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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp on Manchester United and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, injury news, Fabinho and his midfield dilemma

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Reach Podcasts

Soccer, Sports, News, Sports News

4.41000 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Jurgen Klopp was back in front of the media at Melwood today for a press conference to preview the massive match with bitter rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford.A win or a draw would take the Reds back above Manchester City to the top of the Premier League in what is their game in hand on the defending champions.But the first question Klopp was asked concerned the £45,000 fine he will have to pay and how he will ‘learn’ from the incident.Talk then turns to Fabinho, and whether the Liverpool manager can see a long-term future for the Brazilian at centre-back.Fabinho is likely to operate further up the pitch this weekend given the return of Virgil van Dijk. But what will that mean for the midfield line-up on Sunday?Klopp also gives an update on the fitness of Dejan Lovren and Joe Gomez.But the bulk of the presser is about the match itself, just how important it is, and whether PSG have provided the Reds with a blueprint to copy.And Klopp also gives his opinion on the job Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is doing at revived United.Enjoy – and we’ll be back later today with the Blood Red podcast. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo, giving you the inside track on all the big talking points from Anfield.

0:10.0

The good person obviously you have you accepted your challenge this week.

0:13.2

Just get your thoughts on why you didn't test that.

0:17.0

Oh, for sure. I will not make any comments about that, but because obviously comments are pretty expensive.

0:23.0

So that's a story.

0:27.0

With regard to that, I mean, was it just a case of having to hold your hands up and say,

0:32.0

I accept this or, you know, would you be in no position to contest it or what?

0:39.2

What's difficult to understand with no comment? Nothing to say or nothing to say. Oh it's the second time I get charged for

0:51.1

something and Germany was much more often when I was younger and altogether

0:59.4

it's not that much money-wise so that's how it is obviously I will learn I will learn no problem

1:08.9

look at it for being years performances at center half season and irrespective of whether you got injury problems at the back.

1:16.0

Could you see him and someone switching to Centre Half full time?

1:20.0

Or is he someone who offers far too much from midfield like that such?

1:24.0

Oh, it's brilliant to have them as an option for both positions.

1:26.7

Obviously, I think his natural position is in midfield, but that he can play.

1:33.0

The center half makes him unbelievable

1:36.6

valuable play for us.

1:37.8

So that's how it is.

1:38.8

It was we knew last year that we lose Emmer.

1:43.0

Emmer John, who is a similar profile.

1:48.0

And so it was so important, it was always the plan that we have for that as well,

1:52.0

but with a four cent a half we had it was not we didn't

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