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The 2 Robbies

32 - Rooney Makes The Difference - 1/18/2016

The 2 Robbies

NBC Sports Soccer

Soccer, Sports

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2016

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Earle & Mustoe cover all the top stories from the weekend including Man United's victory over Liverpool, Spurs' title hopes after the win over Sunderland and Man City's impressive showing against Palace. Plus, a preview of Sunday's match between Arsenal and Chelsea.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Support for this podcast comes from UCSF Medical Center.

0:04.3

UCSF Medical Center is ranked the number one hospital in California by U.S. News and World Report.

0:10.4

UCSF Health, redefining possible.

0:15.4

Hello and welcome to the two Robbie's podcast presented by Land Rover.

0:19.2

I'm Robbie Musto, and he's Robbie Earl together with the two Robbies.

0:23.3

And Robbie, we have to start with the biggest game of the weekend.

0:26.2

The biggest game in English football, I think, as well.

0:28.8

Liverpool against Manchester United.

0:30.3

Manchester United won at 1-0 with a Wayne Rooney volley from a set piece goal there.

0:35.5

And just give me your initial thoughts on the performances from both teams. Who was a better team? And did Manchester United deserve to win it? Well, it wasn't a classic Liverpool Manchester United game ever seen in the past. But they're always important. It was almost important three points for Manchester United. And that will be the key thing for Louis Van Gogh. Let me start with Liverpool. I thought they bossed the majority of possession. They won control of the game and

0:58.7

during the broadcast, we said it will be about which team can feed their respective forwards

1:03.2

and get the chances. Now, the issue I've got for Liverpool, Rob, is that they couldn't finish

1:07.8

their chances. The two best performances Liverpool have had of this season against Chelsea and Man City. They've had the similar press in midfield. They've won the ball, but they've put the ball in the back of the net, and it's changed the outlook of the game. They had three or four opportunities to score goals. They didn't, and Manchester United came back into the game and got the win. So I think there's a problem for Louis Van Gogh. He's got a negative goal difference. Only them and Christian Palace are the top 12 teams in the league, which basically tells you they concede more goals than they score. I think he's got to find goals in his midfield, and he's got to sort out this goal-scoring problem for a striker. Yeah, I think, you know, we, when Lelana went through early on, I think we both said, or one of us said, he's not going to score this. Henderson went through, you know, you're not surprised that the goals aren't coming, but some of the general play, and I thought the way that they scrapped in midfield, they won that contest and they got into good situations but never really looked like scoring.

2:01.8

Christian Benteke is a problem. He's a problem because he is a goal scorer. And if you play a certain style of football and you get crosses into the centre, he's going to finish them off. But it's not the way that Klopp wants to play and he left him on the bench. Was it a mistake? I don't think it's a mistake

2:17.3

if a Eugen Club is decided

2:18.4

but the question I'd want to put to you, Rob,

2:20.6

is if you can clop his side.

2:18.5

But the question I'd want to put to you, Rob, is if you're in charge, and let's just say you've made your mind up that Kristen Van Tecki is not going to be your guy. You've got from now to the end of the season. You're not going to get rid of him in the window. It's going to be too quick. you're not going to get the money.

2:31.1

How'd you get the best out of him from now to the end of the season?

2:33.8

How'd you change things to at least either get him goals

2:36.3

or get him doing a bit more?

2:37.9

Because... not going to get the money. How did you get the best out of him from now to the end of the season? How do you change things to at least either get him goals or get him doing a bit more? Because he's now playing Christian Bentacki in the reserves, putting him on the bench almost hurt yourself. You've got to somehow find a way for the next three or four months to get something out of him and then sell him in the summer. But the problem is, when you've got Famineau at your club,

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