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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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🗓️ 21 October 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Liverpool face Ajax in the Champions League this evening, but what should we expect from Erik Ten Hag and his players? Blood Red's Matt Addison speaks to Football Oranje's Michael Statham to get the lowdown on the Dutch side, including their strengths and weaknesses, how they will approach the game, and how they have changed since reaching the Champions League semi-finals in 2019. Frenkie de Jong, Hakim Ziyech and Donny van de Beek may no longer be in Amsterdam, but there are plenty of other threats, including David Neres, who has been linked with a big-money transfer move to Liverpool in the past, and a new Brazilian wonderkid who is tipped to cause the Reds' defence problems. Michael also provides the Dutch view on Virgil van Dijk's ACL injury and explains how Liverpool have already missed out on signing his ideal replacement.The Liverpool Echo sends a twice-daily Liverpool FC bulletin out via email with the all latest news, views and analysis from Anfield. Sign up for this service here: https://communicatoremail.com/F/QvfUCndgGDRHFbKqw0Z7Ip/Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCVisit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fcDownload our Liverpool FC app for free: Apple – https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/lfc-echo/id1255495425 Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mirror.liverpoolfc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Behind Enemy Lines Podcast on the Blood Red channel, bringing you the
0:06.9	inside track on Liverpool FC's next opponents.
0:10.6	Hello and welcome to the latest Behind Enemy Lines podcast on the
0:14.9	Wood Red channel. Liverpool head into the next Champions League campaign having
0:18.8	seen their crown taken off them by Byron Munich who reservedly won last season's edition of the tournament.
0:24.4	At the very least Liverpool and Yergen clock will be hoping to beat their last 16
0:28.6	exit at the hands of Aletico Madrid that took place last February this time around.
0:33.4	And it all starts with the group stage, beginning this evening of course with that huge
0:37.4	clash against IACs in the Netherlands.
0:40.2	To get the low down on Eric Tenharg's side, who reached the semifinals two years ago, but crashed out in the groups last season.
0:46.8	I'm delighted to have on the line with me Michael Statham from Football Orangay, the Dutch football news channel.
0:54.0	Michael, welcome to the podcast.
0:55.5	Hopefully I've pronounced everything correctly there.
0:57.9	How are you getting on?
0:59.8	Hi Matt, cheers for having me.
1:01.0	Yeah, no, good thanks. Good to link up again. Yeah, we're all looking forward. my once again to be in the Champions League and to see if they can show Europe what they're made of.
1:15.0	Yeah, Liverpool, I've only ever faced to IACs once before it.
1:19.4	It seems incredible really given how good the two sides have been.
1:22.6	It's been sort of half a century or so since that match took place.
1:27.1	I suppose it's also very unfortunate as well that no one can travel over there for the game
1:32.4	because I'm sure Liverpool fans would have enjoyed that trip a lot.
1:36.0	Yeah, the IAC stadium was amazing. I've been lucky enough to be inside it. The atmosphere,
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