0:00:38 > 0:00:41Welcome back to the Premier League Show.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43After our winter break, we'll be with you every Thursday night
0:00:43 > 0:00:45from now until the end of the season.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48And we resume here at Old Trafford, where on Saturday lunchtime
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Manchester United take on Liverpool as the two most successful clubs
0:00:51 > 0:00:53in English football go head-to-head.
0:00:53 > 0:00:5535 miles separate the two cities and it's a rivalry
0:00:55 > 0:00:57with a deep, deep history.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00There's that and more on tonight's show.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Actor Christopher Eccleston takes a look at why these north-west
0:01:03 > 0:01:04near neighbours just don't get along.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07We hear from a Manchester boy in the south -
0:01:07 > 0:01:08Arsenal's Danny Welbeck.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Justin Moorhouse revisits his pre-season predictions.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14Comedian Rhys James casts his eye over the weekend's social media.
0:01:14 > 0:01:20And we'll have all of the action from the last seven days.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22So why is there such an emnity between these two
0:01:22 > 0:01:24northern powerhouses?
0:01:24 > 0:01:30We asked one of Our Friends in the North to dig a bit deeper.
0:01:36 > 0:01:43Some people don't like each other. Nothing personal.They just don't.I
0:01:43 > 0:01:47was brought up to hate them. It is really nice that people can unite
0:01:47 > 0:01:53with hatred.Hate is a strong word but true! Take Manchester United and
0:01:53 > 0:01:57Liverpool. The rivalry goes back so long and so deep rooted with the
0:01:57 > 0:02:04cities even before you mention football.I was born a Liverpool fan
0:02:04 > 0:02:08through and through. The other side of my family were blue but it was
0:02:08 > 0:02:13Man United, he did not even acknowledge them.It is ingrained
0:02:13 > 0:02:17and you are told as a kid, you're not supposed to like this club! You
0:02:17 > 0:02:21don't know why but this is part of the history and it is one of the
0:02:21 > 0:02:26biggest rivalries in world football. Two clubs from two cities
0:02:26 > 0:02:32practically next door.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36practically next door.Not much neighbourliness knocking about. With
0:02:36 > 0:02:41domestic football there is no other feeling as a United fan than to Tate
0:02:41 > 0:02:46Liverpool and vice versa, they have Everton and we have Man City but
0:02:46 > 0:02:48those clashes create something that is unique in terms of rivalry with
0:02:48 > 0:02:55any other club.Everton Liverpool is a big game but not in comparison.
0:02:55 > 0:03:01Danny Murphy for Liverpool! I have travelled all over the world with
0:03:01 > 0:03:09football and I have been in Kenya, on a boat in the Maldives. And I
0:03:09 > 0:03:12have had the most unusual characters talk to me about Manchester United
0:03:12 > 0:03:18and remember the goals and where they were. One of my best goals was
0:03:18 > 0:03:22the winner at Goodison Park, into the corner as no one has ever asked
0:03:22 > 0:03:27me about that!Anywhere! It began with a canal, Liverpool had the
0:03:27 > 0:03:34board and Manchester had the industry.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39industry. They took the ball home and built the Manchester Ship Canal.
0:03:39 > 0:03:46Liverpool were mercantile, they had the port and Manchester City was
0:03:46 > 0:03:49cotton.Manchester believed they were getting turned over by
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Liverpool, they felt the Liverpool merchants were charging too much for
0:03:52 > 0:03:56transportation of the goods they generated.You had the Liverpool
0:03:56 > 0:04:02gentleman and the Manchester minor and when they built the ship Canal
0:04:02 > 0:04:05it got easier and there was a stronger civic rivalry that
0:04:05 > 0:04:10developed.Football few world the fight, first Shankly building the
0:04:10 > 0:04:20red machine to the soundtrack of mercy bid.
0:04:20 > 0:04:26mercy bid.We thought we were able to cope with any test.Being a
0:04:26 > 0:04:30Liverpool fan growing up I quickly realised the enormity of it by going
0:04:30 > 0:04:33to the games and feeling the intensity and passion of the
0:04:33 > 0:04:38supporters.As a player it means more because of the history
0:04:38 > 0:04:44involved. In your journey. As a supporter to a player which not many
0:04:44 > 0:04:48get to do.A lot of the match going man United fans would have grown up
0:04:48 > 0:04:52with those Liverpool teams in the 70s and 80s, annihilating everyone
0:04:52 > 0:04:59in their wake and winning every trophy, winning four European cups
0:04:59 > 0:05:04in the space of seven years.Then Fergie threatened to knock Liverpool
0:05:04 > 0:05:07off that Perch. And he did.
0:05:12 > 0:05:18That is a moment Old Trafford has been waiting for.Liverpool in the
0:05:18 > 0:05:2470s and 80s were the most dominant in England and then in the 90s, Man
0:05:24 > 0:05:29United started dominating English football.For the fans growing up,
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Liverpool with the most successful team in England and I am in my 30s
0:05:33 > 0:05:38and they cannot say that, we took it from them.It was pretty calm during
0:05:38 > 0:05:42the week with Sir Alex but when it was a quarter to three before going
0:05:42 > 0:05:46out, he was on the money, you could tell that this was a game he wanted
0:05:46 > 0:05:53to win. United were mad for it. We always thought we were the dominant
0:05:53 > 0:06:02team, Liverpool used to be. Man United, that rivalry was settled.
0:06:02 > 0:06:07Manchester United take back Old Trafford.Be honest, they were
0:06:07 > 0:06:11better than ours and we were trying to achieve what they were achieving,
0:06:11 > 0:06:17we wanted to beat them to get to them. They were setting yardstick,
0:06:17 > 0:06:20United, fantastic. Winning everything and we wanted to compete
0:06:20 > 0:06:26with them.Both teams have been quite successful and that was always
0:06:26 > 0:06:29the case of trying to get one over on each other so in that respect it
0:06:29 > 0:06:38is almost a way of showing respect. That sort of hatred.Definitely a
0:06:38 > 0:06:43rivalry that I enjoyed playing in. Paul Ince's first match as captain
0:06:43 > 0:06:46takes place on the ground with a championship hopes finally
0:06:46 > 0:06:51disappeared last season.I never would have gone from Man United to
0:06:51 > 0:06:58Liverpool. I went from Man United to Inter Milan and then Liverpool. That
0:06:58 > 0:07:05doesn't matter? It does. The last player to do that was in the 60s and
0:07:05 > 0:07:10the Liverpool fans were fantastic, they accepted me.They took me in
0:07:10 > 0:07:17and supported me. Paul Ince!Yes! Scoring against his old club! When I
0:07:17 > 0:07:22scored against Man United in front of the crowd, all of those emotions
0:07:22 > 0:07:27came out of me and with the Freddie situation, big-time Charlie, having
0:07:27 > 0:07:35to face him. I went mad!Kicking the ball and all that stuff. Never mind
0:07:35 > 0:07:40Bluenosers and noisy neighbours. This is the game.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Depending on the result, the red side of the City of course will get
0:07:49 > 0:07:55the win and everyone is buzzing, if we lose, as Liverpool fans we are
0:07:55 > 0:07:58realistic. People take the Mickey out of us, banging on about history
0:07:58 > 0:08:04but we are proud of that.Despite the cockiness and bravado each set
0:08:04 > 0:08:11of fans gives out, when you speak to individuals, they are wrecking it.
0:08:11 > 0:08:16Individually, so pessimistic before a game with the rivals because there
0:08:16 > 0:08:19is that, we cannot bear to lose. These are the real giants of English
0:08:19 > 0:08:24football. These games are about the players, the manager can talk about
0:08:24 > 0:08:28tactics and everything, but it is about the players and performing on
0:08:28 > 0:08:33that day.Sometimes on Liverpool United game, it lets you down as
0:08:33 > 0:08:38anaesthetic because it means so much and the result is more important
0:08:38 > 0:08:43than the performance.You cannot freeze.You have to look tough. My
0:08:43 > 0:08:48first experience playing there, my memory was being sick the whole time
0:08:48 > 0:08:53and money moron, knocking on the door, are you all right? Yes! I am
0:08:53 > 0:09:00five! The whole occasion and nervous energy, it just took its toll.There
0:09:00 > 0:09:05is something about Liverpool United that is fundamentally real. You can
0:09:05 > 0:09:14take any game and call it Super Sunday or tremendous Tuesday or. But
0:09:14 > 0:09:19Liverpool versus United, it doesn't need any hype or added promotion.
0:09:19 > 0:09:25That is why it matters people around the world.Here we go again.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29Manchester United versus Liverpool. The biggest game in club football.
0:09:29 > 0:09:34Bar none.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36We have now moved inside Hotel Football, just next door
0:09:36 > 0:09:39to Old Trafford and I'm delighted to be joined by Manchester's
0:09:39 > 0:09:41very own Liam Fray, lead singer of the Courteeners,
0:09:41 > 0:09:43and a native of Merseyside, Leon Osman.
0:09:43 > 0:09:51Former Everton legend. Still?I don't think I was ever one of them!
0:09:51 > 0:09:56These cities have got this enduring rivalry and this incredible love
0:09:56 > 0:10:02hate relationship, is it? Where do you think it stems from?We have to
0:10:02 > 0:10:07be careful because we do a lot of tickets in Liverpool! It is love
0:10:07 > 0:10:17hate. It probably stems from, with us, we dominated the 90s, they
0:10:17 > 0:10:22dominated the 90s and I always see them as that cousin but never leaves
0:10:22 > 0:10:28you alone on Christmas Day. It is bragging rights in work, but it is
0:10:28 > 0:10:36worse. Tinged with fondness? I would say so. A lot of United fans will
0:10:36 > 0:10:46lynch me for that. I don't know... Fondness? I would say respect.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Liverpool and Man United respect what each other have achieved.In
0:10:49 > 0:10:54terms of the cities, both clubs, no fondness but there are similarities
0:10:54 > 0:11:00with the working class culture is. Based on industrial revolution? And
0:11:00 > 0:11:06music is important.Fashion. Many similarities? There are and he
0:11:06 > 0:11:13mentioned a few of them. But the drive is both cities want to be the
0:11:13 > 0:11:19best, they want to be the best team in the City, the best team in the
0:11:19 > 0:11:23north-west and the best in the North of England and then England. There
0:11:23 > 0:11:26is always that drive and there is real competition between Liverpool
0:11:26 > 0:11:31and Man United.Growing up and you came here regularly, you were a ball
0:11:31 > 0:11:37boy. When Liverpool started to get more success and you had success
0:11:37 > 0:11:41early in Europe, winning the Champions League, did that and you
0:11:41 > 0:11:46as a Man United fan?Did you enjoyed their style? You don't have to be a
0:11:46 > 0:11:50Man United fan to be annoyed by that!It is weird. If you saw
0:11:50 > 0:11:55another interesting doing well, Spurs, if Spurs got to the final,
0:11:55 > 0:12:02you might want them to do well. Liverpool? No. The way it goes.And
0:12:02 > 0:12:08your music has become synonymous with the club lately. When you come
0:12:08 > 0:12:13to the matches do you set, but the cheap seats, there are no cheap
0:12:13 > 0:12:17seats here, do you sit with the Regular Season ticket holders?
0:12:17 > 0:12:22Everywhere, don't get me wrong, drinking champagne! If you get the
0:12:22 > 0:12:30invite! It is still surreal when you hear it, still goose bumps, still
0:12:30 > 0:12:36like a ten-year-old, this is amazing!It is weird. We will talk
0:12:36 > 0:12:37more about that later on.
0:12:37 > 0:12:44Here's what's been happening over the last seven days.
0:12:50 > 0:12:57Headed in! Sam Allardyce, I do not think he can quite believe the way
0:12:57 > 0:13:05his team has allowed this to happen. It goes in! Four goals for the first
0:13:05 > 0:13:08time in the Premier League this season for the Welsh side. What an
0:13:08 > 0:13:13afternoon!
0:13:14 > 0:13:20afternoon!He lost out to Will Hughes. Troy Deeney! Onside! 1-0,
0:13:20 > 0:13:26Watford! Troy Deeney for Watford. And desolation for West Bromwich
0:13:26 > 0:13:37Albion.Oxlade-Chamberlain can open things up. And there is the girl! --
0:13:37 > 0:13:47the goal.Murray is in the middle. It is 2-0! That is an absolute gift
0:13:47 > 0:13:55from Arsenal! And Arsene Wenger cannot believe what he is watching.
0:13:55 > 0:14:03David Silva. Bernardo Silva and that is the goal, straightaway. Seconds
0:14:03 > 0:14:10into the second half. Double Silva celebration for the team that will
0:14:10 > 0:14:17end up with goal at the end of the season.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21season. Christian Benteke. The penalty area, his right boot,
0:14:21 > 0:14:30Townsend! Andros Townsend!
0:14:31 > 0:14:41Townsend! Andros Townsend!Into the penalty area! 2-0 Crystal Palace!
0:14:41 > 0:14:47Good ball in, Smalling's header, it is one goal back. Sanchez, he
0:14:47 > 0:14:54shoots, into the air, the crossbar! Lukaku! He tries again... It goes
0:14:54 > 0:15:07in!Back to Paul Pogba. He shoots! My word! Winning goal in stoppage
0:15:07 > 0:15:13time from the Man U Matic. An absolute screamer! What a way to win
0:15:13 > 0:15:19the game 3-2.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26That was some comeback at Salas Park. I felt a bit the palace, they
0:15:26 > 0:15:30were 13th in the lead. But what a comeback from United.This is the
0:15:30 > 0:15:34first time I had seen that, there was some real intent.Some attacking
0:15:34 > 0:15:41endeavour.Yeah, and we have been lacking a bit this season.I was
0:15:41 > 0:15:45going to talk about style and what has been happening at Everton this
0:15:45 > 0:15:50season and there seems to be some expectation of some style, some kind
0:15:50 > 0:15:53of attack when Sam Allardyce was brought in to keep the club in the
0:15:53 > 0:15:59Premier League and now the plans are looking for more, it would seem.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03Yes, Everton football club expecting results but also performances. Sam
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Allardyce was brought in to keep the club in the Premier League. He got
0:16:06 > 0:16:11the team away from trouble, it seemed, so quickly that I think
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Moore was then expected to start bringing that brand of football to
0:16:14 > 0:16:20make sure there was a lot for the fans to buy into, attacking prowess,
0:16:20 > 0:16:27you know? The real determination to go out and score goals at real tempo
0:16:27 > 0:16:31and at the moment, the team haven't shown that and have started to drift
0:16:31 > 0:16:35back to what relegation.He is clearly a manager who does a certain
0:16:35 > 0:16:38job, he has done it a few times at different clubs and every time when
0:16:38 > 0:16:42he has done the job, the club seems to want him to metamorphose eyes
0:16:42 > 0:16:48into something else, which he isn't going to do at this stage.When you
0:16:48 > 0:16:51employ Sam Allardyce, you know what you're going to get, a manager who
0:16:51 > 0:16:55keeps your team in the Premier League but will do it anyway he
0:16:55 > 0:16:58knows how and that isn't necessarily with a brand of free-flowing
0:16:58 > 0:17:03football that fans want to see week in, week out.At the other end of
0:17:03 > 0:17:06the spectrum, you kind of know what you will get with Jose Mourinho,
0:17:06 > 0:17:11which may well be trophies but they will be won in a certain way and
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Manchester United fans almost seem surprised that when he arrived.I
0:17:14 > 0:17:20guess so and you have to remember how bad it got at the Sir Alex left.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23I think there are high expectations at any football club, you always
0:17:23 > 0:17:30want to win, you expect to win.But with style?You always say yes but
0:17:30 > 0:17:34if the style is in there, you still want to win. Do you care how you
0:17:34 > 0:17:39stay up as long as you stay up? It is when those expectations change
0:17:39 > 0:17:47and if they are not met...If you are continuing to get results and
0:17:47 > 0:17:51get wins, the style becomes less important. It Sam Allardyce was
0:17:51 > 0:17:54continuing to win games, they certainly wouldn't be under the
0:17:54 > 0:17:58microscope now and Jose Mourinho is at the top of the league and has
0:17:58 > 0:18:02continued to winning games.The flip side is that style also buys you a
0:18:02 > 0:18:07bit of time. You look at Jurgen Klopp and the Quaresma that he
0:18:07 > 0:18:12exudes around the club and the style of football they play -- the
0:18:12 > 0:18:16Quaresma. The blips, he seems to have ridden them really well. Would
0:18:16 > 0:18:22you like him here?I don't know, we were talking earlier about I don't
0:18:22 > 0:18:27know if you would want to finish third in the league and the winning
0:18:27 > 0:18:334-3, or finish second in the league with a string of 1-0s.You are
0:18:33 > 0:18:37saying Jurgen Klopp is under less pressure but he is not as high up in
0:18:37 > 0:18:42the league as Manchester United and yet Jose Mourinho is under more
0:18:42 > 0:18:45pressure for performances. Speaker it is a bigger club, though, isn't
0:18:45 > 0:18:46it!
0:18:46 > 0:18:49That's not all that happened in the Premier League this week.
0:18:49 > 0:18:55Here's a few things that Rhys James spotted.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Hello, I am Rhys James. The finger out campaign picked up pace this
0:18:58 > 0:19:01week as Arsenal lost to
0:19:01 > 0:19:03out campaign picked up pace this week as Arsenal lost to relegation
0:19:03 > 0:19:11threatened Brighton. At a cheque took to Twitter and said... -- Peter
0:19:14 > 0:19:19that was parried
0:19:19 > 0:19:21that was parried the problem and it went in on the rebound. Arsene
0:19:21 > 0:19:27Wenger had a strange idea about trousers. If you take the trousers
0:19:27 > 0:19:30of commutator while completely, if you find assured, you have to put it
0:19:30 > 0:19:35on again and have to get dressed again.If you have the trousers
0:19:35 > 0:19:43on... What is it talking about? Substitutions? Is Iwobi trousers?
0:19:43 > 0:19:48Also, Benjamin Mendy dispels some propaganda on the Manchester City
0:19:48 > 0:19:54Twitter in which he said the Manchester derby was a realistic
0:19:54 > 0:19:59return. He responded with... Essentially saying, shut up, Mum,
0:19:59 > 0:20:02you idiot, I didn't say I was well enough to go back to school yet and
0:20:02 > 0:20:07happy Mother's Day. Elsewhere, the Wembley curse may be long dead plus
0:20:07 > 0:20:11birds but there still seems to be some witchcraft going on. Referee
0:20:11 > 0:20:16Mike Jones was injured in the warm up -- may be long dead for Spurs.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Mike Jones was injured in the warm up -- may be long dead for Spurs.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22Any referees were asked to make themselves known to a steward. It is
0:20:22 > 0:20:26not Sunday league, you can't just get one of the dads to run the line
0:20:26 > 0:20:33when your bloke on 15 quid in our doesn't turn up. If you pick a Spurs
0:20:33 > 0:20:33fan, Dele Alli
0:20:33 > 0:20:34doesn't turn up. If you pick a Spurs fan, Dele Alli will win 100
0:20:34 > 0:20:39penalties. In other news, Maratha proved that no matter the media, no
0:20:39 > 0:20:45matter the context, he still can't hit a target from sick Schaars --
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Alvaro Morata proved.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50The action gets underway this coming weekend
0:20:50 > 0:20:52with Liverpool's visit to Old Trafford.
0:20:52 > 0:20:53There's a massive game at the bottom as Swansea take
0:20:53 > 0:20:54on Huddersfield at three o'clock,
0:20:54 > 0:20:55on Huddersfield at three o'clock,
0:20:55 > 0:20:57while Alan Pardew reportedly has West Brom's game
0:20:57 > 0:21:00against Leicester to save his job.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Sunday sees both north London clubs in action,
0:21:02 > 0:21:04including fourth-placed Spurs' visit to Bournemouth
0:21:04 > 0:21:06And on Monday night, can Manchester City stretch their lead
0:21:06 > 0:21:08any further as they travel to troubled Stoke?
0:21:08 > 0:21:10So it's Arsenal against Watford on Sunday,
0:21:10 > 0:21:12with the Gunners in desperate need of a win
0:21:12 > 0:21:13after three successive Premier League defeats.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Striker Danny Welbeck, formerly of this parish,
0:21:16 > 0:21:24has been talking to Juliette Ferrington.
0:21:27 > 0:21:32Arsene Wenger cannot believe what he is watching here. A very, very bad
0:21:32 > 0:21:36week for Arsenal just got worse.
0:21:36 > 0:21:36is watching here. A very, very bad week for Arsenal just got worse.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39There is an area disappointment in and around the camp and we know this
0:21:39 > 0:21:43is such a massive club and we should be doing much better than we are at
0:21:43 > 0:21:46the moment, so there is a bitter disappointment there and it kind of
0:21:46 > 0:21:49gives us the chance where we can stand and fight and make sure that
0:21:49 > 0:21:55we can put it right in the future games.What is that self belief like
0:21:55 > 0:22:00right now?I believe that together we are stronger as a unit and we
0:22:00 > 0:22:04know that, we are good players, so going into the games, if we stand
0:22:04 > 0:22:08and fight and match players in every single area of the pitch, we know
0:22:08 > 0:22:12our quality will shine through.We all have seen the manager is the
0:22:12 > 0:22:16target of anger and abuse, how have you dealt with that?You go through
0:22:16 > 0:22:19difficult moments in life and it is how you respond to it, how you come
0:22:19 > 0:22:22out the other side and I think obviously everybody goes through a
0:22:22 > 0:22:29rough patch and at this time, we know, us as players, the club, the
0:22:29 > 0:22:32staff, everybody is hurting and it is something we want to put right.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36We want to turn these results around and put Arsenal football club where
0:22:36 > 0:22:41it should be.You have worked for Sir Alex, you have worked under
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Arsene Wenger. What comparison do you have between the two, two
0:22:44 > 0:22:49managers with such great longevity in the game?They have both got a
0:22:49 > 0:22:52lot of experience, obviously, and they have both won plenty of
0:22:52 > 0:22:58trophies between themselves in their respective ways. Obviously, the two
0:22:58 > 0:23:05managers are a bit different in certain aspects of their ways, but
0:23:05 > 0:23:06it has
0:23:06 > 0:23:09produced a success.You can see more of that interview on Football Focus
0:23:09 > 0:23:14on Saturday. When Danny Welbeck went down south, at that particular time,
0:23:14 > 0:23:20I guess, was there a feeling that we have lost a lot of connection here
0:23:20 > 0:23:26with the locality? Especially since The Class of 92?I think we felt we
0:23:26 > 0:23:29had lost connection with football in that period, so it was tough to see
0:23:29 > 0:23:34one of our home-grown players leaving. We don't know whether he
0:23:34 > 0:23:38was pushed, but I have a real soft spot for him and I think it is
0:23:38 > 0:23:42really important, you have got to play your best 11 players, you can't
0:23:42 > 0:23:48just put someone in the youth team in for the sake of it but it keeps a
0:23:48 > 0:23:53connection, I guess. Football is so far removed now from the kid on the
0:23:53 > 0:23:56street kicking a ball around that if somebody makes it into the team, it
0:23:56 > 0:24:04kind of keeps the dream alive, I guess and... That you could make it,
0:24:04 > 0:24:08and that is important to kids growing up in the area.It is the
0:24:08 > 0:24:16romance of being Batkid and you were that kid, Lyon.I suppose I was,
0:24:16 > 0:24:19coming through the team that I developed at the so many years and
0:24:19 > 0:24:22getting into the team but you have a connection through the fans and the
0:24:22 > 0:24:27family. My father would be getting phone calls every week or friends to
0:24:27 > 0:24:31limit the opinions of fans all their opinions, or somebody give me a kick
0:24:31 > 0:24:37in the backside in the street telling me to put pull my socks up
0:24:37 > 0:24:40and you are very approachable when you are a local lad coming through,
0:24:40 > 0:24:44and it is important I think to have at least one of those players in
0:24:44 > 0:24:47your first team.In this modern Premier League where players come
0:24:47 > 0:24:50from all over the world and they will go back to wherever they came
0:24:50 > 0:24:55from eventually, but that player stays and that is usually not macro
0:24:55 > 0:25:03for the rest of your life!You do, it means so much to you personally
0:25:03 > 0:25:06but you can also be the focal point for things when things go right but
0:25:06 > 0:25:11more importantly when things go wrong, the fans may direct
0:25:11 > 0:25:14frustrations at you, their grievances at you, because they know
0:25:14 > 0:25:20that you feel like they do.It makes you stronger in the long run.It
0:25:20 > 0:25:24does make you stronger, you certainly get more criticism but you
0:25:24 > 0:25:26suddenly become a better player when you retire because they appreciate
0:25:26 > 0:25:28how much you put into that club.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Way back in August - it seems so long ago now -
0:25:31 > 0:25:33we asked Justin Moorhouse for his top flight predictions.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36So have any of his forecasts made the right impression,
0:25:36 > 0:25:38or is it one giant sore point?
0:25:38 > 0:25:46Justin, over to you.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51# You can't always get what you want...
0:25:51 > 0:25:58Without a shadow of a doubt, United champions. Champions...
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Beware the idle predictions are people who know nothing about
0:26:01 > 0:26:07football back in August. Champions, what was I thinking? Scoff all you
0:26:07 > 0:26:12like at my predictions but I got the top six exactly right, just not
0:26:12 > 0:26:15necessarily in the right order. Manchester United, second, is it
0:26:15 > 0:26:19good enough this season? Let's see. And what about Liverpool? I did say
0:26:19 > 0:26:25if they lost Coutinho, it could be a flop under Jurgen Klopp but they
0:26:25 > 0:26:30have done better. Tottenham, despite all the praise, have underperformed
0:26:30 > 0:26:37surely by coming forth. Last season password champions, is fit good and
0:26:37 > 0:26:41Roman Abramovich? And Arsene Wenger is walking around waiting like a dog
0:26:41 > 0:26:45to live on the farm. Burnley, could it be you Roper the Turf Moor.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49Leicester reminded of a child star, you expect so much and they get
0:26:49 > 0:26:54uglier and no one is bothered. Brighton I had pegged the
0:26:54 > 0:26:59relegation, I put myself on the line. Comfortable mid-table.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Everton, Big Sam, has he been the ballast that settles the ship? Not
0:27:02 > 0:27:06so far, but what will happen so that the delayed next season?
0:27:06 > 0:27:12Bournemouth, I've predicted relegation. How have they survived
0:27:12 > 0:27:18without investment? Eddie Howe, that is how. Huddersfield town, 15th, I
0:27:18 > 0:27:22thought they might finish ten. I hoped they would survive, everyone
0:27:22 > 0:27:26does, everyone loves them, even when they beat you.It is a famous day,
0:27:26 > 0:27:33Huddersfield 2-1.Southampton, what has happened, I predicted eight,
0:27:33 > 0:27:37they are fighting relegation. Maybe it is because they sold their best
0:27:37 > 0:27:41players and played rubbish. 16th I said the Newcastle and that is where
0:27:41 > 0:27:46they are, 29 points. They can't be happy with that but I am, I finally
0:27:46 > 0:27:50got one right, exactly. In the heady days of summer I predicted the
0:27:50 > 0:27:53bottom three would be Brighton, Bournemouth and Swansea. But who is
0:27:53 > 0:27:59saved? Any three from ten can go down. But West Brom are surely West
0:27:59 > 0:28:03down. Pardew should get his FA Cup little touchline dance and dance his
0:28:03 > 0:28:05way to the Championship.
0:28:05 > 0:28:11Well, there is some way to go yet. What are you up to next Liam?We
0:28:11 > 0:28:15have a few gigs celebrating ten years since that first album, back
0:28:15 > 0:28:19in London and then it is a few festivals and then I think writing a
0:28:19 > 0:28:23new album.Hopefully you will be inspired by what you see on Saturday
0:28:23 > 0:28:26and as you have taken so well to life as a pundit, give us a
0:28:26 > 0:28:32prediction scoreline.Back hoping that we manage to deal with their
0:28:32 > 0:28:39pace and I think we might sneak 1-0. Do you disagree with that?I do, I
0:28:39 > 0:28:47do think Liverpool's counterattack, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah...
0:28:47 > 0:28:51Don't mention them!I think Liverpool will win 3-1.I don't want
0:28:51 > 0:28:57it to happen. You are getting on so well until then. Enjoy the weekend
0:28:57 > 0:29:00whatever happens and remember, we have all your football covered on
0:29:00 > 0:29:07the BBC. Until next time, goodbye.