Celestial Messi as Rafa awaits the Reds
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The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2019
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
After an enthralling midweek of Champions League semi-finals, Natalie Sawyer and Gab Marcotti are joined by Henry Winter, George Caulkin and Bill Edgar to break it all down.
Liverpool play well and lose 3-0 at the Nou Camp, as Barcelona are inspired by Messi magic, inspiring Bill to get lost in Messi stats. How will we judge this Liverpool season if they end up without a trophy?
Standing in their way in the Premier League title race this Saturday is their old manager Rafa Benitez. To what extent will he feel conflicted? And will this be Benitez’s last home game in charge of Newcastle?
The other Champions League semi-final saw Spurs undone by Ajax in North London. But the major talking point surrounded the treatment of Jan Vertonghen’s concussion. With Mauricio Pochettino insisting they followed the protocol, is the protocol right and how should it be changed?
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| 0:46.0 | T.C. apply 18 plus began below away. Hello and welcome to the game podcast from The Times. I'm Naku Sawyer. |
| 1:06.1 | And I'm Gabriel Marcotti and we thank you for joining us. Now with us in the studio |
| 1:10.6 | it's the Times Chief Statistical Officer Mr. Bill Edgar. Down the line? It's the very |
| 1:17.2 | excellent George Colkin who's kind of like in a karaoke on the road mood this week so look out for his big peace on Friday can't say any more about that |
| 1:27.6 | and joining us after flying from the camp no and Barcelona over Follum apparently on his way to probably not craving |
| 1:36.3 | cottage I'm assuming the the training ground it's the magnificent Henry |
| 1:40.6 | Winter that Iran will be asking if Rafa will be conflicted against the Reds this weekend. |
| 1:46.0 | But we start with a bad week for English clubs in the Champions League. |
| 1:50.0 | Barcelona take a 3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- Anfield in the semi-final after an incredible first leg |
| 1:56.1 | at the new camp. Lille Massey with a second half brace including a phenomenal free kick. |
| 2:02.3 | Henry, was 3-0 a fair reflection. Henry, was 3-0 a fair reflection? |
| 2:05.0 | Not particularly in terms of the way that Liverpool played, |
| 2:09.0 | but when you're playing against one of the greatest three players ever to |
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