Are Liverpool 2.0 ready to win the Premier League?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
They were frustrated by Man United last weekend, sensational against West Ham last night... Liverpool’s last two games sum up the predicament many fans find themselves in when trying to assess whether Klopp’s Liverpool 2.0 are really ready to win the Premier League this season.
Do they need to strengthen in January, are they still over-reliant on talisman Mo Salah and will Arsenal this weekend provide a definitive acid-test?
Plus, how the club have reacted to Thursday's big news that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) attempts to block a potential European Super League were “unlawful”.
Ayo Akinwolere is joined by The Athletic's Liverpool correspondent James Pearce to discuss.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:03.0 | Frustrated against Manchester United last weekend |
| 0:09.7 | Salar again and Darwin Nunez possibly in |
| 0:13.0 | and Dias! |
| 0:15.4 | What's much Nunes stopped for? |
| 0:17.4 | Sensation against West Ham last night. |
| 0:20.4 | Jones is slaliving his way through here. |
| 0:22.6 | It's another one. |
| 0:24.6 | Liverpool's last two games sum up the predicament many fans are in. |
| 0:28.6 | When trying to assess whether Yergen Klopp's Liverpool 2.0 |
| 0:31.6 | are really ready to win the Premier League this season. |
| 0:34.6 | You know, how good is this Liverpool team? |
| 0:36.6 | It's almost ahead of schedule. |
| 0:37.8 | I think the feeling was... |
| 0:38.5 | Do they need to strengthen in January? |
| 0:40.4 | With Saleh going to the African Nations Cup? |
| 0:42.6 | And will Arsenal this weekend provide a definitive acid test? |
| 0:46.1 | I don't feel that kind of pressure from other teams. |
| 0:48.3 | We want to win our game. |
| 0:49.7 | I'm Ayahuakim Malere. |
| 0:50.7 | Welcome to the Athletic Football Podcast. |
| 1:00.5 | Music Welcome to the Athletic Football Podcast. All right, look, we've got to start with the breaking news as we record this podcast Thursday morning. |
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