Szoboszlai's Spectacular Set Piece
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Welcome in to the latest edition of ESPN FC. I'm Dan Thomas, joined by Craig Burley and Stevie Nicoll. Marseille against Liverpool is where we'll kick things off in the Champions League. A good result, front and slot side, very comfortable. Sobislai would open the scoring with a free kick just before the break. He put it under the wall, no draft excluded, and they made the most of it. Then we'd see goals from Gakpo, no goal from Rulli. We'd see Liverpool with a comfortable 3-0 win. Tomorrow on this, let's all come in, shall we?
What happened in the Champions League match between Marseille and Liverpool?
Frank Leboeuf and Jan-Arge Fjortoff. I promise we'll be talking about the success in Norway a little later on in the show, Jan. But let's kick things off with Stevie. Hey, you were very calm today. Nothing much to get too excited about.
Well, I didn't really have any other reason than to be calm because Liverpool pretty much dominated most of the game, particularly the first half. Second half got a little bit open, but Liverpool got in that final third and had they made better decisions with the final pass, final shot, you saw one from Salah there, then it would have been even more comfortable.
How did Dominik Szoboszlai score his free kick against Marseille?
So, yeah, it was... And easier 90 minutes for a change.
Yeah, something we haven't said a lot about Liverpool, Jan. Now, you're talking about that team that never loses games and everybody complains about. This is 13 now for Liverpool. But now I think this was a solid performance. They go into Marseille, everybody expected that to be a tough game for them. They went out, they did the job, they looked more solid today. At the back, they created more chances. They were closer to four or five, really. It was good to see Salah back. It's going to always be interesting when he comes back from AFCON. He had this big, big chance that he wanted to do outside of his left foot. But Liverpool, they did the job, and they did the job solid tonight.
I think they just had to be professional as they were in the San Siro when they beat Inter, when this Salah storm, sorry, was just, well, it just started brewing after the Leeds game. And they were pretty similar tonight. They were very professional. Alisson had to make a few saves here and there, but that's what you'd expect. I think from Anley Slott's point of view, just, you know, getting the three points, trying to get some consistency and performance, trying to defend better, trying to keep more clean sheets. And just after that stupid question he was asked yesterday in the press conference about Xabi Alonso, you know, just to back that kind of nonsense away, when, you know, if you didn't see yesterday's show, he was asked if Xabi Alonso... Well, he was asked about Xabi Alonso being available, and then they asked him, has Xabi Alonso called you?
LAUGHTER I mean, at that point, they should have ran down and punched the journalist, right? So he's going to have to deal with this kind of nonsense because, obviously, Alonso is there, he's available and he's hovering. He's a former Liverpool player, he's a good coach who had a bad time at Real Madrid. So if he doesn't get the results, then these silly questions will come along.
What are the implications of Liverpool's performance under Arne Slot?
So all he can do is make sure he's getting the results, pushing Liverpool forward... and keeping some of these questions away. One of the things that was slightly frustrating watching Liverpool was the positions Vilske had in the first half in particular and was a little bit laboured in the final third, still expecting him to be a bit sharper. There was one in particular, the ball dropped to him in the box, wasn't it, Stevie? In the first half. It was a bit slow, wasn't it? Yeah, he was a bit slow and laboured. I was expecting him, having watched him for a couple of years in Germany and whatnot, just to find the top corner, but he's just taken an extra touch here and there, but that apart, it was a professional evening for Liverpool.
I thought Marseille was supposed to be good, Frank.
Me too. And I've been very disappointed. I mean, nothing to complain about Liverpool. They did the job and they easily won that game, but they easily won because Marseille didn't do anything.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:04–0:31
2
What happened in the Champions League match between Marseille and Liverpool?
0:31–1:08
3
How did Dominik Szoboszlai score his free kick against Marseille?
1:08–3:07
4
What are the implications of Liverpool's performance under Arne Slot?
3:07–4:43
5
What challenges is Chelsea facing after their match against Pafos?
4:43–7:48
6
How did Bodo/Glimt achieve victory over Manchester City?
7:48–9:44
7
What factors are affecting Erling Haaland's recent form?
9:44–13:00
8
What are the criticisms regarding Manchester City's performance this season?
13:00–57:28
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