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00:00 Liverpool's potential Europa League final is in Dublin, a close city and place to Liverpool.
00:12 If they are to get there, there could be some concerns about the amount of fans that turn up. It depends who they play as well. They could face Rangers, West Ham for example. What's the latest? How concerned could authorities be that this could get overrun and overcrowded with people?
00:33 First of all, Liverpool have got to get there. Let's be frank, they've got Atalanta in the quarter-finals and they've still got to win four more games potentially to get there. Not to get it carried away too late, but you've got to plan for these events of course. When you're so close, Liverpool fans will be looking at it.
00:52 It could be a real hectic one in Dublin as you say. It's a literally 40-minute flight from Liverpool, people do it in a day and back already. At the weekend, never mind. So you imagine there will be quite a lot of fans going over.
01:13 You look at the amount of fans that went over to Paris for the Champions League final who didn't have a ticket. Dublin's completely different isn't it? It's pretty much on your own doorstep. Very similar culture. A lot of Irish in Liverpool and a lot of Liverpool fans who are in Dublin who are going to be turning out in the droves themselves.
01:34 They're going to probably enjoy the events of Liverpool away to get there. As you say, the authorities are probably looking at this thinking we need to plan ahead here. I think Croke Park, the GAA arena has been earmarked as a potential fan zone. It's been said that if Rangers get there as well, then it might not even be big enough for that.
01:57 It's one that the authorities in Ireland are going to have to look at. The club are going to have to work with them as well to plan it. It would be memorable, wouldn't it? Liverpool have had some immense finals away trips with Istanbul and Rome when they got there the first time.
02:20 The fact that it's just a stone's throw away. People would be probably flying to everywhere in Ireland to get there, to Belfast, to Nott on the other side, to Cork and coming up them ways, getting the ferry, getting the planes. It would be incredible to see how many Liverpool fans would be there.
02:39 Considering they'd probably be getting a share of maybe 15,000-ish tickets for the stadium that holds 50,000 maybe, UEFA don't give the full capacity away. It would be one for the authorities to look at. As I say, Liverpool have got to get there first. There's nothing wrong with a little bit of planning either because you have got to do these things.
03:06 Would they be disappointed if they aren't to get to this final with the teams that are left in and actually becoming favourites of this tournament now?
03:17 I think so, yeah. I think the way they've been this season, the competition, the group stage, they lost a couple of games. A couple of those games were dead rubbers maybe, especially the last one when they were already through.
03:31 I think they got beat for just a little bit of a shock. But as you say, they've got Atlanta now and then maybe it's like Milano or Roma. The Italian league we've seen isn't the… I think it's Benfica or Marseille, I beg your pardon.
03:50 Benfica, you'd be expecting Liverpool to beat those teams, wouldn't you? You'd be expecting to beat all three of them. So, how far they've come so far this season, the competition, easily getting past Sparta Prague.
04:06 They've got the look of the draw. They've avoided Bayer Leverkusen on their side in the quarterfinals. They've avoided West Ham who are a decent outfit, got attacking players.
04:18 They know how to win in Europe like Liverpool do, like David Moyes has done in Europe. Milano and Roma, two massive fan bases. One of them is going to go out already.
04:28 So, they'll definitely have the look of the draw when it comes to the teams they're facing. The only one is that they're a hole for the first leg against Atlanta. I don't think they'll be too bothered about that.
04:40 Will, obviously last time out in the FA Cup, Liverpool failed to beat Man United at Old Trafford with a very last gasp winner for the home side. I mean, they go there again in the Premier League. It's another huge occasion, another big rivalry.
04:55 They'll go there to look to make things right. What's the latest you can tell us ahead of this fixture and how confident will Liverpool be feeling or Man United be feeling as well?
05:05 Yeah, I think Liverpool can't be looking at it and thinking, 'We want revenge.' I don't think Liverpool have ever gone to games thinking that, to be honest with you.
05:12 Because you go on to games thinking like that and it affects your decision-making, etc. I think Ian Clock looked at that game pragmatically at the end of it.
05:21 When he was speaking to reporters, he felt like he needed a break just before the international break. He was feeling in his voice that this had just come at the end of a lengthy fixture list where Liverpool had a day for players available.
05:40 He got through it somehow. Calling on academy players and overstepping or playing goals. Liverpool were just tired towards the end of it.
05:51 Look at the mistakes they made. Dario Nunes playing a silly pass that led to the equaliser and stoppage time.
05:57 Harvey Elliott, a lazy attempt to play the ball that Man United counter-attacked on. It's not like Harvey Elliott at all this season. It was just fatigue.
06:10 You could just set it in. You could see that, to be honest with you. As I say, it's unbelievable that the Bull have managed to keep a pace in the title race.
06:20 They're thinking, "We need to be a little bit more measured, a bit more controlled." Obviously, it's not a cup game where the tyre is going to be one on the day.
06:30 League games are a little bit different. Liverpool, now, the last two games, two times they've been to Man United, they've lost.
06:38 They lost the start of last season and they were also held to a 0-0 draw in December by Man United.
06:44 You could say that Eric Ten Haag – there was that 7-0 flasher, of course, that everyone will remember.
06:50 But Eric Ten Haag's record is actually pretty good against Liverpool. Certainly, Man United will be taken hard from that.
06:58 They've got Liverpool's number this season, maybe, you could say. They've held them to a draw at Anfield and they've beat them at Old Trafford.
07:08 So, they'll have a lot of confidence from that. But Liverpool, hopefully, the injury situation is looking a little bit better.
07:14 Chente Alexander-Arnold might be back from that game, maybe he'll come on as an impact substitute.
07:20 Curtis Jones, hopefully, will be back then. Darwin Nunes was one of those players who was fatigued.
07:27 It turned out he was having a little bit of a hamstring issue and Nebahey Bukanate as well.
07:32 He wasn't available for that game at Old Trafford. He missed the past three games but he went away with France and played there.
07:39 So, you'd like to think now he's hopefully healthy and won't have any more setbacks at the end of the season.
07:44 So, yes, an interesting one when Liverpool will be going to Old Trafford. Won't have as many supporters there this time around.
07:50 But you always fancy Liverpool in any big games, to be honest with you.
07:56 And if they are going to win the title, then they've got to be winning games like this. It's as simple as that.
08:02 Will, looking at Everton and the running now, obviously hugely important this back end of the season.
08:09 And they haven't really helped themselves up to this point. But they need to start winning games and turning games,
08:15 just ended up with more points than they're not getting at the moment.
08:19 How many points do you feel like they need to survive this season?
08:23 Obviously, it's been quite a clear relegation fight. We've had the points deductions for Everton and Forest now as well.
08:29 But how many points do you feel that they're going to be safe by come the end of the season?
08:35 Yes, it was always that 40 points, wasn't it, that teams needed to get.
08:40 But I think maybe that's adjusted a little bit now and maybe you're looking at 38.
08:44 So, on that front, Everton need 13 more points. They've got 25 at the minute.
08:50 But, of course, you don't know what's going to happen with this second charge that the Independent Commission have now heard.
08:58 And whether Everton are going to have any more points taken off them or not, we don't know that.
09:04 Sean's actually certainly been ploughed for the waist again. He has to. That's the only way you can go about it.
09:11 But I think, as you say, Forest have been hit with four points now. Will they get any back?
09:19 I think a lot of people think that was maybe leaning compared to Everton. So maybe they mightn't get any more back.
09:25 Luton have shown a little bit of fight, to be fair to them, haven't they?
09:29 But they haven't really picked up results. They have that little bit of a purple patch.
09:33 But Everton need to look after themselves, definitely. They need to start winning games.
09:37 They haven't won in the past 11 Premier League matches.
09:41 And the fixture list isn't harsh on Everton, I don't think.
09:47 I think you're looking at games that are pretty winnable.
09:52 They play Burnley at home. They've still got to play Nottingham Forest at home.
09:57 They've still got to play Sheffield United at home, Brenford at home.
10:00 So you're looking at those four teams who Everton, you would think, should be beating.
10:07 So they've got to go to Luton as well. Everton can go and get a result there.
10:11 So the running for Sean Dijsman isn't exactly difficult.
10:17 It's just that they now need to find a way of winning games. That's the top and bottom of it.
10:22 And if they don't, and they were to be hit with another points reduction, then they will be dragged into it.
10:28 But if Everton were to pick up results, then they're going to start creating that gap.
10:33 And it's not only a gap, it's psychologically as well.
10:37 That's an effect on the opposition teams.
10:40 Well, on Everton, this running now is absolutely massive for their Premier League survival.
10:46 You've mentioned the fixtures and some winnable games.
10:50 Do you need the players, though, to start stepping up?
10:52 Who do you think could be that man for Everton in the running that makes the huge difference
10:59 and can ultimately keep them in the Premier League?
11:02 Well, for me, I'd really like to see Amadou Ounane really in these final ten games, grab it by the scruff of the neck.
11:11 Show everyone how good he is. I think Everton fans have seen glimpses of him, how good he can be.
11:17 You think that first game, Sean Dyson charged against Arsenal, he was absolutely immense in that game.
11:23 And he has, he's got a lot of battling qualities.
11:26 But there's just some matches where you just want him to do that little bit more to, let's just say, dominate in midfield.
11:33 Because there's quite clearly a top player in there.
11:35 And yes, we forget how young he is, but you look at his performance against England the other night.
11:40 He was absolutely superb against an England midfielder that is pretty strong, let's be honest.
11:48 Amadou Ounane is, what, 22 and he's shown he's capable.
11:52 But Everton fans want to see it now on a consistent basis.
11:55 If this is a player who is coveted by Arsenal, say, supposedly, and Man Utd and Barcelona,
12:04 then Everton fans want to see this player. OK, maybe he will be a lot better when he's playing in a better team.
12:14 But I think it's time for Ounane to really come to the fore.
12:21 And I think Abdoulaye Zakaoui, if Everton can get him back to his four-weeks-olds in the early part of the season,
12:29 because he's had those two hamstring injuries and he just hasn't quite looked himself since he came back,
12:34 probably needs to build that little bit of momentum.
12:38 Maybe the three-week break has helped him do that as well.
12:42 If Everton can get him firing again, because he was a real potent weapon in the first half of the season,
12:47 his running ability caused plenty of teams problems.
12:52 And if Everton can get him back to doing that, then they've got a real goalscorer back in the hands again.
12:57 Because we know all of Everton's problems, scoring goals, his movement, his pace, brings other players into play.
13:04 And then you've got the likes of Dwight McNeil, maybe he's freezed up a little bit more.
13:09 Jack Harris and Dominic Calvert-Lewin as well, who of course haven't scored since the end of October.
13:15 So we're talking, what, five months now? So he needs to maybe do a little bit more.
13:20 Maybe Abdoulaye Tikore hit in his best form will help Dominic Calvert-Lewin in that front.
13:27 You mentioned some players there. Do you feel like there's been moments where these players have underwhelmed this season?
13:34 The likes of Tikore O'Nana, maybe Pickford at times.
13:38 What's your thoughts been from Everton players as a whole?
13:43 I just think it's the attacking players. They just haven't put the ball in the back of their net pretty much.
13:49 Defensively, they've been good. I'd say Pickford's made that mistake for England, but I can't really remember him making a mistake for Everton this season, to be honest with you.
13:58 Centre-back have been superb. Right-back's been a little bit of a problem position.
14:04 Nathan Patten hasn't really had a look in. Nashley Young's been maybe shown his age a little bit.
14:09 Maybe played too much, rather than being a squad player.
14:12 Vitaly Mikhalkov's done well on the left, but yeah, it's a thin squad goal, hasn't it? They started off well enough, Everton.
14:19 But probably fatigue's just set in the lack of rotation that they've been unable to utilise because of the thin squad.
14:27 That's ultimately been a bit of a downfall.