Gabby Logan Meets Jurgen Klopp MOTD: The Premier League Show

Welcome to the Premier League Show.

This week we are at Melwood,

Liverpool's state-of-the-art

training ground for a sneak peak

behind the scenes at a top four

Premier League club.

Despite defeat to Manchester United

last weekend, Liverpool sit

comfortably in fourth place

in the table and have a Champions

League quarter-final to look forward

to in what is turning out to be

a fine season under Jurgen Klopp.

We will hear from the manager very

shortly, as well as...

The goalkeeper, Loris Karius.

Also, coming up...

Dion Dublin has been at Brighton

talking to Glenn Murray,

as the Seagulls edge closer

to survival in their first

Premier League season.

Rhys James is back casting his eye

over the weekend's social media.

We'll look at all the big stories

from the last seven days.

As soon as you coming from the

training the players have individual

vitamin and mineral concoctions and

a lot has changed in the two and a

half years since Jurgen Klopp

replace Brendan Rodgers, arriving

after a hugely successful spell at

Borussia Dortmund in Germany and the

man who promised high-intensity,

heavy metal football is delivering.

Jurgen Klopp in just one word...

Enthusiastic.

Charismatic. I love

him, amazing. Delighted that he is

at Liverpool.

Wonderful.

Unbelievable. There is no better

manager in the world for Liverpool.

Maybe Pep Guardiola body doesn't

have the personality of Jurgen.

LAUGHTER

He is a magician.

I would love him

to death if he was my manager at

work. He means business.

He fully

understands Liverpool.

It is a

Liverpool family.

He understands

football and the fans.

We are

getting value for money.

He can take

us right back onto that Perch.

Fantastic football. Exhilarating,

forward pressing, beautiful.

Like a

centipede. We were Fast and Furious

in the late 70s and early 80s and it

feels like that.

They are able to

release the artform. There are some

exceptions! I described this as

gorgeous. Just beautiful play. I had

to stop myself swirling!

More

exciting to watch these days than

for a long time. You cannot take

them all away. And he will keep us

at the top for a long time. Second.

I think there is where we should

finish.

Second is achievable. This

season? Coming back with a shiny new

trophy.

Dynasty 's are built on

solid management and that is within

the boardroom but also at the pitch

level and I would like to think he

is going to stay for a very long

time.

I would die a happy man if he

did.

did.

Sorry, I am very impatient!

Thank you so much for having us. We

have had a great day so far. Have a

seat. Brilliant looking behind the

scenes.

scenes. Some personal things up but

not much? No pressure! You have to

look back to the history and the

legacy, her face is outside.

Really?

That is a big one! Wow! That was not

my idea!

The atmosphere around here

is so full of joy, everybody is so

happy and wobbly and I would imagine

you are binding into work every day,

are you always jolly?

No! You should

have seen me on Saturday night,

sitting at home after defeat at

Manchester. That was not a good

moment, to be honest, it was really

hard. Really disappointed that you

feel, for me, it was so unfair. If

we get the penalties then it is one

of the biggest comebacks, Liverpool

and Man United. Of all time. Because

the referee decided not to give

that, we lost, that changed

everything and you sit at home and

feel rubbish or you put your arms

up. The next day, back to training

and business.

In the canteen,

everybody sits together? There is no

demarcation?

Social democracy? One

of the first things I did, the first

meeting with a full squad, I brought

in all of the people working at

Melwood and they made them walk

through the press room to the

meeting room and 80 people, that

took quite a while! I asked the

boys, do you know the names of these

people?

They are working for us. It

is a fine balance of controlling

what people are doing in the most

positive way without making them

feel like they have no autonomy?

Yes! The best advice is yourself, if

somebody constantly tells you what

to do, you think, please shut up!

You create situations where it is

easy to use the high quality we

offer. That is one of these things.

The money is so ridiculous in

football and the figures are so

ridiculous, you have a player here

apparently with 168 macro and

pounds!

Am I allowed to eat in the

same...?

His price has gone up by

120 million in just one year, you

ignore those figures?

These rooms

are not usually for the public. Part

of the deal in football is what

happens behind the doors. It is much

easier because usually nobody is

allowed to come to training, with

public training sessions we could

see everything. People think, what

are they doing to have that big car?

It is a normal man, 99 by 9%

complete, completely normal. They

are in that situation but the

pressure is like hell.

This is

Jurgen Klopp's team after 2.5 years,

this feels like Jim?

And it was my

team on Saturday! Of course, these

are my boys, this is my club.

This

period of time, the European final,

the top four in the Premier League

pushing for that high position.

Champions League football,

quarterfinal coming up. If you stood

back in October 2015, is that what

you wanted?

No. In the final, it

makes sense to win it. If we won one

of these finals, it would have

helped because we have improved a

lot.

A few departments. Are you a

little bit below where you wanted to

be?

Because we lost the final but

that is football and the only thing

I am really responsible for is the

performance, what do we do in any

specific moment? That is what I

usually think about, apart from the

result, so the goals are important

but it is important what you do

because that is what you build on.

If you get the result, only because

of luck, you cannot build on that

and the next time giving, we need

the same luck! You must think about

the important things, but in the

end, people are only interested in

results.

You are the perfect fit, it

would seem, in terms of the fans,

they love you. You have talked to

the fans of other clubs, there is a

little bit of envy in terms of,

would you want Jurgen Klopp? Of

course! Everybody does! Just last

week we asked a United fan and is

this that every other club wants a

little bit of something and baby

Eddie Izzard joy of playing this

game everybody loves.

Football is a

game and if you don't enjoy it, do

not play it, the results are

important because it keeps the

business going. That is how it is.

But what we do, it is very expensive

so if he earned the money from

specific tournaments, the Champions

League, but those 90 minutes is just

a game.

When you look at other

Premier League managers in the top

six, and sometimes they look very

tense, they sometimes...

I look very

tense, grinding my teeth!

tense, grinding my teeth!

Is another

side that perhaps the public does

not see?

The public knows my face

when it is angry because it happens

so often. One of the most important

skills is dealing with pressure and

I know from myself, 50 years, I have

a lot of pressure on my shoulders

and I have learned to deal with

that. While? I ignore the public, I

am not interested... If you walk

through a City and everybody thinks,

what is he thinking about? What is

he thinking about? You don't know

these people. Most of the people, I

don't know and I am not interested

in their opinion. I am responsible

for my family, 100%, and for my

club.

The rest... I am sorry. I was

lucky enough in the World Cup to

travel over Germany, you cannot name

any City I have not been to. And it

became clear that as nations, we are

so close. Absolutely.

Only the

language between us. Even the count

of partying... I invited all the

people here. Except, we start at

seven. Only the Germans were there.

And they came and they were half

kissed already. I thought they had

forgotten to come!

Living here, as

you have, signing the contract that

takes you well into the next

decade... You see the long-term

future with this club. Can you see

yourself being here for as long as

Arsene Wenger and Alex Ferguson?

No

chance! I respect Arsene Wenger and

Sir Alex Ferguson a lot, I love what

they did for football. But the game

changed a lot, these things changed

a lot. The first 15 years, from

these guys, that was like a holiday

compared to the last 15 years. The

social media thing and so on. I do

not read that. It has influence from

all sides, things I don't really

understand and I am 50 and I feel

young in all things of life but I am

too old for this!

If you could

guarantee that you will not be here

in 20 years, well?

Then I would be

70!

I can guarantee that! Bobby

Robson with Newcastle and the

quarterfinal of the Champions

League!

We should not be drawing

this picture for all of the

Liverpool fans! Having to deal with

me for the next 20 years!

Stay

positive! Thank you so much for

today.

We have had such a great

time.

You can stay if you want! You

have things to do. Great to meet

you!

In their inaugural Premier League

season, Brighton and Hove Albion

have exceeded expectations

and currently sit just outside

the top half of the table.

Key to their success has been

the form of 34-year-old

striker Glenn Murray.

He's been talking to Dion Dublin.

Nice to see you! Ten minutes late!

That is going to be a fine! Start at

the start, what a season for the

club?

It is going well. The job is

still not done, we must pick up more

points in the Premier League but we

have the bonus that clash at

Manchester in the quarterfinals of

the FA Cup. It is fantastic, if

anybody had given us the scenario at

the start of the season, 34 points

with eight games remaining and the

quarterfinal, we would have snapped

their arms off.

When you came into

the Premier League, what was your

first thought? What do we have to

do? Survival? Middle of the table?

We actually did sit down and have a

big meeting about this and there was

a split camp! It was. People said

they wanted to better the best

finish by a newly promoted club. For

me, for most of the squad, it was

17th and above, maintain our place

to build on.

You are beside the sea,

you must enjoy this?

Beautiful! I do

like it down here. I got married to

a Brighton lady. I am stuck here. It

is funny because the first time I

came to the club somebody said you

will end up living here, no way! I

will go back up north! And I have

stayed. Let's chat about the club.

COMMENTATOR:

Glenn Murray scores

again. Murray's header. Brilliant

finish. And Murray is into double

figures for Premier League goals

this season.

Let's talk goals

because you are 34?

Yes.

Looking

well, by the way I must say!

Thank

you.

You have scored goals at every

level. You are now, what I would

consider to be, playing in the best

league in the world. You are still

scoring goals. What is that down to?

That's down to my supply line. Gross

a good link between each other and a

good understanding. I think we've

been given a little bit more of a

license to attack since the turn of

the year.

And the players in the

squad that haven't had Premier

League experience, is it down to you

as a senior and the other seenors

that have tasted it before to, sort

of, steer them in the right

direction?

I think that there is a

certain case of that, but I think

for them individually to find their

feet. I think it's sort of of a self

belief thing. We just needed to

believe in yourselves a little bit

more. We were wary of ourselves

going into the open day. That wasn't

easy, Manchester City on the open

opening day. It was like a

merry-go-round.

COMMENTATOR:

It will be a long city.

Manchester City have shown today

title winning pedigree.

You started

at nonleague football?

Yes.

Where

did you start?

did you start?

Workington Reds.

America, Barrow and got my

opportunity at Carlisle.

How was the

American journey? How did you find

that?

That was really an excuse to

get out of real work! I could play

football for a living. It went

really well. I lived on the beach. I

played football. It was nice and

warm every day. I suppose I learned

my trade a little bit.

Did you

always say to yourself or always

think - I'm good enough to get to

where I need to get, which is the

promised land of the Premier League?

No, I didn't, actually. No.

No

belief in yourself?

I think I lacked

it a little bit as a younger man.

It's tough down the lower leagues. I

would often over think things. When

I had children I think my game got

beat better because I had something

to take me away from football, stop

thinking about it. On a Saturday

morning before a game I'd like to

get out, take the dog for a walk,

whatever, do something with the kids

and not think about the game. When I

sit and dwell on the game, it's not

a good thing.

You have got better

through your career?

I think I

understand my attributes better and

know how to play to my strengths

more now than what I did as a

youngster. Yeah, I think some would

argue who have watched me that it's

the best football I have In two

years played.

Time where would you

like to be?

Playing at this level in

some sort of capacity. Obviously,

that could be more of a role like

Peter Crouch now. More coming off

the bench to emhad his team out. I'd

like to think I could still be at

this level at that age.

OK. Is it

quite a nice feeling that at your

age you are thinking - I must be

doing something right to even get in

the conversation that people are

talking about an England squad for a

World Cup?

I think a little bit of

regret as well that I didn't get

here earlier. In general I would

have liked to get to the top level a

little bit sooner than what I did. I

think I was 30 years old before I

played here.

For now you're on fire,

you're doing great.

Thanks very

much.

Keep it up.

Will do.

Brighton

take on Manchester United in the FA

quarter-finals that takes place on

Saturday along with Spurs against

Swansea.

On Sunday, Wigan face Southampton

at 1.30pm and Leicester

entertain Chelsea at 4.30pm.

You can see both of those games back

to back, live on BBC One.

It's been an eventful seven days

in the Premier League,

here's your weekly round-up...

COMMENTATOR:

Outstanding

performance. Exactly. A good header

from Lukaku. Rashford in behind

Alexander-Arnold. Great goals.

Baines. Now it's time for Tosun.

2-0. Jordan Ayew in and hurt by his

own challenge. What is the verdict?

Red card. Jordan Ayew back to his

feet to see red. Shelvey. Ritchie

certainly is, 3-0. Southampton, it's

becoming a day of misery and plenty

of questions.

You still think that

you are the man who can keep

Southampton in the Premier League? I

am the Southampton manager right

now.

COMMENTATOR:

Mahrez looking for

Vardy. It drops for Jamie Vardy.

What a goal that is.

Barnes on the in. That's the pass.

Here's Barnes. What a strike. What a

goal.

Here's Barnes. What a strike. What a

goal. Burnley lead. Oh, we've got a

supporter on the pitch here. This is

where you need security. They need

to do their jobs. There are a

handful of supporters making their

way towards the director's box. To

say they look angry is an under

statement. This is turning ugly.

Ugly.

Willian the dummy, Eden Hazard,

Zappacosta. It's 2-0. Crystal Palace

all over the job.

Mkhitaryan running

at the defence. It's in. Eriksen for

Kane. The flag is up.

Alex Kane just

colliding with the goalkeeper there

as he struck the ball. Harry Kane

heads down the tunnel.

Dele Alli.

Back to Son. Son delivers on

Mother's Day.

Sterling in behind the

full-back. Pull it is back fordy

Silva. He made it look so easy.

Float into the box. Silva, this

could be two. Of course it is. The

goal of the night for David Silva.

Manchester United at home, you must

be thinking that could be the day.

I

understand that. The important thing

is to be champion not where.

Manuel

Pellegrini has been sacked after one

win in 17 league games. The ninth

Premier League boss to lose his job

this season.

Mark Hughes is in talk

with Southampton to become their

next manager.

I think it's about

coming in and maybe being that

different voice that different

message from myself and the staff.

The objective clearly is to remain

in the league. Make sure that we are

a Premier League club next year.

We have come indoors and Loris

Karius has joined us. What does it

feel like to hear the manager tell

you that you are number one?

It's a

good feeling. But you cannot rest on

it. So it doesn't really matter.

It's good to have the manager's

trust, but in this sport you have to

perform every week especially at

this husband club, at a really high

tloefl stay there. There's nothing I

can rest on. It's a good feeling and

helps me push on.

When you are

training day in and day out with

Mignolet and you know that you are

going for the same shirt, how does

that relationship work?

We work

together every day. There's nothing

really I have against him. I don't

think he has anything against me.

It's professional we push each other

to get the best out of us. We have a

good group of the goalkeeping

coachle together, I think. There's

nothing really.

When you weren't in

that shirt, week in, week out, it

wasn't your position. What was the

manager doing and saying to you? He

seems like he's a good communicator

with players? Did he have

conversations with you?

It's not

easy, especially when you are a

young player and you want to play.

You learn from it. You have to focus

on training. Listen to what the

people say around you. So, yeah.

I

can imagine him getting angry

because he's got an emotional kind

of range. Not being angry for too

long.

Yeah, I think that's one of

his strengths that he can be really,

really mad at you and then the next

you come in in training again and

it's on zero again. It's forgotten.

There you go again. That's I think a

strength of him to just let it all

out, but then not really think about

it again in the future. Just let it

go. He's really passion knit nat.

When we score fantastic goals he

also becomes a fan and wants to

celebrate with us in that moment. So

that just comes out of him, like all

the emotions. That's just his

character. So it's good that he

doesn't try to hide anything and

just shows how he really is.

What is

happening at this club right now,

obviously a really good position in

the league at the moment, Champions

League quarter-final coming up.

Everybody seems very upbeat, very

happy. You feel like this is a good

place to be at the moment?

It is if

you play good. So everyone says we

are in a good moment. If you lose

one game you are in a bad moment.

It's pretty much a final every

weekend now, but in the dressing

room and in the club it's great

people. We are one unit. That is why

everyone is in a good mood.

Do you

see hole locally how important this

football club is. Is that an asset

for you? Is it something you can

feed of or at times is it a pressure

filled environment?

The whole city

is crazy about football. I think

they live for the football. If you

go out in the centre, walk around,

you can hardly walk. Everyone

recognises you. Everyone loves

Liverpool and great to have so much

support everywhere in the world.

Thank you so much and good luck for

the season. Thank you.

Thank you.

media, and here's a few

things he spotted...

The trend of children making posters

to beg for their favourite player

shirt took a turn for the Des ter

per rate this week as one

Huddersfield fan went from my here

owe owe to anyone will do. With the

success of banners like this it

can't be long before kids turn up to

matches with signs that say "please

can I have your wages or Firmino can

I have your dentist's number." After

a Manchester United win over

Liverpool being which drove some

fans into a spitting rage, Pogba

interrupted Jose Mourinho post-match

interview. With speculation of their

relationship being on the rocks good

to see them looking happy to seech

see each other. That hope was

snatched away as Pogba did the same

thing with Jurgen Klopp. Hef likes

shaking hands he should join Spurs.

Spurs beat Bournemouth 4-1. The

ballboy tried to run down the clock.

A classic bit of Bournemouth ballboy

bounce. The BBB. He got a telling

off and a yellow card. As if Mike

Dean thinks that rule applies to

anyone but players. Troy Deeney

proved that anything you say in

football will 100% come back to bite

you on the butt. Having been vocal

about Arsenal a couple of months ago

he missed a penalty against them.

This video was riposted.

I can't see

what he's doing.

Adding the comment,

"looks like you couldn't see today

either." The sass you would expect

with someone with hair like that.

With the FA Cup quarter-finals

taking place this weekend,

there's a reduced Premier League

fixture list, with just four games

taking place on Saturday.

At 3pm, Bournemouth entertain

bottom club West Brom,

whilst Crystal Palace

travel to Huddersfield.

Sam Allardyce's Everton visit Stoke

and at teatime our hosts, Liverpool,

welcome Watford to Anfield.

That's all for this week.

A huge thank you to Jurgen Klopp

and Liverpool for their hospitality.

Don't forget, if you've missed

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And whatever football

is taking place this weekend,

we'll have it covered

here on the BBC.

Goodbye.