The Reds Are Back! | Ipswich Town 0-2 Liverpool FC Reaction

0:00This podcast is part of the Sports Social Podcast Network. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, wherever you are, whatever you're doing. Welcome to another episode of NewsRound for Anfield Index. It is Saturday the 5th of September. And by the way, our good is Friday night football. The Andoni Iriola is well and truly under way. Liverpool get their first victory of the season. There's so, so much to like, ladies and gents. Is it perfect? No, but we'll take it. And there's a lot of things we're looking to build on from here. Is it right to be excited with how everything is? In the words of the great man Richard Martin himself,

1:00we are currently living La Vida Locke with the highlights and everything we've seen. And the whole day they was coming to you from the sun is out in Edinburgh. Fingers crossed, it stays that way. Maybe it just knew what happened last night anyway. But you can actually look at this a little bit better. I know it's only two, three games into the season, but it's good to see a great W on the official Premier League table. It's good to see Liverpool scoring right up there. And it a wee sort of serious new events. None of you predicted this. I don't give a rat ass what anyone says about this. No one had EZAC two goals after nine minutes. No one had that performance. No one had a Liverpool clean sheet. And please don't give me the art, but you get Frimpong out. But there was so much to like about this one.

2:00Set and stars more than as he says, Girline the same everyone is happy. And he was an interesting lineup wasn't it again? Because when you look at this again more changes only one officially, but the big one as is there on the mast head. Arouhoid Frimpong out Munoz keeps his place. And the midfield keeps his place as well. Doesn't it Alexis McAllister and Dominique's a boss like in double pivot. No place for real. Come over to come back in. No place for Ryan Gravenberg to come back in. And. How many times about we say this? Season now interested and it just rotate early goals because it is out going to your Iola. Does you only got small sample size to work from but. Rimpong on the bench. Now the stats when you look at the stats from this, this is where I think you see like XG has its real uses of course, but overall we weren't really too bothered and you talk about game state more.

3:04I mean by the end of the first star, we've had six shots on target to their team. We've had 59% possession. They actually shaded the XG back loss, but. It games day to be unusual to be whenever really in that position. Oh, in the last year or so to goals up after nine minutes. We will take it every day and twice on Sunday, but it was a little bit unusual. Potter there. I'm not getting carried away, but I think we're winning the Lee fair play fair play. And if you look, even at the first half as well, we were dominant for it. Weren't we little poor have six shots on target in the first half to a piece from the boss like an easy that is what Iola wanted. We moved it forward fast, which he talked about we pressed hard, which we talked about. We were running on nuts off as we talked about. We were showing some aggression. I don't think as we talked about as well.

4:06There was so much to like. And as we talk about anything, it's just one of those mornings where like it or not, I am going to express myself through a little bit of song at time. So as he's on the screen, he's asked the red alle alle. He's asked the red alle alle. He's like, you know that you the away cop was bouncing to it. Where they and so they should. It was an absolute. So masterclassed finishing that will be too much, but he was just on it wasn't he from the first minute, even when you remember it that first goal. The keeper is horrendous. Let's just be clear, but. It's a quick past. It's fed in by gap hope brilliantly. It's a great touch and a hit. It's that in ten early doors in the fifth minute. And yes, the keeper should save it. Let's be honest, but. You pay your money. You take a choice type of thing. So you've got to give him that and the second goal.

5:09Outrageous in all elements and outside of the past. Oh, it's having the boots already passed by Cody gap. I didn't say that wrong if you didn't watch it. And outside of the boot pass from Cody gap. Pull the plays him in terms, grieves inside out and rolls it past the keeper instinct. As he called it. Just brilliant, absolutely brilliant from Alexander E. Zach Kevin borrows as well. Staying more happy about the managed interview class so much better than slots. I liked what Iriole has said about E. Zach and he repeated it with sky. And he talks about it in the official post map as well. I mean, you talk before about you saw this style straight away. I think we want to risk when we recover the ball to look forward. And find some spaces. If you wait and play a safety pass, the spaces will not be there. And you could see with that first goal.

6:11Kirk has wins the ball and they have the camera. Don't they from above on E. I all in the dugout and he's just screaming like literally gone forward, forward, forward. And he said that repeatedly the spaces on the break. Use them move it quickly. He's how many times when the camera pans where I all was he pushing forward, forward, forward, forward. It was brilliant. Yeah, he's clear what he wants them to do. And even with the full time stats, I don't mind this at all. So it'll be worth saying that. Oh, we only got X2.66. Number one, who gives a shit if you win every game too, no. Number two, game state. Liverpool managed a game. I'm switch had a few chances. I don't have to pretend they had none. But you felt more comfortable than you have in a long time. Like we managed a game. Actually saying that about Liverpool football club.

7:12And of course, he's that gets the official man of the match. But this is what I liked about what ira yola says. And yet got agreement there with that will get to big Ron at the back as well. But he's like I like what he say it here. He's a massive player for us. He's going to produce the numbers. My fight within is how he helped the team in other things. I agree with that. I think against a car and breaks that numbers. But you know that forest game or two to a homey scores of goal. But he's not involved. Is he he's not involved in anything? And in fact, by the time he goes off, he nearly ran the same distance in this one after about 60 minutes. He didn't fall 90 against forest. He's involved from the off. He's lively. Alexander Isaac. He's on it. Simple as that. And ira yola also talks about this.

8:13He said for the first goal that played forward. This is part of the process when we recovered the ball. We look forward. We want to give on number nine chances. If you get two minutes today and you're unsure what he's on about. Or I'm on about just watch the replay of the goal. See if you can get the one where ira yola's in his box. As soon as Kirk has gets in front, he just points literally. It's a forward forward, but a pace and loved that style. Is what we used to do is what we like to see. And he knows if you can get ease out the service. It'll get you the numbers and he's still putting a bar and a standard on him, which I love as well. As he said, if he's fit, if he's available and in good shape, he will produce the numbers. This was in the press conference afterwards. Magic man's won't be about the goals. It'll be about other things we can play well. And if we play well, we are in good positions and the goals will come.

9:15He needs to contribute to the collective. How many times as well that you see even he's up, he's lifted out left so often, didn't he? When he was lively, came in linked with virtual it with gap. Of course, we'll talk about his performance as well. But it was an all in performance. And you can see with the character. Deadly on the pitch, but there's a bit of shyness, which I don't mind because you know you pay to do the business. Afterwards, in his interview. And as he says, this year finally, I've had a normal preseason. Last year was not easy. It was a long injury, a difficult season in general. I was thinking just have a good world cup and have a preseason last season. Now behind me and it's good. Okay, more than good if we can keep delivering like that. Yeah, and it's I sat step up now, that right, positive. I'm not deceptively great with his feet. Yeah, people would have thought about maybe they're the explosive pace they wanted, but he's a good player.

10:16He's got quick feet. He's got a football IQ, I would say as well. And even afterwards, as he said in the interview, honestly, that's what you want to see more of for sure. We've so much to help from if we win all the ball and go forward and attack. We will enjoy our offensive game. If you think about it when you win the ball, opposition teams are unorganized. They are going to be a key principle of iraillas reds. And you want to see it more and more. Now, Stevens come there and said three points, master disaster. What is midfield and that verse and job are can't play in the same team. That teams would have ripped us apart. A couple of things on that midfield wasn't perfect. Dominic's a boss, lie still just does wild things. And in fact, fetching the second half, you just passing with a right, you know. You want to see Dominic's a boss lie on the picture of a party can make an impact. Just don't want to see Dominic's a boss lie on the double pivot.

11:17If you're honest at the same time, Florian votes. I'll get to because I want to separate Florian votes. I don't think people are they're analyzing half of it for me. But just to finish off with Alexander Ezek as he said, the second goal. A sort of swish swish. Do you know what it reminded me of? Don't want Raheem Sterling got that goal for us in the three, two that we won again. And sitting when he said, Joe heart left, Joe heart right. You know, did the defender a little element of that? And as he said, it's instinct. I love being in those positions on the left. But more I'm in these positions, the better I will do. It's purely instinct, my instinct probably knew where the keeper was. Maybe it is instinct. We want to see more and more of it. We've got to get Alexander Ezek touches. We've got to get him involved in the game. We've got to get him chances because look what happens.

12:18That is what you pay a hundred and twenty five million quid for. By the way, when you see it, absolutely glorious. Will a bit similar real positives, but a bit of concern about the midfield. And that will talk about that. Got to be careful though after a win to hammer certain players. Declare is on the internet right at the first elbow right wing. Yeah, Dominic's a boss like has qualities, but not for a double pivot. Someone who is right to talk about and then. Ropoli showed their qualities last night. Probably I'm saying this, Cody Gaplo. As he said on his relationship with Ezek as attackers, we tried to get to know each other. Hopefully we can assist each other. He owes me now a few as well. Isn't it mad that three games so far? Don't lie.

13:18Don't lie for one single second. Gaplo and Ezek, no one had them on. Four goals and three assists. Seven goal contributions across the three games. At least your honest will say, yeah, Cody Gaplo, my apologies. He's got to keep it up. But what a performance. What a couple of passes as well. The outside of the boot one is just insane. And there's a stack show there and no, and I understand why. Alexander Reza with man of the match, but look at those from Cody Gaplo. Two assists, three key passes, two acuert through balls, three tackles, two fouls, one dribble, one shot, 58 touches, and a 90% passing accuracy. Tired like they all did in the second half and he kind of went into that. Number nine position, didn't he? But a great performance, a great start to the season.

14:20Three so good performance in a football stands. The only thing Cody didn't know. What's that program BBC one where they complete an obstacle course? And then it gets knocked off. You know, which one I mean like there'd be ninjas or whatever jumping around. And he's called why pal have I got that program? The only one thing Cody Gaplo didn't know it was playing in was why pal? Because this in the first half. Normally, we'd be talking about, hold on, the ball's gone. Doesn't really matter too much, but why pal? I think that's it. If you have you say in the chat panel, right? We won't be talking about this except you think to last week. When Nico Williams lives it over other sims and minor touch, goes down he brings it back for penalty and now we're in the hold up. So if the ball's gone, but you touch in the box that way, it's a penalty. Bit.

15:21I think it's I don't know who the intuition on the severed is. And his fat worth is pronounced. He's a fat one might be getting the name wrong, but what's worse is when you look at it. Is Darren England seeing it? No, to be fair, he might be through sort of bodies or no, no. No, there's Darren England looking straight at it. Straight at it and doesn't give a pen. I know nothing's ever exact, but when fans say they want consistency, that is a brilliant example. Like last week, that was a pen. So why is it not this and it's even worse this week as well. It does a matter in the context of things, but maybe Darren England's playing Mike Dean games. Who knows in all honesty? Thank God that's another one I forgot to Keshe's castle. What a program that was maybe not that dramatic Cody gap. But if I all spoke about him afterwards and he spoke well.