25/08/2016 The Premier League Show

Welcome to the Premier League Show. Every week, we'll be looking into

the biggest stories and personalities in the Premier League.

Later, you'll hear Gary Lineker's fascinating interview with Liverpool

manager Jurgen Klopp and we'll do it here at the National Football Museum

in Manchester which is filled with relics and memorabilia of seasons

gone by. Where else would you find a giant Eric Cantona with the class of

92 at his feet? Or a rather large Michael Jackson statue salvaged from

Craven Cottage and what about Ian Wright, legend. Wow! Wrighty is not

a permanent exhibit here but will be on the show later to give us his

thoughts on Arsenal's stuttering start to the season. First, let's

catch up with all the news in the Premier League in the last week.

Ibrahimovic! Jose Mourinho has points in his

first competitive game in charge at Old Trafford.

On the turn clam a dream start for Burnley. It doesn't feel good. We'll

give everything to the cause. 2-0. The club is in crisis.

Costa's already been booked. And he may have caught it late on for

Chelsea for the second game running. Penalty! Sergio Aguero will be on

penalty-taking duty. And scores. Stunning goal-scoring form. Perfect

start for Pep. Put away by Antonio! West Ham's

first Premier League goal in their new home.

It's been 26 years since Liverpool last won the league title when the

trophy looked something like that. Jurgen Klopp's been entrusted with

bringing the glory days back to Anfield and the German revolution

started well before a stumble at Turf Moor and there is another tough

away trip to Spurs this weekend. Klopp wants to emulate Liverpool's

grandfathers and explained why to Gary Lineker at the start of the

season. I think he's been a breath of fresh

air for Liverpool. You look at the squad, the players that we've got

and they are not heroes yet because they haven't been there long enough

most of them. Klopp straightaway became a hero the Liverpool fans,

especially with his antics on the touchline, you know, he's passionate

through and through, which is what the Liverpool fans are looking for.

That's why we are up here now trying to get a glimpse. Only come to see

Klopp. Hi. Hey! Nice to meet you. Big

honour. For me! Thanks for taking the time out for us, it's very kind

of you. I have nothing to do! LAUGHTER.

Thank you very much, very kind. Going well? The weather's crap. It's

English! Yes. Good for training.

Got a map here? Yes, yes. That's quite specific German. That's not

German. No, England for German managers because I have absolutely

no idea. I know nearly all the clubs but no idea where they are, you tell

me Norwich is there, it's there, I would have believed, but now I know.

You know where Leicester is? Yes. Nottingham I know because of Robin

Hood. A few tricky ones. Tottenham Hotspur, you might struggle to find

that. Yes. I love this camera on my back, it's

really cool. I would like to see this 60 minutes. That's my camera!

LAUGHTER. That's exactly it. How would you

describe your football philosophy? I think it's not the smartest way, I

know. Success... That's how it is, but first of all, having memorable

games in a row, that's the way I started, people really want to see

the next game, you leave the stadium and can't wait for the next game.

That's what football should be. And if you can do this very often, you

will be successful. You like your football, it's almost a reflection

of your own personality isn't it? You are emotional on the side of the

pitch, I watch you, you're excitable? That's only one part of

me, to be honest, most of the time I'm not that emotional thank God,

but during the game something happen to me, I don't know, I'm 49 now, I

cannot exactly explain what it is, but if I would see another person

doing what I do, I would think, is he crazy? !

The crowd is not just the Kop any more, the whole crowd buzzes off

him. He only has to stop up and sometimes you watch him watching

instead of watching the football because you don't know what he's

going to do next. As a football player, you felt you were lower

league, but with your head you were Bundesliga. You were a thoughtful

player? It was frustrating, to be honest, because you cannot use that

as a player. I share those thoughts. Really? Come on? ! I don't know what

the English word for this is, but it's fishing for compliments. Yes.

But I wasn't. LAUGHTER.

It's very rare for coaches/managers to leave a football club and the

fans say these massive thank yous, like at Dortmund. That must mean a

lot. That's very rare in your business? If you want, it's one of

the few things in my life I'm something like proud of because I

think that's really important, as human beings. I said in the opening

press conference, it's not so important what the people think when

you come, it's much more important what they think when you leave.

That's when you need to be judged. You need to know it's not a waste of

time type of thing. Met a lot of players from Dortmund on holiday,

sat with them nice together and had nice talks about the past. What were

the highlights, the moments that you talked about with the Dortmund

players? OK, with these players now, we talk

about the highlights. Sometimes we need to be selfish.

How did you find the atmosphere at Anfield? Half an hour, it was the

best ever. Really? I felt nobody can stop. It was great. This is the

first time that the fans are mesmerized by what this fella can do

for us. Why do you think find ago good

atmosphere within a team is so elusive, so difficult for many?

We have 11, you know it, 11 can play at the beginning, you know it, if

you have 12, 13, the players know it's OK, it's not forever, the next

500 years, it's going to have them play at some point, they could

probably play next game maybe. If they asked me if they are going to

play, it would show a lack of respect for the game. Being involved

is important. On Monday it's not decided because I could change my

decision. The problems are a bit with the talk. The absolute truth

would be, you are not good enough. I don't want to say this. But it's

clear so you don't say it. The players ask why, what do I have to

change. That's a good talk. So OK, and then if you are not in, you

should be disappointed but not too much, come on, it's life and you

cannot remember the few games you didn't make in your career, so... I

was never left out, Jurgen. That's cool. No talent, no skills but never

left out, I love it! Looking at the Premier League, not

doing particularly well in European football generally, why do you think

that is? Too much football by any chance? For sure. Then the league is

for sure the most intense league in Europe. In Germany there was the

winter break, last year we had ten games then Germany started again. I

have a little bit of inside information which suggests we may be

getting a winter break some time soon, do you think that might be a

good thing? You can see it now. We spoke about it, not here, but you

saw the European Championship. Do you think that was one of the

reasons why England struggled? They really played good football. They

didn't score enough, that's right, then the game, you know, the whole

world will laugh, but that's not too cool. At the end, I never saw more

sign of one country completely behind the team and you hear only

good news from Iceland and the whole country is waiting and they all want

to go to France and waffle the game and one day before the English guys

hear about Brexit. That's not too nice for young people to understand.

They have to go for it and I'll be concentrating on the game. 500 phone

calls, what does it mean, blah blah blah, I know now a rot of the

players, they're really good boys, good attitude, want to work and have

talln't. But if you see deli Ali for example, what a season! What a

season! It was impressive. And then he was not 100%. Not because he

didn't want, he wants for sure. You were a proing iffal player, you know

that you need a little bit of luck, first of all you need fresh legs.

-- professional player. Has it lived up to expectation here? Do you think

I would extend my good contract if I'm not happy. Good point. It was so

easy to say yes. It was so easy. I said before, the club would have

found another manager, there are enough around. I would probably find

another club, there are enough clubs around. So it's not about having no

alternatives, it's about thinking, yes, that's it, let's do it. Then it

was around again, around the Brexit decision, so we think, England OK

what will happen and I really, I liked giving a sign that we are

still Europe, so whatever happens we are still Europe, I live here,

things might be different, especially what we eat, but we are

similar and I felt good at this moment and hopefully after six years

we will look back and think, it was no waste of time, it was good. After

six years... Still... Or longer, what would be your wish for yourself

and for look Football Club by that stage? My problem is I'm Christian,

so that's not my problem, the problem is I think other people can

have success too, it's not about me, but if you ask me about Liverpool, I

would like to celebrate in six years six times after each season

something, that would be great. Really celebrate, not for a small

thing, but really celebrate something. Driving on a big bus

through Liverpool celebrating with 600, 700,000 people. Yes. That would

be nice. I think top four this season would

be absolutely fantastic. I am old-fashioned, I want us to win it.

I want us to win the league, never mind the top four. No-one is where

we should be our number one is where we are going to be as far as am

concerned -- no-one. Some of the managerial legends of there. For me,

it is really important. I don't live in the past but it is like family,

father, grandfather, there is always a reason why you are here. This is

the grandfather, father of Liverpool FC and the reason we are here. Life

is so quick but it keeps you in the race, your experience. Experience is

what you have done in the past and so sometimes you can use the

experience of other people. If you emulate those two guys, you will

have done very well. We will leave you to it. Thank you, it was a big

pleasure. It was a great pleasure meeting you, good luck for the

season and beyond. He probably tells is everybody. Pep Guardiola, Ronald

Koeman... So, thank you very much! I wish you all well, from the bottom

of your heart! He is always so compelling to listen

to and neutrals love hearing from Jurgen Klopp and having that map in

his office is quite pertinent because Liverpool won't be back at

Anfield because of all the redevelopment until after the

international break, they have been on the road and will be until the

Leicester game. Do you think that might have had an impact on their

mixed start to the season? I don't think so. The start of the season,

you are always looking forward to the first game at home and the

longer Liverpool are not there, if they can pick up some results on the

road, the welcome they will get will be even better, so I don't think it

makes that much difference. The team I really want to talk about other

team they beat in the first game of the season, Arsenal, and their poor

start. What has gone wrong for you? You can say it has gone wrong,

seeing the City and United and Chelsea starting with two wins, it

puts pressure on Arsenal and the lack of activity in the market. A

lot of fans were looking forward to the signings they were supposedly

making, everybody is hiking prices up. It just feels a little bit same

issue. Starting the season with two inexperienced centre halves.

Liverpool can't take anything away from them, they played very well,

but when it went to 4-1, you can hear it, it wasn't a nice atmosphere

and at the end of the game, we heard exactly what they thought about it.

There is a lot of confusion had Arsenal. You have said things are

the same, they don't seem to have moved on, stumbling in the transfer

market and are there are a few players at also who might benefit

from moving their careers on? -- at Arsenal. I have mentioned that. I

feel sorry for: Chambers, when he came into Arsenal a few years back,

he started pretty well come got into the England setup and the some

reason, it hasn't happened for him. He may need to look to freshen

himself up, because what I have seen, he is a good player. He needs

to see if it is maybe time to move on for himself. How long is he going

to have to wait for a chance to get his career going? Is that Arsene

Wenger's job or the player 's job? When you see how ruthless some

players can be, Ferguson and Mourinho, and even Pep Guardiola,

coming in with Joe Hart. When something has to be done, bang, they

do it and sometimes, as horrible as it is, and the Manchester City fans

were magnificent, "Stand up if you love Joe Hart", but that is how

ruthless you have got to be. Was he more ruthless before, Arsene Wenger,

when you were there? When I was there, the plan that he had, the

players we saw come through to eventually become the invincible is,

you can't hold them back. -- the invincibles. After 30 years old,

there were players that he wasn't interested in giving more than a

year, because he knew what was coming and the pool he is fishing in

now, he hasn't got those resources anymore. Thierry Henry mentioned,

can we attract that player anymore? That is something we have to worry

about. People like Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, we don't want them to be

despondent about what we are doing because I wouldn't like to think

what would happen if they started to get itchy feet in respect of what

Arsenal are not achieving. Arsene Wenger has said this season, the

Premier League is like a world championship of managers. This City,

Manchester, has two of the greatest in the game. Where does Arsene

Wenger Rankin that and you think that despondency and level of

antipathy from fans is reflected in the fact that it feels like

everybody else is reflected in the fact that it feels like everybody

else's more exciting? That is the jealousy I have, there seems to be a

lot more excitement in other places compared to Arsenal, in respect

players and what is going on. Arsene Wenger, I think can sit in that room

with those guys. People will say he hasn't won a Champions League and

that is something that will, he will be accused of, but the same time,

what he has done not only for Arsenal but for English football,

the way he changed everything and his methods, I think he is somebody

that when he does eventually leave Arsenal... This is what the Arsenal

fans have to be careful with her disrespectfully they are treating

him at the moment -- without disrespectfully they are treating

him at the moment. At some stage, he will come back there and those same

fans will come up and say, you were brilliant, we love you, so let's be

a bit more respectful. OK, thank you. Arsenal have already lost

ground on title favourites Manchester City, who had an

impressive 4-1 win at the weekend against Stoke. The game was

memorable because of two refereeing decisions. Jermaine Jenas is taking

a look at a refereeing directive on holding in the box, which could have

a bearing on the season ahead. So we are two weeks into the season

and there is already a big talking point surrounding a new Premier

League directive. You saw last Saturday that holding in the penalty

area will be closely scrutinised by referees, with two penalties given

in these Stoke City game. Mike Dean has awarded a penalty. Raheem

Sterling holding back Shaw Cross. I will show you that holding, shoving

unblocking is all part and parcel of dealing with a corner situation. The

biggest weekend game, Spurs against Liverpool. Liverpool has struggled

from set pieces and I think it is an area that Spurs can exploit. If you

are attacking or defending, the one thing you are trying to do is get

that yard. Harry Kane and Victor Wanyama, they have it set up

perfectly. Harry Kane wants to move around the back, Victor Wanyama is

leaning into Tomkins, making sure he doesn't move. Harry Kane is free,

gets his head. When Yana is there, sticks it in the back of the net --

Victor Wanyama is there. That is how to make it work from an attacking

point of view. To score goals from corners, you have to be strong and

aggressive and each game, you will see a lot of pulling, a lot of

blocking to get the advantage. It is something that Hull City a very good

at. Two of their four goals this season have come from set pieces.

Here, the run from Curtis Davies is absolutely spot on. It is

aggressive, strong and as we zoom in, Wes Morgan is in a bad position,

trying to pull him back. It is that aggressive, this run from Curtis. He

gets his head on the ball, Schmeichel flaps of it and it is

their first goal of the Premier League season. If Hull City can keep

up that kind of level of aggression in the box, they can continue to

win. West Bromwich Albion, Saido Berahino, Leighton Baines and

Stekelenburg fighting for position. Berahino get the blocking, Gareth

McAuley sticks it in the back of the net. That is how it is done, you

have to get your blocks in and it owns you goals. Just showing you a

few examples of why blocking is still an important part of football.

It is good that referees are clamping down on the excessive cases

but I hope they don't take it completely out of the game.

So, as a forward, would you be relishing these new directives or

did you like a bit of rough and tumble in the box? The only time it

really happened was when you played international football and you

really did get held, they blocking you find not even looking where the

ball was. I saw an incident the other day where Rob holding, we saw

him pulling Robert Huth, and in real-time, how can you give a

penalty, it is one second? It is so tough. The Premier League takes a

break next week and as some of the players head off on international

duty, a few of the managers have been bemoaning the intensity of some

of the fixtures. Nathan Caton takes a closer look at the ever shortening

footballer's holiday. If you are like me, you probably

spend your summer holidays watching people do strange things with

horses. No, not like that, I meant the Olympics. But no need to worry

about that anymore, because the Premier is back. -- the Premier

League. Despite the season being two weeks old, it seems some clubs

aren't quite ready yet, players not fully fit, squad is incomplete. Hull

City even forgot to get a manager. What is that about? Some players

came back physically short. What, some of these players get so much

time off even schoolteachers would go, "How long?" Some players even

get an extended holiday, like Mesut Ozil, who was given extra time off

by Arsene Wenger after playing in Euro 2016. Let me get this straight,

you are going to give a professional athlete extra time of four playing

in a tournament that finished a month ago? What if they had one?

Give him time off until Christmas -- had won. Other players have time off

to, they just don't have a choice. The pictures on social media show

that when it is holiday time, most players get the hell out of here and

find a yacht. And if it is not a yacht, they are up by the pool or

the beach. They love water. They could have stayed in England, it

rains everyday. It wasn't all chilling and lounging, some players

made the most of their summer and did something productive. Paul Pogba

had a relaxing summer, didn't he? We all saw him in America catching up

on his basketball and kick boxing skills. You know, just in case the

football thing doesn't quite work out because of a lack of talent and

basic salary! John Terry spend the summer doing one-on-one training. A

lot of people are surprised at how good he looks, one media source

saying he shows no sign of his age. He is 35, not 75! What were they

expecting, this? Loser. Loser. What I Schumacher distiller work-out.

Chris Smalling fainted while on holiday in Bali. Man United said it

was then to food poisoning but I think it was him finding out

Marouane Fellaini is still at the club. That is the players' summer

holidays, but one question is why do they always feel the need to show

pictures on social media? They may think they are showing off, look at

me, living the dream, but in fact they are saying, "Hello, burgers, my

house unattended." Team GB went after the Olympics this summer and

when they were gone, someone stole the stadium.

I can hear people around the country taking their tiny violins, feeling

sorry for footballers with no time on the superyacht. How did you feel?

Were you happy to come back to work? I was happy after two or three

weeks, I was fine to come back and I made sure I was doing stuff. Most of

the players now doing a lot of taking trainers, personal trainers.

Not footwear. So the guys who are not in the euros and that get plenty

of break. At some stage, they will get a break during the season. Isn't

that what they are getting when they play in the EFL and that, the cup

competitions? I don't know what the big deal is about wanting more. I

wouldn't want anymore and I don't think the guys deep down want

anymore. They just want some rest during the season, because it does

catch up. And it shortens your career ultimately. Well, we are

going to take a break and we will be back in two weeks' time, when we

will be previewing one of the most hotly anticipated Manchester derbies

in years. It is Mourinho versus Guardiola. Plenty to look forward to

this weekend with Liverpool's away trip to Spurs. Hull City have a

tough trip at Manchester United and Manchester City will be looking to

extend their 100% start to the season. And on football Focus, a

really emotional interview with Jake Livermore. You can keep up-to-date

with all the action on the BBC sport website. Thank you, goodbye from us.