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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Anfield Extra exclusive interview - Emile Heskey on Houllier, trebles and dealing with criticism

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Reach Podcasts

Sports News, Soccer, Sports, News

4.41000 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2017

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In an exclusive, 45-minute interview, Joe Rimmer and Ian Doyle are joined by former Liverpool striker Emile Heskey to discuss his career with the Reds. Heskey speaks candidly on what it was like to become Liverpool's club-record signing, winning the treble in 2001 and taking criticism. Heskey also talks about Gerard Houllier's influence on his career, Liverpool under Jurgen Klopp and why he'd have loved to play in the current side. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and I'm very I'm delighted to this Anfield Extra Special podcast I'm Joe Riven I'm joined

0:06.8

today by our echo reporter Ian Doyle hello Ian.

0:09.5

Hello there.

0:10.5

And I'm very I'm delighted to say that we've got a very special guest on the line

0:13.8

and we've got former Liverpool striker Emil He's on the line with us now. Hi Emil

0:18.6

Hey guys how you doing? Yeah good. Thanks good. Yeah we've got plenty to get through today. We'll talk all about your career and your time at

0:25.7

Liverpool as well. But first of all, believe you're at Man City at the weekend, a humbling

0:32.4

for Liverpool, you can say that. What did you make of it all?

0:38.3

When it's started very brightly. We're doing really well down the right side with his Sala against Ottomendi isolating them.

0:48.0

I think Sala had an opportunity as well.

0:51.0

A couple of opportunities, isn't it? You know, put pressure on them, really on the front foot,

0:55.0

not allowing them to really, really get into their flow, playing the pressing game, winning the ball back quite high.

1:06.0

So everything was going on Kudori until, until they got their goal.

1:12.0

That was a good, it gets to play to be honest with you.

1:16.1

I thought it was very very comfortable. Great, great, unbelievable pass by the

1:20.4

Du Boer and the brine to find

1:28.0

Aquera and you know when he goes one on one is you know he's usually one naucom.

1:29.0

Yeah definitely a big talking point was to send it off wasn't it? You were a forward. What did you make of it?

1:35.0

Did Sadio Man I just have to go for it?

1:37.0

It was, when I first saw it, I said it was red card.

1:41.0

The only reason I said it was red card straight away is when you're going

1:46.9

into a 50-50 like that and you're both coming towards each other like that, it's one thing

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