Jamie Redknapp
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All of them do their job.
You know, Fabinho, whoever plays in that midfield, if you don't run, if you don't chase at the length of the field and push and press when you haven't got the ball,
you're not going to play in that team.
They would not for one second have a plan.
I'm not picking on them.
I'm just naming.
As an example, Ozil couldn't play in that Liverpool midfield because he's not skillful enough.
Of course, sometimes at home he could play because he's got a brilliant pass and he can set people up.
But I'm on about from every single game when you've got to go, wow, it's so hard to win the ball back.
And it's all about the front three.
The midfield, to a certain extent, are just a hard-working, well-oiled machine.
The front three do the magic.
They're the icing on the cake.
And I think that's where someone like Jordan Henderson has just excelled because his work ethic has been phenomenal.
I think, yeah, Mane is just... When you look back on when they signed him from Southampton, there were a few raised eyebrows.
I think 25 mil, if I can remember rightly.
But he's just been incredible.
I mean, he is made out of granite.
He's so strong.
He's brilliant in the air.