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LIVERPOOL THROUGH TO SEMIS!! Post-Match Review (Southampton 1-2 Liverpool)
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After a wet and windy trip to the south coast, Louie Easton and Jesse Sarwar review a nervy match where an almost unrecognisable Liverpool put the Saints to the sword.
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00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome back to the Daily Liverpool Podcast here on the Global Sports Podcast Network. And we have just seen Liverpool with a nervy 2-1 win at St Mary Stadium to send us into the Carabao Cup semi-final. My name is Louis Easton and joining me as we unpick that game is Jesse Sarwar. Hi Jesse, how are you doing?
00:00:34
Jesse
I'm all right, Louis, I don't recognise the game that you watched. Nervi? What are you talking about, Nervi? I ah had my cup of tea and, yeah, no, just just really happy that we've made it through to the semi-final.
00:00:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah know You had your cup of tea, sounds like you were quite cosy. It didn't look very cosy in terms of the weather that we saw ah down in Southampton. Chucking it down, windy, um greasy ball, it made for a good match though. 2-1 sending us into the Carabao Cup semi-final. And of course Newcastle and Arsenal are the other two teams so far into ah the last four. And Manchester United and Spurs will face each other.
00:01:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
on a Thursday night, which gives us an extra day of rest as well for the weekend when we play against Spurs. But we'll talk about that in another podcast. so ah One thing that I will say is the players were a lot more soaking wet and feeling the weather a lot more than our manager, Arna Slott, who was sitting way up in the stands. But it's in it didn't really seem to affect our performance at all, Jesse. well Do you think it did? What do you think?
00:01:45
Jesse
Yeah, no, I thought that so particularly in the first half, I thought that Liverpool were quite controlled. um Despite all the changes that we made, um you know, if you look at that back line of Trent Endo, Quanta Gomez, there's a lot of changes there. And it looked like we were, you know, flipping from a back three to a back four, it looked very fluid in that formation. So Now, I was really impressed by how comfortable Liverpool looked. And I'm sure that Slott was pleased with what you saw, particularly in that first half.
00:02:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
i I mean, our team, first team, second team, third team, they all seem to be utter professionals, don't they? And Anna Slott has really sort of ingrained that into them this season. and ah This is Anna Slott talking about missing ah the sideline due to suspension through yellow cards.
00:03:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
so strange to see ah slots so calm about ah missing it and you know it is also quite strange that you have to not be on the sideline but you can still go into the changing rooms half time before the match After the match, I don't understand what the point is of the suspension.
00:03:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Surely if you are to get a suspension, you can't go into the changing rooms. That's what he says happens in Holland.
00:03:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
What do you think, Jesse?
00:03:37
Jesse
Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
00:03:38
Jesse
I mean, he he did mention that a couple of days ago that so even though that he he knows what a suspension feels like, that this is the first um first time that he's had this kind of suspension, and and it's not as bad as he's experienced before in the Netherlands.
00:03:54
Jesse
So I did think that we it could have affected us. more than it did. One because of the amount of changes that Slott had made for this game. And also because Slott is the kind of manager that does make a lot of in-game changes, more so than let's say Jurgen Klopp.
00:04:18
Jesse
And so I think that there was a concern for me pre-match that maybe if we did need um slots kind of guidance on that touch line, that might be something that so that could affect us. But i think I think one of the reasons why he's probably felt comfortable as well is that the opposition and the Carabao Cup. I think if this is a Champions League game, you know it's a Champions League court final or yeah it's a Premier League game, then I think um you know the stakes are much higher.
00:04:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it doesn't really seem that much of a deal to me anyway, really, especially when you consider under Klopp's management, he just gave the Carabao Cup to ah Pep Leinders, who, well, he hasn't had a great time in Salzburg having being sacked earlier this week from that job. um But, you know, he managed the games and, you know, if he wants to share that ah responsibility,
00:05:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah then why can't slot? You know, he has ah two very capable assistant coaches, Sipke Holsoff, who he's known ah since his days at Firenord, made the switch to Merseyside with him, and John Heitinger as well, a proper veteran ah in that coaching team. We'll talk about the first half then ah now properly. ah Darwin's goal came pretty early, and what motivation that can offer a player who's going for a rough patch, Jesse.
00:05:45
Jesse
Yeah, I mean, look, he's, um he's not had the best season so far under a new manager. And there've been a lot of question marks over his future, particularly, I think, in the last few weeks, that maybe, you know, his future lies elsewhere, and maybe Liverpool's future lies in another number nine. um So yeah, he's under pressure. And You know, he's in a team that has, you know, a very, very good forward line. You know, you've got Mohammed Salah, you've got Diogo Jota that's back in the team now and and scoring already in the first game, um Cody Gappo, Luis Diaz, and even, you know, Kieza made an appearance today. So he's got a lot of competition there. And so for him to score,
00:06:35
Jesse
um It can only do him good. um But I think that Nunes is in that kind of position now, that it's not just going to take one goal in a Carabao Cup game at Southampton.
00:06:49
Jesse
um He needs to put in now a string of performances. He needs to get on ah on a run where he's scoring regularly. And I'm not taking every single game, but you know you've got to be you've got to be affecting the game regularly now.
00:07:06
Jesse
But it's a start. And so with the players that were injured coming back now, I think having six fit strikers um or forwards in that in that kind of front line is really, really good for Liverpool and really good for slot, um you know, going forward, particularly in this kind of festive period where, you know, the games are just going to come thick and fast now.
00:07:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
And you can also throw Harvey Elliott into that as well. What a performance he had today, but we'll talk about him more later. ah Darwin Nunez, you mentioned that he might not be at Liverpool ah in a couple of years' time, it because you buy a player of that magnitude, you know, 60, 70-odd million that we spent on him, and he comes in and going into this match, one goal in 11, that's a drought, that's a goal drought. and You know, it's at the stage now where you have to have goals. If you're going to be in a club as big as Liverpool, starting up front with the number nine shirt, you need that sort of for product. You know, it's ah football is a business as well. You buy in a player, you buy in an investment for the long term. Is this a long term investment that will pay off? We have to start thinking about that. But you know,
00:08:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Very good motivation for him to score today um and he very much enjoyed that, ah especially with the celebrations, having one off with the Southampton fans as well.
00:08:38
Jesse
he was a You had to put up with the ah the and Andy Carroll chants all night, so um you know fair play to him.
00:08:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, it's it he's just a striker for Liverpool who wears a ponytail. That's as far as, well, he costs us a lot of money as well. Another player I'd like to touch on who might also not have a future at Liverpool after this season, Trent Alexander-Arnold, ah in that backline. You touched on that backline. And it was really strange. ah I know you've seen Trent Alexander-Arnold ah Going forward at points this season granted nowhere near as much as he did under Klopp's management But he really did stick to that back line today
00:09:17
Jesse
Yeah. And he had to. You know, he was one of the experienced guys now, he was captain, he was captain for the night. And, you know, you've got some, it's a very, very different back line that was playing there. You've got Kwanzaa in there, Endo. And so, you know, he had to take that senior role, that senior position, he was the captain. And so you didn't see him kind of marauding forward, as you normally do.
00:09:44
Jesse
And even his kind of his passing, you know, you had a couple of instances where he went for those um ah balls over the top. ah But generally, he just you know kept in his position, made sure that that back four or sometimes that back three was stable and and solid.
00:10:03
Jesse
And look, you know, I'd i'd give him a, you know, a six, six and a half out 10. It was ah it was it was a decent performance.
00:10:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
He had incredible confidence as well, you know, when he was being pressed and he just calmly moved the ball out of the way.
00:10:12
Jesse
Yeah. yeah
00:10:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it was his pass that ultimately set up Darwin's goal as well.
00:10:20
Jesse
Yeah. And I think the the conditions I think played a part as well. You mentioned earlier that the conditions were were really quite difficult. So I think, you know, keeping that back line as stable as possible, particularly in that first half just to weather the storm figuratively and literally, I think was was was really important.
00:10:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Good one.
00:10:39
Jesse
Yeah.
00:10:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Um, yes, and another defensive player that you touched on, Endo, in the back four. That's not somewhere we're used to seeing him play, but he sort of had a proper, proper effect in that position.
00:10:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Kept on getting stuck in as well, especially in the second half. I felt bad for him because he just kept Oh my word.
00:10:58
Jesse
You know, i but i was I was going to say, Louis, that so there's a big ah boxing ah box office fight at the weekend, but Endo was the guy with the the gum shield on, and he took one hell of a battering through this game.
00:11:12
Jesse
He's going to be black and blue um all over.
00:11:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Oh... He's gonna... Did you know what it reminded me of?
00:11:15
Jesse
ah Poor guy.
00:11:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
It reminded me of, do you remember during the lockdown season when Nat Phillips and Rhys Williams were playing his, their two centre facts? He took as many batterings today as he did, as those two did put together in that game.
00:11:28
Jesse
yeah Yeah, you can see now what what the wisdom behind him wearing a gum shield.
00:11:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was just...
00:11:33
Jesse
I won't be half surprised at the next game.
00:11:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:35
Jesse
he He's got headgear on as well. But yeah, no, I mean, look, it was a typical endo performance, full of industry, commitment, just putting his body on the line, you know, just really, really brave.
00:11:47
Jesse
And, you know, I've i've said it in in ah previous ah podcast episodes, he's not an Arnie slot player. He's not an Arnie slot player.
00:11:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, he's not.
00:11:59
Jesse
But I think Arnie's slot values having Endo in the squad to call on because he is someone that even if he doesn't have all of the ah technical gifts that an Arnie you know Arnie Slott would want in let's say like a Gravenberg or a Macalester you cannot fault the man in terms of his his commitment his tenacity his bravery and so when things are going tough when you've got players out injured
00:12:30
Jesse
you need You need players like Endo who can fill in those gaps and they will not complain. ah If they've got to play defensive midfield, they'll play defensive midfield. If they've got to play centre back, they'll do it.
00:12:43
Jesse
Even if they're like, you know, five foot two, you know, he'll do it. um So, yeah, no, I think that he had a a solid game. It was a typical Endo performance.
00:12:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, took the captain's armband as well in the second half and played the full 90 minutes. You can tell Sloth, as you said, does truly value having a player with the mindset of Wataru Endo. The fact that he kept on getting hurt and kept on throwing himself into tackles ah was carnage but truly a sight to behold. We'll uncover more of the first half and as well the second half after this short break as you find out what we do here at the Global Sports Podcast Network.
00:13:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
So we touched on the experienced players. ah Now it's time to touch on the players that are a bit less experienced that ah played today. We saw Tyler Morton. He played right back in the second half. In the first half he played in his natural defensive midfield role. i I sensed a lot of confidence in him. ah He had two spells in the championship in the two last seasons. Last season at whole season before at Blackburn Rovers.
00:14:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
um So maybe he is used to playing at St Mary's in a respect of the fact that he may know a lot of the players that were on the Southampton team. ah What did you think of his first half performance? I really did see a lot of confidence and calmness from him.
00:14:30
Jesse
Louis I think he's too good for um the position that he's in, in in sense in the sense that he's, he's too good to be a, ah not even a squad player, someone that's not going to play week in week out and I honestly think that um there may be a scenario maybe in January where he might go out on loan um because he's just not going to get Premier League minutes.
00:14:56
Jesse
When you look at the players that are in ahead of him, Graven Burke, McAllister, Curtis Jones now has really stepped up.
00:14:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:15:03
Jesse
He's he's gone up another level. Sir Bosley, Harvey Elliott now has come you know back into midfield after um after injury as well.
00:15:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
And also Trainione tonight as well.
00:15:11
Jesse
so that Yeah, I mean, there's a lot of competition for places, but you're 100% right. He has got all the confidence in the world and he, he doesn't look fazed, you know, yeah by the responsibility of playing in the middle of the park for a club the size of Liverpool.
00:15:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
He doesn't.
00:15:29
Jesse
um because Because when you do play for a club the size of Liverpool, then you are going to have a lot of the ball, you're going to have a lot of possession. And so that means that you are, you're charged with that responsibility of setting the tempo for the team in the middle of the park, ah making sure that but the ball is you know constantly being recycled, and you don't lose possession. And then when you are out of possession, you know, you've got to be that guy who wins the ball back and keeps the shape for that midfield. So I thought he was again, I thought it was very good.
00:16:02
Jesse
I think that, you know, it was another kind of, you know, six to seven out of 10 performance, because it was that kind of game. you I don't think you were really ever going to get someone who was going to be an eight or nine out of 10.
00:16:14
Jesse
But I think within the context of the game, I thought that, you know, he was very assured, very accomplished, accomplished.
00:16:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:16:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah I just think it's interesting as well because everyone was complaining about the ah the lack of midfield depth before the season started. Everyone was getting really frustrated ah with the fact that we weren't signing anyone in midfield and suddenly we see all of these academy players step up.
00:16:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Clearly the club knows more than us and we're starting to see that now. Tyler Morton
00:16:42
Jesse
Lo and behold, right?
00:16:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Exactly. Tyler Morton, 22 years old. He's been at the club since he was seven and he turns down an offer to join the Everton youth set up. So that just tells us everything we need to know. ah He's a scouser.
00:16:56
Jesse
He's an intelligent guy as well, Louis.
00:16:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
He knows the club inside out.
00:16:58
Jesse
He's an intelligent guy as well, right?
00:17:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely. um And, you know, we're starting to see um the confidence and the assurance that he brings into the midfield now. um An intelligent footballer as well as an intelligent person off the pitch, as you mentioned. Another player that we saw ah more of tonight was Trey Nione. What did you think of him?
00:17:25
Jesse
Yeah, look, I mean, 17 years old is just, it's just, yeah, it's terrifying.
00:17:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
he looks so young it's terrifying ah
00:17:34
Jesse
It's it's terrifying. it's um yeah I mean, he just looks so comfortable, very, again, you know, very kind of technically comfortable and accomplished. um You know, the only thing that you could not, I wouldn't say level against him, but it's something that ah will come naturally is that he still looks quite slight physically.
00:17:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
He looks so young.
00:17:55
Jesse
And, you know, you could see him kind of bundled off the ball sometimes. And so that's something that will naturally, you know, he'll fill into himself.
00:17:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's terrifying.
00:18:02
Jesse
I remember seeing Trent Alexander Arnold a few years, ah when he a few years ago, when he first started. And you know he's really kind of bulked up and filled out. And you'll have to do that if he's going to succeed nay um you know in in the Premier League in midfield.
00:18:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:18:19
Jesse
um But he just looks he just looks such a such a player and he's got such a future. um And so yeah, again, I thought he was, he was very good.
00:18:31
Jesse
I thought he's, a you know, good six, six and a half out of 10. You got quite, you can see physically, ah you know, it started to show on him in the second half. um You know, you got you saw players starting to run past him.
00:18:43
Jesse
ah But again, I think that's all just part of the development of a young player in English football.
00:18:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. i ah We saw a lot of him ah in pre-season as well, and ah under clop he was brought on in a cup game as well ah last season.
00:18:48
Jesse
And so I thought he was good.
00:19:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's a lifelong Liverpool fan, ah born and raised in Leicester to Zimbabwean parents, therefore eligible to play for Zimbabwe's national team. ah He played for Leicester's under 18 side at the age of 15 and scored twice in 13 appearances.
00:19:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah in the Under-18's Premier League. He currently plays for England Under-19's as well. um He's playing beyond his years, but like you said, I think the physicality, you know, he's so slender and once he comes up against, you know, one of these bulky South American defensive midfielders and just throw him to the ground like that Nottingham Forest defensive midfielder.
00:19:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:19:42
Jesse
But you know, Dravinburg was like that. If you if you saw gra Ryan Dravinburg a few years back, he you know he looked quite slight as well, but and now he's holding his own in that midfield.
00:19:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
That is true, yeah.
00:19:51
Jesse
And so, um no, I think look that's just a natural process of ah of a young footballer and he will grow into himself in terms of that kind of the physicality um side of things.
00:20:02
Jesse
But I mean, technically, you know, what a future he's got.
00:20:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Too small to fit play football, says who?
00:20:09
Jesse
ah Yeah.
00:20:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
And that's what they used to say to Harvey Elliott as well, who got a goal and he was man of the match. His goal with his weak foot as well.
00:20:16
Jesse
Yeah.
00:20:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Very difficult, made it look very easy, just as that sort of thing of passing the ball into the back of the net. We love hearing that, we love seeing it. Here's performance today, Jesse.
00:20:29
Jesse
Yeah, I think it was really good to see Harvey Elliott starting. I think, you know, he's been out injured for for such a long time and he's been a huge miss for Liverpool and ah and a huge miss for Arnie Slott, having that option to rotate in midfield.
00:20:45
Jesse
And so, I mean, he didn't play in the position that I like him to play. I don't think he's as effective in those kind of ah front three positions, but I think it was just a case of, um you know, kind of kind of plug in a few gaps there.
00:20:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:20:59
Jesse
ah But just to have him on the pitch, getting those minutes in those legs, um you know, to get him up to match speed and match practice. I think I thought he was very good. And, um you know, he's just going to get stronger now. And again, I think, you know, we're we're starting to get some of these players back.
00:21:19
Jesse
in a really, really critical period of the season, which is such a plus now for Ani's slot.
00:21:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:29
Jesse
So, yeah, no, I thought he played well, you know, he scored. I don't want to be, you know, I don't want to be put a dampener on it. It was a deflected goal. So I don't know if you've seen the replay here.
00:21:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. they They all count, Jesse.
00:21:41
Jesse
so and
00:21:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Come on. which whose' Whose side are you on here?
00:21:45
Jesse
He scored with his his right foot, his swing, but so no, I thought i thought he was he was really good.
00:21:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:52
Jesse
And um again, you know he's he's got more minutes now and that's just going to... It will just do him the world a good and our midfield that he's back now.
00:22:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
And he's probably the hardest working player off the ball in the entire team. You know, I was watching the ah was watching him play in the pub once, I can't remember which match it was, but he came on and he was just sprinting at all of the defensive players. And the guy, ah pretty drunk, who was standing next to me, just went, oh, he's like a terrier, isn't he?
00:22:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And one more, ah well a couple more things just to touch on. Joe Gomez, we mentioned the fact that he played left back. That's where he came up playing ah for Liverpool when we signed in from Charlton at the age of 18. Our longest serving player still ah loves to play across the back line and even at parts last season in midfield. ah But he was at left back today and he had the hard task of containing Tyler Dibbling, 18 years old as well.
00:22:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
and really does look like a key asset in that Southampton team. ah But i think he I think Gomez dealt with dibbling very well.
00:22:59
Jesse
Yeah, yeah, no, again, it was, look, you know, Joe Gomez was just being Joe Gomez, you know, he just, he just gets on with the, you know, the job of defending, whether it's at left back, whether it's at right back, whether it's at centre back. Again, I just thought that he was he was solid.
00:23:19
Jesse
um I was hoping um that he might get a rest because um the the only thing that I do worry about Gomez is that if he's played constantly that you know sooner or later he he might break down and we're just getting really kind of thin on the ground when it comes to defensive cover.
00:23:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:38
Jesse
um Although it was really positive to have Costas Simicas come back and make an appearance so that it does give that left back slot a bit of relief.
00:23:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:23:50
Jesse
Bear in mind that Andy Robertson is going to be ah suspended. um Well actually he served his suspension in in tonight's game. So he's now back for um Sunday's game.
00:23:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:02
Jesse
So already automatically that left hand side
00:24:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it's first.
00:24:05
Jesse
looks a lot stronger now in terms of personnel. um But yeah, I thought Gomez was solid and I think that he dealt with everything, um you know particularly in that first half that Southampton threw at him.
00:24:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, we'll talk about um the we'll talk about the Spurs match in a later episode here on ah Daily Liverpool, where we will probably have to discuss ah the key factor of who does play at left back at the moment. I thought Tim McCas had some worrying moments in the second half. Gomez as well, just fantastic in defending. Robertson been a little bit inconsistent recently.
00:24:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Been getting a lot of hate off the Liverpool fanbase. Not from me, I'll say that.
00:24:49
Jesse
Not for me either.
00:24:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah No, not just from Connor Norcott, basically.
00:24:50
Jesse
Not for anyone on the daily Liverpool. Not not on the daily Liverpool.
00:24:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Just... Well, well Connor. he he He's quite verbal about...
00:24:58
Jesse
He's very Connor under the bus here. and
00:25:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, no, I'm sure he would back it up as well. He see he dishes it out.
00:25:03
Jesse
yeah
00:25:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
He can take it. um And um one more player I'd like to discuss in the first half. I know we are overrunning here on the second part, um but I just want to get a quick word on Cody Gackpo because ah from the way that I saw Cody Gackpo, he has this sort of
00:25:18
Jesse
Mmm.
00:25:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
uh, habits of finding himself in space on the left-hand side, cutting inside, and sort of trying to shimmy across, see if he can find a midfielder, and it's just rinse and repeat. That's what it felt like today. oh Obviously, other days, um, especially in key matches earlier this season, notably against Manchester City and Real Madrid, he's got on the score sheet. Um, but he just played a sort of different role today, didn't he, Jesse?
00:25:49
Jesse
Yeah, no, look, I think that so um I think he's a really important player for us. And I think he's a really important player for on his slot. Because I think on that left hand side of the of the front three, he, him and Diaz offer something really different. As you said, Gackpo, he can tend to kind of cut inside a lot, and sometimes either ah play a midfielder through, or You know ah go for one of those in swinging crosses that he likes to ah Fire into the penalty area and then he got Diaz who will kind of run on the outside. So it does give us that Option and variety on the left left-hand side, but I thought he was again. I thought he was Solid. I thought he was probably The liveliest of our attackers in that first half
00:26:42
Jesse
um So I think him going off as well, you know, may you point to him starting against Spurs. um But so as you said, we'll talk about that in tomorrow's podcast. But I thought, overall, I thought he had a good game.
00:26:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely, and that's ah that's just the first half done, wouldn't you believe? 27 minutes in, with this is going to be a long podcast, but um were all the joys along the way that we will experience after this short break that we'll have, as you find out who we use to record our podcast.
00:27:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
How about that? We throw Connor Norcott under the bus and then we have him reading out an advert for us. ROOFELESS! Anyway, starting on the second half. We'll just get this out of the way. We looked a lot worse ah at the beginning of the second half especially.
00:28:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Southampton started throwing more players forward and they won the second half, you know, 1-0 in just the second 45 minutes. We'll talk about that goal now from Cameron Archer. We saw Tyler Morton go to right back and we saw Jarel Quanta remain at that sort of right centre back roll, Rotaro Endo to his left and then to the left of him a substitute Costas Timakas um And it was Archer who caused problems for Morton and Jarell Quonsa for that goal, cutting it off the left-hand side and bending it around them, sort of using them as a decoy and Kelleher couldn't reach it.
00:28:47
Jesse
Yeah.
00:28:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Do you think the defense was at fault or do you think it was just well taken? Because I personally thought that we could have done a lot more defensively.
00:28:58
Jesse
Yeah, I mean, well yeah it's it's both. I mean, once he eventually got his shot away, it was a good finish. But I think you saw the inexperience then of um two young players, Tyler Morton, Kwanzaa. Instead of kind of shepherding him out wide, they kind of showed him inside, which is I mean that's exactly what what an attacker wants, is to kind of cut in onto their favoured foot. And as you said, to use those defend defenders as a kind of um a decoy, just to kind of curl the ball around. so
00:29:36
Jesse
Yeah, definitely they they could have done and they should have done a lot better because it wasn't wasn't difficult. We're not talking about complicated defending air. We're talking about the basics about just kind of shepherding the attacker out wide.
00:29:51
Jesse
um So yeah, I mean, that was, um it was poor to see. And it just, it just gave the place a lift. It gave ah the home crowd something to really, really shout about and to get behind that team. And you just thought, okay, you know, there there could be, you know, they they could, you know, might have to batten down the hatches now. And and we did because then you have this huge monster called Onuachi coming on and just causing absolute mayhem.
00:30:24
Jesse
um I mean, I don't rate him as a player, he looks just absolutely, you know, two left feet, but it's just his sheer size just causes problems.
00:30:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, he is huge.
00:30:35
Jesse
um ah you know and and things you know towards the end of that second half you could see you know from around about kind of 75 minutes on it you know it started to get a bit ragged and we were kind of losing possession a lot and um but so we still had chances you know Kiesa had a really good um chance and you know he had a shot cleared off the line um and you know I'm sure Southampton fans will think that we might have got away with one uh towards the end with um with concert bringing out cylinders
00:31:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
we'll get into that a bit later. um Yeah, we'll definitely mention that a bit later on in the ah in this part, ah but we'll sort of work our way towards the end because it was a bit of a story that second half. Southampton came at us, we got back in, and we got to see Kiesa. And he had a very mixed bag performance.
00:31:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
uh it was strange uh because there were times where he just sort of looked really awkward and you know the way he positions himself is so different to how we've seen from Salah how we've seen from Elliot and it is different playing on the right hand side when you are right footed because it gives you less uh of an angle to cut in ah He had some nice touches. We saw that nutmeg which he just did unbelievably nicely. That was so smooth and rightfully so. He got some applause from the Southampton fans. ah What do you make of his second half?
00:32:03
Jesse
You know what, i I was okay with it because this guy has not played any football and slotters already mentioned that he didn't even even have a pre-season. And so his sharpness is, you know, it's just not there. And so he's got to play himself back into some kind of um fitness even before form.
00:32:30
Jesse
um So for me, I just see it as a, I just see this game as a game of pluses. um The fact that we could um get some ah injured players back, um the likes of, you know, Harvey Elliott, you know, Jota continues his return from injury and getting some
00:32:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
It almost felt like a bit of a friendly, didn't it? The sort of players that were playing.
00:32:52
Jesse
Yeah. i and And I think that's that's why you know you do have that kind of disjointed feel, um you know particularly to the to the second half, because you know you've just got you've got players at different levels of fitness and sharpness, some coming back from injuries, some coming back from suspension. I mean, Alexis McAllister has been suspended for two two games, a Champions League game, and then a Premier League game. And then there was one Premier League game called off in there. so hes you know it's kind of missed three games and at this level you can lose your sharpness quite quickly so it's really important for him to get minutes under under his belt but in terms of Kiesa um ah yeah look I thought he was okay uh I think there was he was unlucky not to score one I think he could have done a lot better with a a chance that it was um ah was it Harvey Elliott that set him up um
00:33:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Um, yes, yes, it was Harley, I think.
00:33:46
Jesse
where your side foot spied, yeah. um I just think he got his technique wrong there. I think as a right footed player, if you're going to use your side foot, i think it's going to be really difficult. I think you've just got to put your foot through it to get a bit of kind of reverse.
00:33:58
Jesse
um and on It was, yeah.
00:33:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think it was a poor miss though. Whatever way you look at it, it was a very poor miss because you're not that far out and you have to just get it on target.
00:34:02
Jesse
yeah yeah
00:34:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean there was there was the um yeah the left footer as you mentioned was just unbelievable but the poor miss in the first like sort of third of that second half was inexcusable for me.
00:34:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
And that sort of i mean that that can do a lot for a player's confidence missing from there. But yeah, as you the the left footer.
00:34:27
Jesse
yeah Yeah. But for me, it was excusable. louis It was excusable. i'm I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt. I'm going to say that it was 45 minutes under his belt. And I think that um second half of the season, I think we'll see.
00:34:41
Jesse
ah He puts those one away. He he puts that chance away. I think second half of the season. Watch this space.
00:34:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, let, let, yes, okay. I like, you I like your optimism. We need a, I mean, it's is strange that I'm not that optimistic after a win where we're into the semifinal. Um, Jota as well looked quite, um, quite threatening when he came on because he found himself in into, in a lot of battles, uh, in the Southampton box.
00:35:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
What did you think do you think that there was any chance where he could have got a goal?
00:35:09
Jesse
Yes.
00:35:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you think that him just being there was threatening enough?
00:35:17
Jesse
Yeah, absolutely. and And again, I think with Jota, I mean, you know, he scored at the weekend against Fulham, but, so you know, we forget that he's been out for a while as well now. And so, you know, he's not going to be at his sharpest right now. So again,
00:35:34
Jesse
for for slot I think it's just him getting minutes under his belt and getting just closer and closer to that match sharpness and that we know um that that that he's at his most dangerous when he's up and running and so um the one thing I will say about Jota which always concerns me is he's kind of his bravery and his um his willingness and his almost kind of enjoyment to get really kind of stuck into kind of physical challenges.
00:36:05
Jesse
And I'm just thinking, not always like that as well, but I'm just thinking, God, Giotto, please, you know, just stop it, because, you know, you've just come back from injury.
00:36:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Marnie was like that as well, wasn't he? Sadio.
00:36:13
Jesse
And yeah we just can't deal with another two months out. So
00:36:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:36:18
Jesse
But you know, look that's that's part of the player that he is and that's why he gets into the positions that he does um But so no, I think again positive for for jotter that he's he's got another game um Absolutely.
00:36:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean... and He's a handful, isn't he?
00:36:31
Jesse
Absolutely. There's no defender that wants to play against him
00:36:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely not. and We'll talk more of the Southampton ah side of things now. They were obviously bringing up the idea that maybe Qantas should have been sent off right at the end. However, ah we are sort of overlooking the incident between Harvey Elliott and Flynn Downs that was earlier in the second half when There were nowhere near the ball and they just decided to have a little fight in the middle of the pitch Looked a bit one-sided just by the sheer size difference ah Flynn Downs taking poor little Harvey Elliott five foot six and taking him by the scruff of the neck I feel like that could have been a red card as well ah Obviously, we don't know if anything was said um We don't know if they actually hurt each other but
00:37:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
it just it's not needed is it jesse if everyone should wear gum shields
00:37:24
Jesse
It's fine. It's a bit of, you know, a bit of argy-bargy. It's, ah you know, it's a Wednesday night. It's horrible weather. Let him get stuck in. As I said, look, you know, Endo's got his gum shield in.
00:37:37
Jesse
He's got the right mentality. I think everyone should wear gum shields and just just get on with it. Just get on with it. Just get on with it. So, no, nothing doing there.
00:37:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
anyway
00:37:48
Jesse
Although I do have to say, but You know forget red card um ah The talk about red card, you know is immaterial.
00:37:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:37:56
Jesse
I just think that I don't think we could have complained if um Southampton got something at the end for that Kwanzaa Can we call it a tackle?
00:37:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:38:06
Jesse
Can we what do we call it?
00:38:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, it was a tackle, but it I don't know if it was a football tackle.
00:38:10
Jesse
I don't know whether it was legal yet.
00:38:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was more like a rugby tackle.
00:38:12
Jesse
Yeah yeah
00:38:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Well, well, we'll talk
00:38:15
Jesse
and so you know and and um mean I suppose we have to mention the fact that no VAR.
00:38:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
No VAR, yes, and it was quite refreshing to see the corner flag, sorry, not corner flag.
00:38:23
Jesse
Wasn't it?
00:38:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, quite refreshing to see the offside flag go up so quickly.
00:38:28
Jesse
Yeah, when it should, yeah.
00:38:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was nice. It should, that's what I think with VAR, you know, if it's an obvious offside, just put your flag on, don't have the advantage, and that could risk an injury as well if the goalkeeper and forward come to a little collision.
00:38:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
But it was just nice to see the game flowing so quickly again, wasn't it?
00:38:45
Jesse
But how much less controversy?
00:38:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
And he was letting it...
00:38:47
Jesse
How much less controversy was there with no VM?
00:38:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:38:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah wow
00:38:51
Jesse
right even even no or even Even with the quanta tackle at the end. Yes, there were you know there were there were appeals, there were complaints, but it wasn't this thing that goes on for minutes and minutes.
00:39:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well... No, I don't think VAR would have even overturned that anyway.
00:39:05
Jesse
and the
00:39:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Maybe. It depends on the night as well, a bit as well. But it was nice because the referee was letting so much go as well. And that was really refreshing in itself.
00:39:19
Jesse
Might have been overturned if David Coutts was on VAR.
00:39:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:39:23
Jesse
That's what happened now,
00:39:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, they're obviously not. And ah we did get in contact with our friends over at Southampton. um And we asked Greg for his opinion on the Quonsa challenge right at the end. Here he is now.
00:40:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, there we go. Well, uh, maybe a little bit of controversy left and I just love You're a cruel man!
00:40:06
Jesse
can i I'm just going to drink some of ah Greg's tears here.
00:40:14
Jesse
I'll take back everything I said. I'll take back everything I said. It was never a foul.
00:40:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely not. No, you can keep crying. We're through to the semifinals in your own backyard. Anyway, i we we're almost done there. and There are just a couple more points I want to highlight and understand we have gone quite significantly over.
00:40:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
um James McConnell was another young midfielder who came on and he had a brilliant game.
00:40:42
Jesse
Yeah.
00:40:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Sort of really dictated the player midfield, played with plenty of maturity. Obviously he loves the league cup, played in the final last season against ah Chelsea. What did you think Jesse?
00:40:53
Jesse
I'm going to give him, oh, I'm going to give him a eight out of 10.
00:40:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Is that a player that you can rely on?
00:40:57
Jesse
And I'll tell you why I'm going to give him eight out of 10. It was six out of 10, uh, before he piled into one of those Southampton players and and got a yellow card. i I just thought there was a spectacular foul.
00:41:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
God, there are so many jewels all over the pitch today, weren't there?
00:41:10
Jesse
I thought fair play. Fair play to you. Just absolutely got stuck in and, you know, just got up and just walked away and just said, yeah, you know, um I'm playing for Liverpool and this is midfield and this is what you're gonna have to get through to get through our midfield so yeah ah you know again I just think that he showed a lot of confidence and um a lot of maturity and I think um he's another player just to to look out for and I suppose it touches on the point that you made earlier Louis in the sense that
00:41:41
Jesse
um there were a lot of complaints and you know maybe justifiably so start the season before the start of the season that we hadn't invested in the middle of the park um in that midfield area ah by buying in reinforcements. But when you look at the players that are at our disposal, um you know some of the younger players, you know that we maybe maybe that's why maybe that's why we haven't spent 70, 80 million pounds on ah bringing a player in.
00:42:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
And he's another one who's been at Liverpool, um not not quite as long as um the aforementioned Tyler Morton. ah He joined Liverpool from Sunderland's Under-15 Academy. ah So 14 years old, 15 years old, whatever he was. ah He's a Geordie and he joined Liverpool. He's made three appearances in the Premier League so far for us. So he has a little bit of experience, like we said earlier, in the League Cup final.
00:42:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
So he's confident and it's so strange that we just saw all of these players come up at the same time when we had that crisis and none of them look out of place. We are really spoiled ah for choice with our midfield options and our academy options that we have.
00:42:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
uh as well and I think that's just about all we have ah time for 43 minutes we've gone considerably over um but Liverpool in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup you fancy us to go all the way you know this is the part of the competition where we start playing our first team players as well we don't know who we're gonna get yet uh I don't know when the draw is probably after tomorrow night's match or it maybe it's already happened we've just missed it I don't know But what we do know for sure is Liverpool are in the last four of the Carabao Cup and we are the most successful team in that competition.
00:43:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hopefully we can bring it up ah home again once more. Thank you very much for Jesse for today. Really enjoyed the podcast, mate.
00:43:37
Jesse
Thanks, Lou.
00:43:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
And thank you very much. We'll see you tomorrow for the crossover.