Super Sunday Podcast - 14th August
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What were the highlights of Liverpool's thrilling 4-3 win over Arsenal?
Firmino. Lovely touch from Coutinho. Liverpool could be in here. And it's very well finished by Adam Lallana. Very well finished indeed. Now they're getting between the lines to get on the ball. Here's Clyne, he loves to drive forward from right back and fires it across us. Goodness me. And it is Coutinho. Here's Mane to run Chambers. He's doing just that. Sadio Mane wanting a goal for himself. And what a glorious goal he's got. Simply stunning, Arsenal blown away by Liverpool's lightning start to that second half. Three goals from them in 14 minutes. Arsenal did respond, but it wasn't enough. Seven goals shared here, Liverpool winning it by four goals to three. 16 attempts to Arsenal's nine, 7-5 on target, though Liverpool with 11 more touches in the opposition box, and they ran 5k further than Arsenal.
The passing breakdown, interestingly, almost identical in terms of possession, passing accuracy, total passes almost the same, Liverpool slightly longer with their passes. Liverpool winners on the opening day, two of the stars now, Coutinho and Adam Lallana with Jeff Shreves. Felipe, Adam, it was an extraordinary game to watch. What was it like to play in? Very entertaining. We started the game not so brightly. After, we thought we had quite a good pre-season, but, listen, it's always difficult coming to Arsenal. On a stroke of half-time, come out with a bit of magic, gave us a little bit of a lift. The manager had a few words for us at half-time, and I thought we'd come out brilliantly. Football being football, maybe got a bit complacent at 4-1, but I saw that at the end.
Did it go from thinking we could run away from this to tinge with relief at the end? Possibly, but listen, Arsenal are a top team. We've got a few new players in our squad still gelling together and if we want to achieve something special this year, we're going to have to be more disciplined defensively as a unit. But we come away from that today, a great, exciting game. I'm sure it was great for the mutual and for the punters and great free points for us. As Adam said, a bit of magic. Have you hit many better free kicks than that?
How did Coutinho's free kick impact the game?
Was that perfect?
I think it was the best one, but we keep training, keep trying. It was a good game, a tough game, and we are happy because we won the game and now we have to focus on the next game.
Particularly in the second half, were you looking to get more involved in the game? You made one goal, scored another as well.
Yes, like I said, in the first 20 minutes, we didn't play very well like the manager wanted. We showed our fit, we trained hard a lot in the pre-season, so we had a good second half.
What was the message from the manager at half-time? I think maybe we showed him a little bit too much respect for the first half. He wanted us to get up to the ball more. more pressing, more counter-pressing.
How did Arsenal respond to Liverpool's early second-half goals?
He said to us how fit we are and how we can really push on in the second half. We came out of the traps flying and got the second, third and fourth and we let them come back in it. It was a bit of a tense last ten minutes on the bench, wasn't it, Phil? But it was nice to see the final whistle and get three points and we can go home now happy. Felipe, it's only the first game, but what does this give you today?
Confidence, but not only for me, for the whole team.
What statistics highlight Liverpool's performance against Arsenal?
We played a difficult game, we played really well. Now, like I said, we have to focus on the next game, step by step, and keep going.
The manager said there's no reason we can't believe. Why set ourselves targets? How much is that belief amongst the players as well? We've got huge belief. You only have to look at our squad. We've got top players on the bench, top players back at Melwood that weren't fit enough to come with us. We've got a great squad. We're not in Europe this year, so a lot of weeks where we've just got one game a week. At times, a manager's going to have to use a squad and maybe rotate. We've got belief and confidence in ourselves. We set our own targets. Like Phil said, take it game by game. We'll just take it one step at a time and three points to there, which is brilliant.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What were the highlights of Liverpool's thrilling 4-3 win over Arsenal?
0:04–2:22
2
How did Coutinho's free kick impact the game?
2:22–3:13
3
How did Arsenal respond to Liverpool's early second-half goals?
3:13–3:44
4
What statistics highlight Liverpool's performance against Arsenal?
3:44–4:45
5
What did Lallana and Coutinho say about their performance post-match?
4:45–5:45
6
What changes did Liverpool make at half-time that turned the game around?
5:45–7:18
7
What are the implications of this match for both teams moving forward?
7:18–8:49
8
How do fans and pundits react to Arsenal's performance in the opening game?
8:49–44:31
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