 --> 00:45:55.250
Salah who can drift out of a game. Even like

00:45:55.250 --> 00:45:57.489
Gareth Bale, just pop up with two goals, two

00:45:57.489 --> 00:46:00.050
assists. So yeah, I would agree with your comments

00:46:00.050 --> 00:46:02.809
on him. That's all I have to add. But I would

00:46:02.809 --> 00:46:05.349
think at the same time... People need to also

00:46:05.349 --> 00:46:10.690
remember that he is a young player. I think the

00:46:10.690 --> 00:46:13.050
way people criticize him, that's always what

00:46:13.050 --> 00:46:16.650
I'll come back to. He's still someone who doesn't

00:46:16.650 --> 00:46:20.889
lose his own price tag. I think critique him,

00:46:20.949 --> 00:46:25.469
yes, but people going on, the things you see

00:46:25.469 --> 00:46:28.289
online, I don't think they justify it. A lot

00:46:28.289 --> 00:46:31.889
of the ways, the insults people throw at him.

00:46:32.510 --> 00:46:34.969
i think uh for someone who's just in their first

00:46:34.969 --> 00:46:36.969
season doesn't make a lot of sense even if you

00:46:36.969 --> 00:46:39.570
think he's not gonna see it he's not he's he

00:46:39.570 --> 00:46:42.289
he's not worth the money you know oh so so sorry

00:46:42.289 --> 00:46:46.150
yeah i i thought you were gonna say that even

00:46:46.150 --> 00:46:48.670
if he's not gonna see it saying like ugly things

00:46:48.670 --> 00:46:51.489
you know reflects poorly on you yeah i mean this

00:46:51.489 --> 00:46:53.909
guy has a family yeah like other people could

00:46:53.909 --> 00:46:56.989
see it that are close to him and it's a online

00:46:56.989 --> 00:47:01.610
harassment or online negativity can be a A very

00:47:01.610 --> 00:47:05.889
powerful thing. Yeah, and he's, what, 22? For

00:47:05.889 --> 00:47:08.349
me, it's still, like, Chris out of being a kid,

00:47:08.449 --> 00:47:12.269
you know? So what's the joy you get from insulting

00:47:12.269 --> 00:47:15.929
a person who's in their youth, you know? I think

00:47:15.929 --> 00:47:19.309
it's also kind of like, okay, we're doing content

00:47:19.309 --> 00:47:21.510
by making a podcast, but there's other people

00:47:21.510 --> 00:47:24.329
who, like, just do it for attention, you know?

00:47:24.469 --> 00:47:27.500
Like, they... They want to be the guy who's best

00:47:27.500 --> 00:47:30.739
at swearing. Insulting a player. Insulting. There's

00:47:30.739 --> 00:47:33.739
even, like, fan channels that are centered around,

00:47:33.800 --> 00:47:37.239
like, attacking their own players. Like, Arsenal

00:47:37.239 --> 00:47:41.219
Fan TV for a while was, like, just... They were

00:47:41.219 --> 00:47:43.980
profiting off the negativity, you know? Yes,

00:47:43.980 --> 00:47:46.840
exactly. And I, you know, fair enough, make football

00:47:46.840 --> 00:47:50.360
content, but don't... Like, do negative things

00:47:50.360 --> 00:47:52.119
with what... Actually, you know what? What am

00:47:52.119 --> 00:47:53.820
I saying? Do negative things. Who gives a fuck?

00:47:54.079 --> 00:47:58.599
I'm not the chairman of podcasting to tell people

00:47:58.599 --> 00:48:02.679
what to do. But to me, it's not a good thing.

00:48:02.719 --> 00:48:04.920
That's what I think. I think it's counterintuitive

00:48:04.920 --> 00:48:08.099
to think that you'll get the best out of a player.

00:48:08.179 --> 00:48:09.719
Like, critique them. Tell them what they did

00:48:09.719 --> 00:48:11.840
wrong. Fine. Tell them you expect better out

00:48:11.840 --> 00:48:14.840
of them. You can even be harsh. Like, I don't

00:48:14.840 --> 00:48:18.510
think... on slot or even if Jurgen Klopp was

00:48:18.510 --> 00:48:20.349
there I don't think they're going to be telling

00:48:20.349 --> 00:48:24.010
him he had a bad game in terms that are things

00:48:24.010 --> 00:48:26.289
we could repeat online they're obviously going

00:48:26.289 --> 00:48:28.510
to lash into him but they're not going to tell

00:48:28.510 --> 00:48:32.369
him oh you're useless you hope you never play

00:48:32.369 --> 00:48:34.849
again they never want to see you in the shirt

00:48:34.849 --> 00:48:36.969
again you know it's like if he had done something

00:48:36.969 --> 00:48:39.150
disrespectful towards liverpool i'd understand

00:48:39.150 --> 00:48:41.710
you know like i mean because just being poor

00:48:41.710 --> 00:48:44.449
isn't enough to yeah i mean like louis suarez

00:48:44.449 --> 00:48:47.030
he did amazing things but he tried to force a

00:48:47.030 --> 00:48:48.949
move to arsenal people got over that quickly

00:48:48.949 --> 00:48:53.349
you know like whether like i understand it was

00:48:53.349 --> 00:48:56.550
related to his performances but in that moment

00:48:56.550 --> 00:48:59.480
of him like trying to put in the transfer request

00:48:59.480 --> 00:49:01.559
and force the move to us. I didn't see anyone

00:49:01.559 --> 00:49:03.300
saying these things that they're saying about

00:49:03.300 --> 00:49:06.440
Virts who's actually trying, you know. Yeah,

00:49:06.480 --> 00:49:08.400
we're done here. Yeah. Now we're going to the

00:49:08.400 --> 00:49:10.599
miscellaneous section and we're starting with

00:49:10.599 --> 00:49:14.360
Sporting Lisbon 5, Bodo Globno, Sporting Progress

00:49:14.360 --> 00:49:18.590
5 -3 on aggregate. I mean... That was the only,

00:49:18.730 --> 00:49:21.050
I saw the word remontada being thrown around

00:49:21.050 --> 00:49:23.650
a lot. And that was probably the one game where

00:49:23.650 --> 00:49:25.670
people didn't expect it, but it happened. So

00:49:25.670 --> 00:49:27.889
kudos to Sporting. I watched the game. I was

00:49:27.889 --> 00:49:30.590
really impressed with them. So when we were talking

00:49:30.590 --> 00:49:32.909
about, when we covered Inter versus Bodo, I'm

00:49:32.909 --> 00:49:35.250
not sure if you were here, but I said I wasn't

00:49:35.250 --> 00:49:37.599
impressed with Bodo Glimt. People were talking

00:49:37.599 --> 00:49:39.539
about them like they're this incredible team

00:49:39.539 --> 00:49:42.179
that plays fluid football, but they were really

00:49:42.179 --> 00:49:44.559
just parking the bus and countering very effectively.

00:49:44.900 --> 00:49:47.800
And that's precisely what they did in this game.

00:49:47.920 --> 00:49:53.739
But Sporting didn't break them down with incredible

00:49:53.739 --> 00:49:56.840
forward play and creativity. The first goal was

00:49:56.840 --> 00:49:59.699
a set piece. The second goal was a counter. The

00:49:59.699 --> 00:50:02.179
third goal was a penalty. The fourth goal was

00:50:02.179 --> 00:50:04.639
a second phase of a set piece. And the final

00:50:04.639 --> 00:50:07.670
goal was a counter. It was amateurish mistakes

00:50:07.670 --> 00:50:10.789
from the team parking the bus, not exceptional

00:50:10.789 --> 00:50:13.409
play from them. When I did watch the game, Sporting

00:50:13.409 --> 00:50:15.369
did play well as well. I think they continuously

00:50:15.369 --> 00:50:18.110
opened them up. So maybe they forced the advantage

00:50:18.110 --> 00:50:21.630
to set pieces where it's more play, but I think

00:50:21.630 --> 00:50:23.670
there was a lot of poor finishing from Sporting's

00:50:23.670 --> 00:50:25.730
side where they could have... Okay, I'm only

00:50:25.730 --> 00:50:27.489
talking from the point of view of highlights.

00:50:27.610 --> 00:50:30.480
So if you have more... yeah in -depth thoughts

00:50:30.480 --> 00:50:32.960
to share can you please uh yeah i did watch this

00:50:32.960 --> 00:50:34.860
game i thought sporting were terrific like i

00:50:34.860 --> 00:50:36.699
think from the first minute they they were the

00:50:36.699 --> 00:50:39.239
open play from set pieces i think they were just

00:50:39.239 --> 00:50:41.480
completely dominant i didn't expect it i was

00:50:41.480 --> 00:50:45.139
uh probably the last time uh i think last season

00:50:45.139 --> 00:50:47.260
they got to the quarters as well right uh with

00:50:47.260 --> 00:50:50.840
them or the season before but uh they weren't

00:50:50.840 --> 00:50:54.260
as that this performance was like uh I haven't

00:50:54.260 --> 00:50:56.659
watched them much, so I don't know what to compare

00:50:56.659 --> 00:50:58.699
them to. I know they're second in the Portuguese

00:50:58.699 --> 00:51:01.639
Liga or whatever, but they put in... I think

00:51:01.639 --> 00:51:04.519
they forced the issue. A lot of teams that went

00:51:04.519 --> 00:51:08.260
down to Bodo, I think this season, well, in the

00:51:08.260 --> 00:51:13.340
loss against Dortmund, right? No, who did Bodo

00:51:13.340 --> 00:51:15.840
beat? Inter. Inter, yes, against Inter, sorry.

00:51:16.579 --> 00:51:18.719
Sporting forced the issue. They were also down

00:51:18.719 --> 00:51:20.920
and out, and they kind of came out and played

00:51:20.920 --> 00:51:23.230
in a way... people would have expected a team

00:51:23.230 --> 00:51:26.289
like Inter to play you know so I was impressed

00:51:26.289 --> 00:51:29.170
by them I don't know all the players I know they

00:51:29.170 --> 00:51:31.829
have a guy called Luis Suarez as well who was

00:51:31.829 --> 00:51:34.750
very good yeah you scored a penalty yeah but

00:51:34.750 --> 00:51:36.429
I mean he was very good in open play I thought

00:51:36.429 --> 00:51:38.929
his some of his dribbling was very good I think

00:51:38.929 --> 00:51:41.429
Trincao he didn't make it at Barcelona but he

00:51:41.429 --> 00:51:44.389
seems to be doing well at sporting so I was impressed

00:51:44.389 --> 00:51:48.760
with them I think in the long run For Arsenal,

00:51:48.900 --> 00:51:51.059
as an Arsenal fan, I think both teams would have

00:51:51.059 --> 00:51:52.780
kind of been the same test because they play

00:51:52.780 --> 00:51:55.880
in the same way. But Sporting were really impressive

00:51:55.880 --> 00:51:57.900
in the way they traced that game and turned it

00:51:57.900 --> 00:52:02.699
around. Right. Are we done yet? Yeah. Chelsea

00:52:02.699 --> 00:52:08.300
0, PSG 3. PSG go through 8 -2 on the aggregate.

00:52:08.780 --> 00:52:16.210
Close game. Rosinho, you almost made it. You

00:52:16.210 --> 00:52:17.869
know, on LinkedIn, he'll say, we almost beat

00:52:17.869 --> 00:52:20.429
a super team. I mean, maybe he should have huddled

00:52:20.429 --> 00:52:24.030
around the roof again. Yeah, for good luck. The

00:52:24.030 --> 00:52:27.769
first goal was a Chelsea mistake, which Kvicak

00:52:27.769 --> 00:52:30.670
Farid Scalias finished off. It's so stupid that

00:52:30.670 --> 00:52:32.690
we didn't go in for him. Not just us, any of

00:52:32.690 --> 00:52:35.449
the big English teams. He was only 60 million

00:52:35.449 --> 00:52:38.869
euros, which is... In the current market, basically

00:52:38.869 --> 00:52:41.329
dirt cheap for the quality that he is. Yeah,

00:52:41.769 --> 00:52:44.969
I mean, I think... I know you said don't talk

00:52:44.969 --> 00:52:47.909
about Wurz's price tag, but Wurz costs almost

00:52:47.909 --> 00:52:50.829
double what... No, you can talk about the price

00:52:50.829 --> 00:52:53.230
tag. I think Chris don't pin it on Wurz. Yeah,

00:52:53.250 --> 00:52:57.630
but Farid Skellier cost half of what Wurz did.

00:52:57.809 --> 00:53:00.349
And he is, I don't want to say double the player,

00:53:00.409 --> 00:53:02.590
but a better player, in my opinion. He is a better

00:53:02.590 --> 00:53:05.030
player, definitely. But I think as well, he,

00:53:05.170 --> 00:53:08.250
again... from what I've understood from PSG fans,

00:53:08.730 --> 00:53:11.630
is that he's not the most consistent player.

00:53:11.789 --> 00:53:14.469
He pitchers up in practically all the big moments.

00:53:14.909 --> 00:53:17.610
I'm fine with that. Yeah, but I think you need

00:53:17.610 --> 00:53:21.050
the consistency around it. That's like a money.

00:53:21.269 --> 00:53:23.329
Yes, I agree with that. You need a money. That's

00:53:23.329 --> 00:53:26.829
exactly the point I was going to make. We need

00:53:26.829 --> 00:53:28.570
somebody for the big moments, and that's somebody

00:53:28.570 --> 00:53:31.579
we don't have. Maybe Sabaslay. Yeah, I think

00:53:31.579 --> 00:53:33.960
you would need someone for the... I think Eketike

00:53:33.960 --> 00:53:36.460
is going to be a big player moment for me, honestly,

00:53:36.619 --> 00:53:39.800
a big moments player. So I think you could have

00:53:39.800 --> 00:53:41.800
that already and I think you could get the consistency

00:53:41.800 --> 00:53:45.619
from Isak. I don't think the attacking dynamics

00:53:45.619 --> 00:53:47.340
are really what you... I mean, you said it last

00:53:47.340 --> 00:53:49.179
week, it's the defence and the midfield that

00:53:49.179 --> 00:53:52.420
need shaping and I think in attack you guys will

00:53:52.420 --> 00:53:56.880
be fine. Barkola, a player who should be available,

00:53:57.079 --> 00:53:59.860
another one I think it would be stupid for...

00:54:00.190 --> 00:54:02.949
any of the big six to just let him go by. But

00:54:02.949 --> 00:54:05.949
I heard he unfortunately picked up a bad injury

00:54:05.949 --> 00:54:07.829
now. I think he's out for the rest of the season.

00:54:07.989 --> 00:54:10.869
Oh, shit. Damn, I didn't hear about that. And

00:54:10.869 --> 00:54:12.630
he's missing the World Cup as well. Sad news,

00:54:12.769 --> 00:54:16.489
but... That's very shit. Yes. That's not a good

00:54:16.489 --> 00:54:19.929
thing. But yeah, Vakola scores a screamer from

00:54:19.929 --> 00:54:23.050
the edge of the box. And then later on in the

00:54:23.050 --> 00:54:26.010
game, Meulu scores an almost carbon copy of that

00:54:26.010 --> 00:54:28.929
goal to finish the game 3 -0. So this is the

00:54:28.929 --> 00:54:31.869
type of game to make me doubt Enrique as a coach.

00:54:32.670 --> 00:54:36.469
PSG didn't break Chelsea down. They scored screamers.

00:54:36.690 --> 00:54:39.190
Even in the first leg, though, I think six of

00:54:39.190 --> 00:54:41.190
their goals were wonder goals. But that's what

00:54:41.190 --> 00:54:43.789
I'm saying. It makes me wonder if he can only

00:54:43.789 --> 00:54:46.510
do it with a super team. And I was saying I would

00:54:46.510 --> 00:54:49.369
like for Enrique to come to Liverpool, but if

00:54:49.369 --> 00:54:51.829
he came to Liverpool, he wouldn't have a super

00:54:51.829 --> 00:54:54.510
team. He'd have a good squad. He'd have a squad

00:54:54.510 --> 00:54:56.489
that can maybe challenge for the league, but...

00:54:56.889 --> 00:55:00.369
uh a super team is we're nowhere near that so

00:55:00.369 --> 00:55:03.750
you know can he take a good team and change them

00:55:03.750 --> 00:55:05.989
into a super dynamics i think he'd be working

00:55:05.989 --> 00:55:07.909
with i think he would suit manchester city more

00:55:07.909 --> 00:55:11.449
okay fair enough i just i'm just looking at the

00:55:11.449 --> 00:55:13.949
options that are out there and i think he would

00:55:13.949 --> 00:55:16.610
be one of the best ones but i'm not sure how

00:55:16.610 --> 00:55:20.190
he would deal with substand players because i

00:55:20.190 --> 00:55:22.550
remember at roma he didn't do very well Yeah,

00:55:22.630 --> 00:55:26.030
I mean, like you said, Tuchel might be available.

00:55:26.190 --> 00:55:29.909
And I think Inzaghi also, from what I've read,

00:55:30.050 --> 00:55:32.849
is not happy in Saudi Arabia. So those could

00:55:32.849 --> 00:55:36.449
be two options that are good at getting the most

00:55:36.449 --> 00:55:40.070
out of... Like, at the end of the day, Man City

00:55:40.070 --> 00:55:42.150
is going to be the standard, I think. As long

00:55:42.150 --> 00:55:45.710
as Pep's there and he has a budget that has no

00:55:45.710 --> 00:55:47.789
ends, I think everyone's going to have to kind

00:55:47.789 --> 00:55:51.289
of compete with them, you know. So I think...

00:55:51.949 --> 00:55:55.710
you guys have probably tried the approach I mean

00:55:55.710 --> 00:55:58.929
we've seen even Barcelona go for the approach

00:55:58.929 --> 00:56:01.230
when Real Madrid were dominating of okay we're

00:56:01.230 --> 00:56:02.710
going to keep up with them by trying to sign

00:56:02.710 --> 00:56:04.630
superstars and it doesn't always work you know

00:56:04.630 --> 00:56:07.969
so maybe it's better to get a coach who works

00:56:07.969 --> 00:56:10.110
with what they have internally like a Tuco or

00:56:10.110 --> 00:56:12.789
like a Inzaghi that can I guess get the most

00:56:12.789 --> 00:56:14.829
out of players maybe find the gems within the

00:56:14.829 --> 00:56:17.630
system like the Liverpool way I guess if that

00:56:17.630 --> 00:56:20.730
if culture matters to you or clubs historical

00:56:20.730 --> 00:56:23.030
culture matters to you i would have agreed with

00:56:23.030 --> 00:56:25.309
that argument like like if i'm talking from an

00:56:25.309 --> 00:56:27.489
arsenal perspective but at the same time i think

00:56:27.489 --> 00:56:29.630
sometimes the culture needs to be shifted you

00:56:29.630 --> 00:56:32.329
know like i've seen arteta change the brand and

00:56:32.329 --> 00:56:34.989
now it seems to be more effective something that's

00:56:34.989 --> 00:56:37.550
working better in the modern game than the way

00:56:37.550 --> 00:56:40.429
vengo is trying to compete you know arsenal to

00:56:40.429 --> 00:56:43.570
buy a lever who's it no arsenal go through three

00:56:43.570 --> 00:56:47.210
one on aggregate i mean yeah it was uh like this

00:56:47.210 --> 00:56:50.090
uh I think this game was probably one of our

00:56:50.090 --> 00:56:52.210
best performances of the season for me. I was

00:56:52.210 --> 00:56:56.989
impressed, particularly with Eze and Rice. Yeah,

00:56:57.030 --> 00:56:59.750
the two gold scorers. But aside from that, what

00:56:59.750 --> 00:57:01.889
else do you want to say about them? I mean, I

00:57:01.889 --> 00:57:05.110
think Eze, obviously, Eze is looking like he

00:57:05.110 --> 00:57:07.570
might be that difference maker we need in terms

00:57:07.570 --> 00:57:12.230
of taking the risks in the final third. He was

00:57:12.230 --> 00:57:14.389
in the left half spaces a lot, not yet on the

00:57:14.389 --> 00:57:16.409
left wing where I want him, but he was occupying

00:57:16.409 --> 00:57:18.650
the spaces I wanted him to occupy a lot, and

00:57:18.650 --> 00:57:22.590
Trossard was drifting in. So I was very happy.

00:57:22.610 --> 00:57:24.369
This was one of my favorite Arsenal performances

00:57:24.369 --> 00:57:26.909
of the season, honestly. I think the link -up

00:57:26.909 --> 00:57:29.250
play between Jokiris and Saka was also really

00:57:29.250 --> 00:57:33.250
impressive in moments. I think Declan Rice was

00:57:33.250 --> 00:57:36.670
the best player on the field again. Almost every

00:57:36.670 --> 00:57:38.730
Arsenal game, he seems to be the best player

00:57:38.730 --> 00:57:41.389
on the field. He also scored a wonder goal. We

00:57:41.389 --> 00:57:44.230
scored two wonder goals ourselves. I don't know.

00:57:44.309 --> 00:57:46.809
I'd say the Eze goal was a wonder goal. Rice,

00:57:46.849 --> 00:57:48.909
it was just a well -placed tradition. Yeah, I

00:57:48.909 --> 00:57:51.289
mean, not a wonder goal, but I'd say the technique

00:57:51.289 --> 00:57:53.469
on it was very difficult. The Tony Cruz goal.

00:57:54.090 --> 00:57:58.610
I mean, there's nothing more. I think it was

00:57:58.610 --> 00:58:01.090
almost a perfect midfield performance from Declan

00:58:01.090 --> 00:58:04.050
Rice. I think he maybe misplaced one or two passes,

00:58:04.150 --> 00:58:07.650
but that was it. I think we're peaking at the

00:58:07.650 --> 00:58:09.469
right time of the season. I'm still extremely

00:58:09.469 --> 00:58:12.090
scared of Barcelona. I still think they'll beat

00:58:12.090 --> 00:58:14.789
us, but I wish they were on the other side of

00:58:14.789 --> 00:58:17.769
the draw. I hope the Hoodoo Atletico has over

00:58:17.769 --> 00:58:19.750
them. Atletico can take them out and then I'd

00:58:19.750 --> 00:58:22.789
be pretty comfortable with us getting to the

00:58:22.789 --> 00:58:27.690
final. Where you'll meet us. Yeah. A PD football

00:58:27.690 --> 00:58:33.769
podcast. Final. That would be crazy, but I don't...

00:58:35.260 --> 00:58:37.519
I don't see us getting to the final if Barcelona

00:58:37.519 --> 00:58:39.840
meets us. But I'm happy with the performance.

00:58:40.019 --> 00:58:42.280
I think we're peaking at the right time. I think

00:58:42.280 --> 00:58:44.519
we'll probably get the Premier League. I hope

00:58:44.519 --> 00:58:47.400
we'll get the Carabao Cup as well. Why not four?

00:58:47.960 --> 00:58:50.659
No, I think we can. We can get all four. I'm

00:58:50.659 --> 00:58:54.539
not saying that rudely. I'm saying that like,

00:58:54.539 --> 00:58:57.000
why not? My heart says we want all four, but

00:58:57.000 --> 00:58:59.860
my head says Barcelona are better than us. All

00:58:59.860 --> 00:59:04.599
right. Spurs 3, Atletico Madrid 2. Atletico advanced

00:59:04.599 --> 00:59:07.960
7 -5 on aggregate. I couldn't find a highlights

00:59:07.960 --> 00:59:10.320
package for this game, so I can't speak about

00:59:10.320 --> 00:59:13.360
it. But looking at the team sheets, both teams

00:59:13.360 --> 00:59:15.219
were relatively strong. So I assume that this

00:59:15.219 --> 00:59:18.139
was a good match. Yeah, I mean, I didn't watch

00:59:18.139 --> 00:59:21.280
this game. I mean, I thought it was dead. I guess

00:59:21.280 --> 00:59:23.000
Tottenham kind of made something of it. Kudos

00:59:23.000 --> 00:59:26.019
to them. 7 -5 doesn't look so bad. Yeah, hopefully

00:59:26.019 --> 00:59:28.159
they stay up. I mean, if they're picking up some

00:59:28.159 --> 00:59:31.559
form. Like, if you think about it, the goalkeeper

00:59:31.559 --> 00:59:35.440
slipped twice. and van der veer i read that four

00:59:35.440 --> 00:59:37.460
of their goals came from individual areas so

00:59:37.460 --> 00:59:40.320
i'm just saying those three were like particularly

00:59:40.320 --> 00:59:43.400
bad and people are actually saying that atletico

00:59:43.400 --> 00:59:47.039
madrid's pitch is like very poor and some people

00:59:47.039 --> 00:59:50.320
are saying it's intentionally poor to you know

00:59:50.320 --> 00:59:53.099
up other people i've heard i've heard that from

00:59:53.099 --> 00:59:55.079
i heard that from barcelona fans when they lost

00:59:55.079 --> 00:59:57.539
in the cup forno as well but i mean you know

00:59:57.539 --> 00:59:59.980
in that moment it sounded like an excuse to me

00:59:59.980 --> 01:00:02.880
but if it keeps happening where like players

01:00:02.880 --> 01:00:04.880
keep slipping and sliding on their pitch. You

01:00:04.880 --> 01:00:07.400
begin to wonder. It's one of those things that's

01:00:07.400 --> 01:00:09.719
hard to dread because it looks so nice. On the

01:00:09.719 --> 01:00:12.099
TV, their pitch looks like one of the best. You

01:00:12.099 --> 01:00:14.739
can't tell from home. You need to be there. I

01:00:14.739 --> 01:00:17.940
guess we trust the players on this, but at the

01:00:17.940 --> 01:00:20.559
end of the day, I think... If the refs, if the

01:00:20.559 --> 01:00:23.219
committees judge the pitch to be fair, then both

01:00:23.219 --> 01:00:25.099
teams are playing on the same pitch. Both teams

01:00:25.099 --> 01:00:26.960
have practiced on the pitch. But if you're used

01:00:26.960 --> 01:00:30.000
to it... Yeah, I mean, it's... But that argument

01:00:30.000 --> 01:00:32.019
can always be made. Then what do you say? Okay,

01:00:32.199 --> 01:00:36.239
the Emirates atmosphere isn't like Anfield, so

01:00:36.239 --> 01:00:38.960
you guys have something we don't. Yeah, but changing

01:00:38.960 --> 01:00:42.239
the pitch, that's an, you know... I don't think

01:00:42.239 --> 01:00:44.639
they're necessarily changing the pitch. I think...

01:00:44.860 --> 01:00:47.980
No, but that's the accusation. Yeah, but I don't

01:00:47.980 --> 01:00:49.440
think they would be doing that. I think it's

01:00:49.440 --> 01:00:51.219
probably just something where Simeone is more

01:00:51.219 --> 01:00:54.539
like, just keep the pitch as it is, don't plant

01:00:54.539 --> 01:00:56.699
new grass, don't make it flat, don't make it

01:00:56.699 --> 01:00:59.420
easier for our competitors, you know. Alright,

01:00:59.519 --> 01:01:01.800
anything else you want to say about that? No,

01:01:01.960 --> 01:01:05.199
I mean, I'm happy Atletico got through, because

01:01:05.199 --> 01:01:08.179
I believe they can beat Barcelona. But I don't

01:01:08.179 --> 01:01:11.739
think they will. Bayern Munich 4, Atalanta 1.

01:01:12.079 --> 01:01:15.340
Bayern progress 10 -2 on aggregate. So again,

01:01:15.380 --> 01:01:17.079
I couldn't find the highlights package for this

01:01:17.079 --> 01:01:19.820
either. Who was the last team Bayern beat 10

01:01:19.820 --> 01:01:23.739
-2 on aggregate? Us. Are you sure? Yeah. I thought

01:01:23.739 --> 01:01:28.260
it was 8 -2. No, they beat us 5 -1 away. No,

01:01:28.280 --> 01:01:30.619
they beat Barcelona 8 -2 in one game. They beat

01:01:30.619 --> 01:01:34.900
us 10 -2 two seasons in a row. Oh shit, 5 -1

01:01:34.900 --> 01:01:38.869
Norman away. I think there was a 5 -1 and a 5

01:01:38.869 --> 01:01:44.869
-1. Then there was a 5 -2 and a 5 -0. I don't

01:01:44.869 --> 01:01:48.269
remember, but I remember we played them four

01:01:48.269 --> 01:01:51.389
games. I don't know if it was, I think it was

01:01:51.389 --> 01:01:54.949
from the Yip Hankers era going over to the Guardiola

01:01:54.949 --> 01:01:57.530
era and the score. And they gave guiding. I think

01:01:57.530 --> 01:02:02.070
the score was 24 in four games. We've been there.

01:02:02.110 --> 01:02:04.130
We know the bad side of Bayern Munich, you know.

01:02:04.429 --> 01:02:08.150
I can empathize with Atalanta. But like I said,

01:02:08.309 --> 01:02:11.409
if Vincent Kompany is a top manager that I hear

01:02:11.409 --> 01:02:13.789
he is, he's going to eat this Madrid team for

01:02:13.789 --> 01:02:16.849
breakfast. I mean, I rate him highly. I also

01:02:16.849 --> 01:02:20.510
think they'll get undone by PSG in the semis,

01:02:20.510 --> 01:02:23.730
but could go either way, you know. PSG in the

01:02:23.730 --> 01:02:26.869
semis? Wow. I'm expecting PSB to beat you guys.

01:02:27.110 --> 01:02:30.010
Wow. Are you expecting any difference? Not wow.

01:02:31.230 --> 01:02:33.610
You're saying wow when you have the exact same

01:02:33.610 --> 01:02:36.250
expectation. It doesn't matter what I believe.

01:02:37.429 --> 01:02:41.409
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