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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Press conference: Jurgen Klopp offers Naby Keita substitution explanation, threat Aston Villa pose & team news update

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Reach Podcasts

News, Soccer, Sports, Sports News

4.4979 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Jurgen Klopp has been holding his pre-match press conference ahead of Liverpool taking on Aston Villa at Anfield in the Premier League. Amongst the topics put to the manager, Klopp gave his explanation for replacing Naby Keita prior to half-time in Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg defeat. Having lost 7-2 at Villa Park back in October, Klopp was also asked about the first league meeting as well as January’s FA Cup tie with Villa, albeit against a very youthful side. Plus, the German gave an update on his plans for team selection ahead of the crucial second leg in the Champions League with Real Madrid. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/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.

0:08.0

Hi, Yergen, I hope you're well.

0:11.0

Jordan Henderson this week handed over his social media accounts to an anti cyberbullying

0:16.5

charity in another attempt to combat online hate. We obviously hope that has an impact because

0:21.2

we've also seen two of your players racially

0:23.7

abused on social media as has Rinsular Babajid of the women's team as well so

0:29.1

despite the action that's been taken over a number of months now. How do you feel that we are again

0:34.7

addressing the issue of racism in the circumstances that we've seen?

0:42.4

What we are talking about now about racism or social media.

0:46.0

So that's a problem. So with social media in general, we have obviously the problem that so far it didn't get sorted that people can hide behind whatever account and say what they want to say.

1:01.1

That's a problem I think we really, that has to get sorted on this planet as quick as possible.

1:10.0

As much as each kind of racism, racism should be stopped and if somebody use social media I don't do that really.

1:23.1

So, and it's for me the thing is,

1:26.4

and that's now maybe the not, I cannot speak like this

1:29.6

about racism, I cannot speak,

1:31.0

or I'm obviously not in a situation, I have no real idea about social media and the impact

1:36.1

to be 100% honest. But what I got criticized quite a lot in my life how you can imagine and not only recently but probably as well.

1:47.5

And what I learned and advice I could give people, you don't know, people who are not interested in you really people don't

1:56.7

want to help you with criticism which can help sometimes of course don't

2:01.0

listen don't listen. Don't listen.

2:03.1

So it's always that you need, they need a forum for that.

2:06.1

They need people, that people really,

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