Liverpool's midfield surprise, problem for Lovren, and why van Dijk has changed everything

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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4.4 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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It’s been an ominously impressive start to the season for Liverpool – and to reflect on the wins over West Ham and Crystal Palace, and the big talking points from them, our View from the Kop podcast is back.Reds fans Paul Philbin and Neil Macdonald join host Paul Wheelock in the ECHO studio and they believe Jurgen Klopp’s squad strengthening is already beginning to pay dividends.Paul Philbin reckons that was proved by Jordan Henderson’s excellent performance off the bench on Monday night but the question is will the Liverpool captain get his place back in the team given the performances produced by the player who could be the surprise package of the season so far.One midfielder who has quickly become a nailed-on starter for the Reds is Naby Keita and both our guests struggle to contain their excitement over the summer signing.But Neil believes there is plenty more to come from Keita and from Klopp’s side in general – and that leads him to state his belief that the battle for Premier League title is already a two-horse race. Paul Philbin disagrees, but both supporters are on the same page when it comes to Virgil van Dijk, the January signing who has ‘changed everything’.Praise is also lavished on van Dijk’s new centre-back partner Joe Gomez whose displays could pose a problem for Dejan Lovren.Alisson Becker’s start to life between the Liverpool posts is discussed in detail before talk turns to the upcoming games v Brighton and Leicester and why maximum points is imperative in the ‘who-blinks-first’ showdown with Manchester City.And the podcast rounds off with a discussion about next week’s Champions League draw.Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Liverpool Echo podcast on Anfield Plus, the home of your daily
0:05.3	podcast bringing you the inside track from Liverpool FC.
0:08.8	Hello and welcome to the View from the COP podcast and a very upbeat one it should be two. I'm your host
0:13.9	Paul Relock and I'm very pleased to be joined by two Liverpool supporters Paul
0:17.3	Philbin, hello and Neil McDonald. So two games in two wins six goals zero conceded it's the first time we've actually spoke since this season started
0:27.6	Is it being as good as as you could have hoped lads? Absolutely and I think going into the season we knew that we were a good side but just off two games I don't
0:36.7	think people actually realized that with that good aside and in 180 minutes of football we've shown two different elements of our game
0:47.7	already and to be honest the thing that surprised me most is how much Allison and navigator have improved
0:56.9	is already we've just added a different dimension to our side. No they've been
1:00.5	great and it's it's a case of, you know, you get what you pay for.
1:06.0	You know, it's rare in football, you get guarantees, but it seems now the work the recruitment team has done.
1:12.0	We are buying as close as you can get the guarantees. now the work the recruitment team has done.
1:12.6	We are buying as close as you can get the guarantees,
1:15.0	you know, you buy Kata because we wanted someone who could go both ways
1:19.7	in midfield, absolutely dominate games,
1:22.1	and he's starting to show that we buy Allison because we wanted
1:24.7	someone who's just going to be a total class act.
1:28.7	And I took the time today to spend a few minutes just watching a video of his distribution against
1:34.8	Palace and oh my God it's just absolutely unbelievable so yeah it's it's been a
1:41.0	great start to the season they've been components, but I think the thing for me, if you like, the biggest difference between this season and last, I mean, I know it's only two games in, but it's been the sense of control in that there hasn't even been a period within
1:56.8	a game where Liverpool didn't feel like they were in control.
2:01.5	You know, as opposed to some games last season where they were a bit mental and, you know,
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