Gary Breen

That's the thing.

It's half your game plan is what the other team are going to do.

He had that worrying quote after the Barnsley game where he said, out of the 30 games we've played so far, I think 28 of my pre-match meetings, I could just throw in the bin only once or twice.

The other team did what they did in the 20 weeks before.

Arsenal was one of them.

It's like, of course, a team is going to adapt based on traveling to Anfield or playing the reigning champions.

Ruben Emmerich won't.

He won't change for anyone.

But like I say, he mentions Pep there.

Pep has been dealing with this for a decade plus.

And moaning about it as well, to be fair.

I can see how it's tiresome and frustrating as a coach, but you've got to deal with it.

That's true.

But he's come to... Pep has gotten into the rhythm of...

Of dealing with it, I suppose.

Slade is obviously coming from the Dutch league, which you alluded to earlier, where they kind of all set up the same way.

And it is very much, we're both going to play this way and whoever does it better is going to win.

It's not the case in the Premier League.

Sabah Slade, in fairness, has risen above any inconsistency this season.

Thankfully, he was a little bit off in that Ireland match, but he's been brilliant for Liverpool this season.