23-24 Premier League Preview - Week 17
Hear from the managers ahead of Week 17 of the 23-24 Premier League season including Jurgen Klopp and Erik Ten Hag as Liverpool welcome Manchester United to Anfield
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00:00 I don't follow United closely enough to know exactly what's the problem there,
00:09 but I saw that Eriksen and Haag became manager of the month last month,
00:12 I saw that they were the team in form result-wise in the last month,
00:16 so how can we be all wrong? I just don't understand it.
00:20 So if we take it all out of consideration and we just play a football game
00:25 against the historical rival of Liverpool FC at home at Anfield,
00:31 that itself must make it a special game, and that's what I want to see from us.
00:36 I think everyone is highly motivated when you go to Anfield,
00:40 it's a great place to go and you know it's going to be tough.
00:45 I think that's what every top footballer wants, to have that challenge.
00:51 So you have to look forward. Last year, of course, we took that in our memory,
01:00 but you have to also take the benefit from it, learn from it.
01:05 And on Sunday, we can prove that.
01:08 At the end, we have to play against every team and obviously the schedule is what it is right now,
01:13 but we have two big games coming up and then we have as well the 28th and the 31st.
01:18 So this period is vital, around this moment in the year,
01:24 and we'll try to win every game, that's for sure.
01:26 They are a really good side. It's true that last year when we had the game under control,
01:30 it's when we conceded the goal and then the game completely broke up.
01:34 And we struggled, especially in the last 15 minutes of the game.
01:38 So we're going to have to play better and be very efficient, which is key against them.
01:42 Yes, of course, it's always difficult. Premier League games are always sad.
01:47 Every game is a different one. You cannot compare.
01:51 And of course, I know very well Chiefile United, I know very well Greece,
01:57 and of course it's going to be tough.
01:58 Always have been a tough game, so it will be a tough game.
02:02 Definitely. How they defend is brilliant.
02:06 And they don't need much, they set pieces with Anderson and the other guys.
02:11 It will be a tough, tough game. How else have they been here?
02:13 I don't remember easy games against Royal Hudson teams.
02:16 With Patrick Velen and Ida, but especially with Roy.
02:19 It's tough. As you rightly said, a fantastic season last season.
02:23 I saw Vincent at the LMA, I commend him on the work that they've done.
02:28 Going into the season, it's difficult.
02:29 They've spent money, but how do you buy the players who are getting ready for the Premier League?
02:34 It's not easy. They've changed their style slightly.
02:36 It might have just been for the Brighton game a lot more.
02:39 Back to front quicker, 4-4-2-ish, a lot more of that side of the game.
02:43 Maybe that's a change for the future, we'll have to wait and see.
02:46 But adapting to the Premier League is a challenge for everyone.
02:49 They've had some good results this season.
02:50 And of course, they've got some players who are also performing at the levels at the moment.
02:59 So, I don't know, it's a good squad, it's a good team.
03:02 And with a lot of clarity in what they do.
03:06 And that always gives you an edge and eventually gives you results as well.
03:11 It's fair to say any team that's going to play Forest, that Forest knows it's going to be a difficult game,
03:16 irrespective of where they're at in terms of their own sort of trajectory.
03:21 So, even this year, I know the results haven't been great, but at home, they're still very hard to beat.
03:27 And the games are pretty close.
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