Man United vs Liverpool 3-0 Interview Erik Ten Hag Ernie Slot Roy Keane Jimmy Carragher Analysis

well Eric obviously it's a a really disappointing day how and why do you think you were beaten today and and by such a convincing score line as well we make mistakes and they were very clinical um in finishing and they did very well did you actually feel like you'd made quite a good start to the game and then it seemed to become really open and it felt like Liverpool attackers were running at your Defenders time and again no I don't think so if I see all the chances we conceded I don't think that's what happened I think we make mistakes uh all the three goals are mistakes from from us individual erors and maybe about the last one you can debate where is our double six but all the others I think um yeah Liverpool the brilliant how they took over the turnover and how they finished was so good but it didn't and I saw the XD that wasn't that high so your opinion of the game would be three goals from AK sure but the the general play of the game was quite even is that your view of it no it's it's uh don't Accu this it's clear and deserve Inn Liverpool and we have to be humble we have to take this and then improve our game it was no surprise that casemiro came off at halim was it almost a a kindness to him to to take him off after such a difficult first half or you just thinking no this is what the team needs the last one one that is what the team needed you know when you are two no down against Liverpool they are so good in uh you have to take more risk it will be more open and so that is my assessment is logical when you are losing the game against Liverpool you have to take more risk and I have to give a compliment to the team and they they kept fighting they kept sticking together but the ground what you have to cover is is is bigger and then you bring a player as Toby Kia and he has big great legs he can com for the ground how did casemiro take the news at halftime for a player of that status to be taken up at halim it's quite a big thing did he accept the decision okay it's um you know the game he knows the game and and he will go on we will go on it's a great player and we will continue in the season to improve the team but also improve the players do you think he can come again I mean it's maybe not a nice question to ask but physically at 32 is there still more to give do you think he he improved of he showed so often that he's a great character and um yeah we all have seen but we all have seen great moments from him and be decisive for us in the Midfield and he will show it again I'm sure he will bounce back is the worry with today I don't know if you'd agree with this that it felt a lot like last season it was obviously a difficult League campaign last season but similar in terms of you conceded three goals and you conceded a lot of chances on your goal did it feel like last season I don't think you are right but you I just say I saw the XD how which we conceded we didn't concede so many goals and no I don't have the feeling that we are in the same pattern because uh I didn't see it we I think it was some sometimes open but we took risk and I think I have seen cool things but I don't want to talk about this after a defeat from trino against Liverpool well done Liverpool uh all the compliments we have to be humble and we have to improve our team I know you just said you don't want to talk about it but there did feel like a bit of positivity going into today particularly what You' done in the transfer window couple of performances know you lost at Brighton but does does this sort of take away that feeling of positivity is that the worry that it sort of sets the tone no not for me I know many games to play and I know where we will be in the end of the season and many games many leagues and we will go for trophies and uh that will that will stand I was interesed to hear you say in the week that you feel like it's you know beginning I think you said beginning of a of a life cycle still a team in transition it's obviously start of your third year now how long will this transition take Eric do you think but in the two years we took two prices and also in the end of this season we will see where we are and yeah but still we have to um fresh up the dressing room and we bring new players in today first start of mat first start of Joshua shik um we still some players not available first start also in this season for kacho yeah the opponent is probably a little bit further in U certain areas but we will catch up and we will come back so while we all focus on the result you see good things behind the result I don't want to talk about what's today about good things it's clear we lost three know we have to take this and now we have to um stand here a week's wages used to be welcome Jamie carer and Gary nille I'm sure we'll get into the different emotions of that game we'll get into United perspective as well before we leave you but we'll have a look through the goals as a starting point uh we'll we'll revisit the first goal scored by by Lis Diaz and there was a theme which we discussed with Anna slot guys and that was Manchester United losing possession and the way that Liverpool capitalized by leaving those white players high at the pitch yeah I mean you talk about Liverpool in this fixure last season that's what they didn't do they didn't capitalize on these situations so it's still the same manager more often not it's the same players for Manchester United so we're seeing the same things talk about players behind the ball the rest defense the fullbacks are really high and when you look at the Players they've got there casemiro and to be as Fair as well not the quickest and actually Diaz he does really well there because soos lies just in front of him there was talk of maybe a hand ball as well but the fact I thought when the cross came in initially I mean it's brilliant from moal I mean if that was on his left foot we say it was a great cross but doing that on his right foot and soosai does well and Diaz does even better to make sure he finds the back of the net you have to give credit to gra bir on that goal as well cuz he won it back and also played the past to cah Gary about this one but the these this isn't this isn't sort of like um you know High pressing or brilliant defensive work Manchester United's in possession play in those deep areas was absolutely terrible when they lose but it's when they lose it it's where the fullback is it a setup issue is it a setup issue where that Central Midfield player that that deep pivot is getting the ball there are no options for they're not Dave they're individual errors they're individual errors that basically are terrible areas you know when we played at United me and Danny would go forward and leave our two center backs on the ball and with Roy Keane and all Paul SKS and if they give the ball away we'd been a bit of trouble but they didn't do it that often would High Gary he wouldn't be that high from that position I don't think so not to two of you do you have sympathy then with casemiro and also kobby Mayu in in what when they're receiving the ball what's in front of them well not sympathy because at this level they expected they expect to do to do better but it still shouldn't be as simple as when there's one mistake like that when you're 40 50 that one pass some reason on goal I don't think it should be as simple as that but it is we saw it a few weeks ago we see it again with this one and again they've got to do better look at man he's listen he's had a brilliant few months he Los it there and look at this if you just stop it there I don't think that should ever happen once again the two fullbacks they not they're just coming back into the picture if you're a fullback you see on Midfield getting you should always be expecting to was going he might lose it here but the two of them are out of the picture right I'm not sure honestly cuz as the ball used to travel in to you all gos it I'd be flying on the side i' I'd be trusting I'd be trusting not when he's got not when he's not when he's got his back to play if if I'm facing up the pitch and I expect you to be running of course but he's still not in proper control to Dad that's what You' say to your teammate unless you see your mate in control of it so you think it's a setup problem Roy a bit a bit of everything yeah I just think if you're fullback you pass it in you should as a Defender we always say expect the worst expect your May to lose it but they're running back in they're on the outside looking in they should be back inside and then if you see you're made in a good position you go listen I can run onto it that's what I think I mean it goes on listen there's a lot to get into will get into it I mean that so bad from the goalkeeper I mean that was awful to let that goal in but I'm gave the eyes but go back to what your mentioning Dave in terms of what's the plan when they get the ball if you like now I don't think there really is one I think it's a bit like individual player a Midfield player does something good then he'll finds a nice pass in three games under an ni slot I can see two or three things with the Midfield players like for instance today mallister they've got a patter of play going where when it comes to me he goes One Touch he done it three times today that's something that you know you've worked on there was one the one where I said I think in commentary where they play a couple of passes then he get into salah's feet you can see that after three games I don't think there's anything and we're already into the third year of tag that I go that's what they do in that situation and that's why I think they have problems when they're in Midfield you look up and it's a bit like anybody could be in any position making any different run and remember last year United how many home G how many home games did United do last year and we were here a couple of weeks ago and if Fulham were a little bit better they would have punished man united but the fact is today so United are making the same mistake from last year they' done it so far to see even at Brighton it was a bit a game of you know who's going to win it you could lose it whatever and you know they playing that way and again when they do give it away and they make mistakes which is going to happen cuz teams are going to do the homework like Lio said look Lads if we win it high up the pitch and we press them the manager said he says we know there are two fullbacks up the pitch we're going to have we're going to have an extra body an extra and when you have that quality to go with it you will be punished we we'll hear from Eric tenh har shortly Daniel do you think there's anything different about Liverpool then on once they were winning back possession compared to previous season I mean Jamie did a big piece of analysis on Monday Night Football about the moment being a bit too hell to Skelter when they were charging through on goal Liverpool yeah last season oh yeah I think this year there's a there's a calmness there I would say I think that they have ways to get into positions now um but I think it's the new message in and I think just the players have kind of grasped it players are in positions Now subers lies in the hole is able to to you know affect the game higher up the pitch um like I said just the the way that they're breaking teams down and playing through they've got ways to play through now before it was maybe rotations with Trent coming in Midfield so on and so forth but for me when I talk about man united I actually think you need defensive midfielders or someone who's very defensiv minded to player 4 four in my opinion or four it looked like 424 at times so if you're leaving two guys in there they obviously have to have an immense capacity to run and also defensive minded which is why obviously they sign duat it's clear it's clear to see do you think a Gary would make the difference who get into positions now um but I think it's the new message in and I think just the players have kind of grasp it players are in positions now subers lizing the hole is able to to you know affect the game higher up the pitch um like I said just the the way that they're breaking teams down and playing through they've got ways to play through now before it was maybe rotations with Trent coming in Midfield someone and so forth but for me when I talk about man united I actually think you need defensive Midfield fielders or someone who's very defensive minded to play a 44 in my opinion or four it looked like 424 at times so if you're leaving two guys in there they obviously have to have an immense capacity to run and also defensive minded which is why obviously they signed ugat it's clear it's clear to see do you think aat Gary would make the difference would have made the difference today playing in that position I don't know where I mean that players can make individual errors like casemiro did for the first goal narti may give a ball away like that at times whether that would lead to a goal or not I don't know the difference for Liverpool for me and why they scored those goals is that last time what we saw a lot of was maybe Nunes on the ball GPO not at his best Diaz the ball fell to Mo Salah mosal is a different level than any of the players that are playing out on that pitch today he's a different level and he's absolutely world class so for me the reason sometimes it can look a bit frantic for Liverpool is when it ends up with maybe Diaz or ends up with Nunes or ends up with GPO and they can look a little bit sort of like unorthodox and a little bit raw whereas Salah gets the ball in those two areas and he's just perfect and precise that was the difference Jim he did say to us SM I know you weren't you weren't here at that time he did say to us this is my last season at Liverpool he said I haven't heard from the club well there is a positive out today this is my last appearance at Old Trafford but it almost sounded a little bit like he didn't sound like not and Dave stop trying to instigate so he's over there trying to instigate some he said what he said look you answer it but look I I personally I don't know man I mean I we've just been speaking on the podcast and I actually I think most Sal is obsessed a little bit like Ronaldo in in scoring records appearance and Records longevity in the game and I I think for most of us you think when you get to 35 you're sort of done in football I think the way that lad looks after him what you're going to do in the future and more often than off for most players when you get into your mid-30s you can't you can't do what you've done before he might be different now that's where I think the argument will be of course Liverpool want to keep him and V of Van D but it would probably be about wages they still on the same wage that they're at because in the next next two or three years will be the same player so that that's the debate that we'll be having but I'll be very surprised if Mo Salah isn't playing for Liverpool next season because I think he'll want to Blitz every record in the club's history you agree I mean I do I feel feel so why you having to go at me for I feel saying saying he said he's going to he wants to leave and I'm saying I don't believe what you said that he's it's his last game at Manchester unit that's what he said yeah but what I'm saying is I don't believe that in his mind he wants to leave the club I don't believe that I believe he's saying look show me the money baby that's what I think he said that's what I think he said but he will have great options won't he the options he will have and that would be tempting for him well what you you say that right I agree you on a free transfer who wouldn't want Mo Salah but I just think in the Premier League now was so strong and that you if you if you're in the top four in the Premier League and you're in the Champions League The Following season you probably got a decent chance of getting to the quarter semis who else has we all say Real Madrid or Barcelona Barcelona are not the force that they've been in they've got huge final Cal problems Real Madrid we nowh a level above anyone would they bring him most salar he's got abroad before hasn't he so his experience going abroad before and again sometimes family decisions lifestyle listen whatever we say whether we like it or not the money does come into it and he certainly be getting offered more money than might be what Liverpool could afford to give him so all that has to go in the mix but when he was here he's he was quite chirpy and quite happy as he would be after a good result and he just come the end of the season fancy just a new challenge Jam that's all it is of course leaving Liverpool would be difficult for him no doubt about it it's sharp in everyone's Minds cuz he been so brilliant today cuz he's got this season on fire three goals three assists and Daniel was obviously suggesting that he was leaving but I team maybe he just wants to get that consistency so all of a sudden he can get his points across even better than he normally would but it's very consistent so far keep keep praising Anor slot Michael cuz he's joining us live he came in at the right time there there we go the Liverpool suppor is still inside the ground you can hear them singing the name of their new manager very well done how pleasing was that all around for you today yeah very pleasing I think we saw all the things you want to see there were difficult moments in the game for us we started I think United were very aggressive in the start we came through that then we had a goal dis outed we came through that so we were mentally really strong today and with the ball I think uh we saw an excellent performance as well did you expect it to be that control today you really had control of the game yeah you hope for it of course um expect is not the right word I think I said before the game to the players that there will be difficult moments today and then you have to fight yourself through so till now with I switch and brenford we only had the positives and then that you work hard okay that I can understand but I want to see how it is if it's tough and there were tough moments today and I think we constantly saw how aggressive we were how how much we ran without the ball and uh deserves win I think Hy congratulations I was just wondering the three goals that that Liverpool scored today all from pressure that you cause mistakes in the Midfield was that a specific Target from you to today or is that just how you like your team play winning the ball in Midfield and breaking quick yeah I think the way Liverpool likes to play in general and and and and and I'm the same like this so we want to press high as high as we can uh we know with the type of players we have because they can run very good but if they arrive in a jeel they're really strong uh so the three midfields we have with Maka with d and with Ryan they can run and they can arrive in a jeel and um and they ke and they kept running so we won the ball back a few times but I think the first goal we scored which was disallowed which came not from a pressing situation my football hard would have loved that goal to count unfortunately it didn't yeah an congratulations again I think your first 11 are very strong but also we would just set two rows back and we see the subs walk past uh sorry warming up and think that is such a strong Squad that's going to be a tough part of your job this year to try and keep all them players happy yeah I think it's impossible to keep a player happy if he's not playing uh but uh they now go to the international team play two games come back I think in 21 days we play seven games so the the schedule is crazy so you need these amount of players the good thing for us that they're all fit so that's why you see them as well um but yeah it's it's always I I also saw some some players in the dressing room they were happy but in a different way than the ones that that played of course yeah and apart from the goals and the wins three consecutive clean sheets yet to concede and you said about that Foundation to go and play how pleasing is that pleasing although in the second half we needed Allison two times uh which is normal if you play United away that that that you sometimes need your goalkeeper but in an ideal situation uh he's only there to play out from the back but we needed him two times and in those moments the United listen you know what you can try and dress it up a little bit but United was shocking really shocking um every time Li Liverpool went forward they looked like they were going to score one or two passes they're in on the United's back four obviously couple of big well certainly a couple of big mistakes from an experienced player did a mistake as well at the SAT the second half 3-0 um yeah not good you know there's a lot been a lot of good P off for United the last few months about plans for the stadium blah blah blah but today in a big game against Liverpool is just I'm just just really disappointed that United didn't turn up and uh I just think playing for what what playing for Man what should it be about the the I'm always surprised when the game's over after 50 or 60 minutes when you're playing for Man United I know you can have an off day and you can have bad days but for the game to be over after an hour it's it's it's hard to hard to accept 3-0 after 56 minutes and mosella had so much to do with that today two assists for him the goal as well Mo you come congratulations I mean your he's left his shoes behind the dazzling boots are in the dressing room congratulations be careful I don't step on your foot there intentionally talk us through that then what emotions are going in that Liverpool dressing room right now after that demolition of Manchester United it's a great result you know everybody know thatby is like very important for the city for the fans so also the manager like first game for him in in here so we're so happy for the result and yeah we need to just carry on if you want to fight for the league you have to win each game and that's a big game so I'm I'm glad that we managed to win it there was something similar in a way about all three goals that came from Liverpool winning back possession pretty high up the pitch was that a key part of the game plan here this afternoon I managed to be involved in three so I'm happy about that uh yeah I think the man like us to press High and um they did couple of mistakes and we managed to use them so yeah it was part of the plan and when you do win the ball back moving it so quickly now we've seen that from Liverpool before but is this different the Precision that we're seeing in these Liverpool attacks it's not quite not not not a big different because was your first a few years were always like this we try to get the ball as high as possible then with the time we manag to to change our system or the way that we play uh but yeah it's quite similar then like like 7 years ago but yeah I think a manager has his own system and we all try to adapt to that a you got to talk to me about your summer you've come back bro you're smiling ear to ear you got a new trim listen what's the vibe man what what was the summer for you you've come back you're flying you're sharp three goals three assists tell me about it bro honestly I just uh um I had a good summer I had a long time to just to stay with myself and try to think positive because as you know this is my last year in in the club um I just want to enjoy it and just uh I don't want to think about it uh but just like I feel I'm free to play football and we'll see what's going to happen next year can I ask you something the second half are you surprised about how easy it was did it seem like an easy game well you scored three goals you could have scored five six goals the chances you missed to be fair I I was surprised because the game was open and we knew that after first half they losing they are two n down so they're going to come and just try to play M marker and just run behind us in the whole pitch but um it's I'm agree with you I was a little bit surprised because the game could finish five or six but um still it's tough team but today it wasn't their day and bro against man united you always seem to do something whether it be a goal whether it be an assist today last seven here seven games in a row you did the assist and I know you I know you yo I need a goal yeah to be fair I just um like I was in in in halftime I managed to give two assists and just like it's my time to score I want to score I love to score um this is something I really love to do and as much as I score on the team winning that's the most important thing well if you don't know his name is Mo scor go he loves scoring goals what else is change mode with this manager uh it's been a brilliant start for him it's quite tricky to say but I think uh everybody now like also before we had like we have voran for seven years so it's kind of you get like in Comfort Zone somehow he's always tried to he was always trying to push us outside our comfort zone but you know when you are with a manager for 7 years somehow you get into the comfort zone but with a new manager he come with his style and he just want everybody to adapt and he had a few meeting with the senior group and just like he told them look you need to to set an example for the for the young players and yeah you need to work hard and yeah I think we his team well and hopefully we carry on like that and if this is your last season as you say this could be your last time ever playing here yeah to be I was coming to the game I said look it could be a last time nobody in the CL talked to me yet about contract so I just like okay I played my last season see the end of season you miss this place there won't you my second I don't know was wit Club but so far yeah my last game here was Liverpool well look we hope that it's not you know I hope uh it's not up to me but nobody talk to me about the from the club but we will see we wish you well Mo yes all smiles from the Liverpool dressing room and more reactions are coming and you can understand why and we were at IP switch on the opening day uh for mat Day live uh we both covered the game against brenford last week and we both said well this will be interesting today could you have envisaged that going that well for Liverpool no I mean it's been perfect hasn't it right the way from from the start of the Season okay it's only three games but we looked at the results there 2-0 2 N 3 3-0 not conceding anything you know not conceding hardly any chances Allison's made one or two saves there today but when you come to Old Trafford you expect your goalkeeper to have to put in a really good performance they only had one or two saves um they've looked very efficient very effective um and their players their attacking players are still scoring goals you know when you try to change it slightly to be a little bit more structured and a little bit safer then sometimes you can lose that edge up front but they look as as rampant as they've always done and I think what put into perspective when where we were sitting we saw Nunes and gakpo warm up in front of us and come on Ki was sitting behind us and Liverpool have six when they're fit forwards going for three places I was just exactly what I was thinking of when you see the squad the first 11 was brilliant and probably that was probably their easiest game out the three they bad um and then we saw the subs warm up Go pass I thought wow this is a proper Squad of players and he's I think he's been quite fortunate to walk into that of course he's got to put his own stamp on it and I'm sure he will we've seen the first three games they've looked defensively better although they they can see a couple of chances I think xer had a couple of chance where he could have scored the keeper did make a save but on the whole it's a real dominant performance from Liverpool we talk about the six forwards they've got they've also got five brilliant Midfield players you think of Curtis Jones who's not here today rvel who can come into that but I think he really likes anony if you know in the game it didn't change N3 it was all the forwards it was a right back it was a left back so there's a real about that Liverpool Squad they could really challenge for for that title this year you know what you think that even three games in yeah three games in yeah well look at before the ball have been kicked I thought Arsenal might be there year to give City a real goal and possibly go on to win it but after watching the first three games I I think Liverpool could go past Arsenal and they were up there for a long long part of the season last year they only fell away the last few games but if they keep that Squad together they keep the majority of that fit I think that's a team that can challenge s without a without a Shad of a doubt what do you think I agree I think Pep Guardiola if you asked him now who's your biggest danger he'd be a tossup with you know I think Seas yeah I think at the start of the Season he might have said might have said arsal because you know what you're going to get same manager same players they've added one or two you knew what you're going to get there was a little bit of what's going to happen at at Liverpool new manager you know is it going to be a totally new style are they going to take a while to adapt all these questions of course the one good thing for Liverpool's point of view as they kept the squad you know there was hardly any outgoings okay no incom as well hardly but it was a it was still a structured and he was walking into a squad that's absolutely in the guts of their careers you know all the big players are are the absolute you know peak of their powers so but there were questions but having seen three G I don't want to get ahead of myself but after three games you look at that and think wow it's going to take a special team to stop them they you know they've just swatted Manchester United aside that team for Manchester United Okay he didn't play well in it but Liverpool didn't let them play well it wasn't an injury ravage team at all or it was a good Manchester United Team on paper that was minimum of f SWAT to decide yeah you'd have to say apart from oand that's United strong luk sha Luke Shaw yeah maybe yo but not far away it's not yeah yo as well a young kid would really not sure what we're going to what we're going to get with them and no I think the back five could be okay but I still think in front of that we we are going to be show you see the area the pitch three goals today were three Mistakes by Midfield Midfield players really and again the attacking third was just nowhere near the likes of what we've seen today from Liverpool Marcus rashford is his confidence is shut to Pieces when he should be taking people and he's turning back and it's it's not like him gacho's still young we still got to give him time and obviously the young lad settle settle in he's going to take a bit of time I think the biggest thing I noticed from from being pitch side and actually looking at the Players the look fitter they look more athletic but they also have more quality I think that was a concern I think the likes of Manu might take a bit of time to get going I thought Bruno Fernandez looks a bit sluggish so obviously KN game hasn't played and that was that was a big thing that struck me now we're only ear in the season but there are things that would worry are the team working hard enough behind the scenes to be as fit as they should be they just didn't look fit enough well they've had that many injuries and it must be playing in their mind as well mustn't they they've had so many injuries over the last couple of Seasons under under ten har and that's that's another problem and then if you start second guessing yourself should we train should we should we go a little bit easier but you know no such problems for Li Michael was going to say as well they keep bringing Center off off now if you've got a center half you can't get through again that's a big concern mean that tells me they're not fit enough straight from the off you only to bring Center Center back four should always stay together really you might bring the odd right back off here and there if you're resting people but two Center should be there for the full game and it's been the first three games and they changed Center back how can a center back not be fitting enough I know and and I wouldn't mind but that was a problem position that there's so many you mentioned before the games how many different Partnerships they've had so you'd think there'd be one area that they'd want to to work to to keep quite stable and let's get it right center halfes you look at all the stats all the numbers they do less running than anybody on the pitch by the goalkeeper so it's not like it's a a huge that's what I'm saying they should be there for 19 minutes if I'm sure they can I don't know I don't know why he just keeps chopping and changing I mean no you can have your excuse of the Euros can't you say it takes a little bit of time to get going of course it is but Liverpool have players are as well other teams have got players there you don't see them struggling I said to Michael right at the start that's three games now he's just made that one alteration uh Quanza and canate and he's had a real settled look about it hasn't he yeah and I do like that obviously the games will start coming thick and fast so it'll be really interesting to see how he uses his Squad however at the moment you know it looks like he's just you know where where would maybe because he he's lipo Manchester United 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