>>> WELCOME TO THE MEN IN
BLAZERS SHOW.
A TRADITION UNLIKE ANY OTHER.
WE WANT TO WELCOME OUR GUEST, A
MAN WHOSE
RECORD 9 APPEARANCES ON MEN IN
BLAZERS DWARFED ONLY
BY THE NUMBER OF EMMYS IN HIS
CABINET.
SEEKER OF TRUTH.
FORCE OF GOOD.
MASSIVE LIVERPOOL SUPPORTER AND
THE
GREATEST FRIEND OF THE POD IN
ALL OF THE WORLD.
JOHN OLIVER.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOST INEVITABLE TIME OF THE
YEAR.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> GREAT TO BE BACK.
LET'S KEEP DOING THIS UNTIL THE
TWO OF US
DIE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> WHICH MAY BE IN THE NEXT
HALF-HOUR.
WHO KNOWS.
OH.
BEFORE WE GET INTO LIVERPOOL'S
SITUATION I WANT TO PASSIVELY AGGRESSIVELY
WANT TO PASSIVELY AGGRESSIVELY
THANK YOU TO LENDING US THE
LIVERPOOL HERO.
A MAN WHO LED YOU TO CHAMPIONS
LEAGUE
GLORY SAW THE LIGHT AND TOOK
THE HELM AT THE SMALL
CLUB.
WHAT DID YOU THINK?
>> I THOUGHT, THAT IS NOT GOING
TO WORK
FOR ANYBODY INVOLVED.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I FEEL ABOUT THAT AS THE WAY
I HEARD
ABOUT THAT HORSE MEDICINE USED
TO TREAT COVID-19.
IT IS A BOLD IDEA BUT SCIENCE
TELLS YOU IT
WILL NOT WORK OUT AND HITS YOU
IN A DEPRESSING WAY.
>> EVERYTHING ELSE COMING INTO
THE
PREMIERE LEAGUE.
CONCEPTULELY HORRIFIC.
IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP YOUR EYES
OFF OF IT.
THAT OPTIMISTIC NOTE.
WE WILL HAVE THIS SEGMENT,
RELIVING YOUR
SEASON SO FAR.
GOING BACK TO THE SOURCE OF THE
RIVER
PLOT.
>> YOU CRUISE THROUGH AUGUST
AND SEPTEMBER
AND INTO OCTOBER WITHOUT A
SINGLE LEAGUE LOSS.
WE ARE BACK TO BACK AND THEN
THE IN THE
HEAVYWEIGHT, AND WHICH MOST
TEND TO HAVE IT.
YOU THOUGHT THE VERY NEXT DAY A
5
SOMETHING HE DID IT AGAIN.
LIKE AN EGYPTIAN BRITNEY
SPEARS, PUTTING
IT IN HIS BACK POCKET.
THE BIG QUESTION, JOHN, LIKE
THAT, DO YOU
THINK ABOUT IT.
>> NOT JUST THAT HE DID IT.
NOT THAT HE DID IT TO ANY
DEFENDER.
AND THEN HE DID IT AGAIN.
YOU HAVE TO WATCH IT.
>> HE DID IT AGAIN.
>> YES.
HE DID IT AGAIN.
>> YES.
NOT TO GO, ALL PARDON MY BLAZER
ON YOU.
WE NEED A HOT TAKE AND A RULING
ON GLOBAL FOOTBALL.
HERE IS THE QUESTION. IS MOHAMMED THE BEST?
IS MOHAMMED THE BEST?
>> I THINKING IT IS HARD TO BE.
AND IT WILL BE VERY, VERY
TRICKY TO PROVE
THAT ANYONE IS BETTER.
>> FAST FORWARD NOW.
TO THE END OF OCTOBER.
YOU WERE THE ONLY UNBEATEN TEAM
LEFT IN
THE LEAGUE.
YOU HEADED TO FACE YOUR RIVAL.
IT GOES FROM NAVIGATOR, AND
THEN A CASUAL
ONE.
>> WELL, THE BLOWOUT WAS NOT
EVEN AS CLOSE
AS IT SOUNDS.
HE IS SHAKING HIS HEAD IN
DISBELIEF.
HE BELIEVES IT.
DROPPING F -BOMBS.
IT IS TATTOOED ON YOUR FACE.
WHAT YOU KNOW, A LOVELY MAN.
BUT, TACTICAL MIND I GOT TO ASK
YOU, WOULD
EVEN YOU, A LIFELONG FAN START
TO FEEL BAD FOR
UNITED.
>> NO.
I AM AFRAID.
I AM AFRAID NOT.
AND I WAS SIPPING DOWN.
NOW, HOW WAS THAT EFFORT?
>> IT WAS I WAS GOING INTO THAT
GAME FULLY
EXPECTED TO LOOSE.
IT FELT, AGAIN, WHAT WAS MORE
LIKELY TO
HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOUR TEAM ON
THE BRINK
OF CRISIS, RALLYING THEMSELVES
OUT OF PURE SPITE.
SPITE, THE GREATEST GASOLINE
THERE IS.
YES.
>> AND, WE WILL RUN OVER IT.
AND TO ACTUALLY STICK IT TO
THEM IN FRONT
OF THE FANS LIKE THAT, AND
STICK IT AWAY.
SO COMPREHENSIVE.
SO, SORRY, YOU ARE LUCKY.
TECHNICALLY IT SHOULD BE.
LET'S GO TO THAT DOMINANT WIN
OVER ARSENAL
ON NOVEMBER 20th.
WE WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT GAME FOR
US.
TOUCH LINE SPAT.
AND I WILL STILL MANAGE IT.
DROPPING PEOPLE'S ELBOW.
NOW, MANAGE YOUR FIGHTS, WHERE
DO YOU
STAND ON THE JUMP?
>> CASE BY CASE BASIS FOR SURE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> ENJOYABLE.
YOU KNOW, TWO DESCENT HUMAN
BEINGS THERE.
AND THERE IS COMEDY.
YELLING THROUGH HIS CIGARETTE-
CONFUSED
VOICE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFUL MAN
GOING THROUGH A
DIFFICULT TIME.
NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
I DON'T WANT SO TEE HIM FIGHT
ANYONE.
IT FEELS LIKE IT IS ALL ABOUT
HIM.
BIG TIME, HARD NOT TO WANT
THAT.
>> SO, I THINK IT REALLY
DEPENDS ON THE
MANAGER AND MANAGERS OF THE
SITUATION WITH THOSE
TWO.
I AM GUESSING THERE IS A
WRESTLE
INITIALLY.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS A FIGHT AND
THEN THE
WRESTLE LOSES SOME OF THE
INTENSITY AND THEN YOU
REALIZE IT IS A HUG.
ALL OF THAT BRINGS IT TO THE
FIRST OF THE
MONTH TOP WITH EVERTON WHO HAVE
NOT WON IN 7 SINCE
YOU INTERVIEWED THEM.
COINCIDENTLY.
IS IT EVEN SPECIAL FOR YOU ANY
MORE?
HOW DOES IT FEEL PLAYING.
>> IT IS STILL FEELS SPECIAL.
OF COURSE, OF COURSE.
BUT, THE FACT THAT I AM SAYING
THAT IN
THIS KIND OF TONE OF VOICE, IN
A GENEROUS WAY SHOWS
IT FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED
FOREVER.
THAT IS GOOD, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
YEAH.
IT IS A CHALLENGE.
>> WE MADE A FIST OF IT.
WE LEFT IT A 9 WHOLE BIG BOY
MINUTES.
ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, LIVERPOOL
FANS,
SOMETHING WE CAN AGREE ON.
IT IS LIKE FOOTBALL, VERY MUCH.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> YES.
SO, WE SIT HERE JUST HALFWAY
THROUGH THE
PREMIERE LEAGUE SEASON.
LIVERPOOL, LOCKED IN THE TITLE
RACE.
WITH MANCHESTER CITY AND
CHELSEA.
LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE.
HANDICAP THE REST OF THE SEASON
FOR US.
>> IT IS AN INCREDIBLE THING TO
AND IFOM
TWO OF CHELSEA LIVERPOOL IN
THAT CITY.
TWO OF THOSE TEAMS ARE NOT
GOING TO WIN
THE LEAGUE.
WHICH IS AMAZING.
THEY ARE ALL SO GOOD.
AND I THOUGHT, IF WE WERE
HAVING THIS
CONVERSATION THREE WEEKS AGO I
THOUGHT CHELSEA WERE
ALL OF THE WAY FAVORITES TO ME.
I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS REALLY
THEIRS TO
LOSE.
THAT IS MUD AND CHANGE NOW.
>> YEP.
>> AFTER WHAT MAN CITY DID TO
ME.
I PROBABLY THINK MAN CITY DID
THEM A
FAVOR.
>> IT IS A HARD CHARGE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> YES.
AFTER YESTERDAY. [ LAUGHTER ]
HERE IS WHAT I KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER
THIS, BUT
LIVERPOOL WON THE TITLE OF THE
SEASON BEFORE LAST.
>> NO NOT AFTER.
>> DO YOU NOT WIN AGAIN IN YOUR
LIFETIME?
>> YES.
>> WAS THAT ENOUGH?
>> YES.
IT WAS ENOUGH.
BEAUTIFUL FOOTBALL FOR MOST OF
THAT YEAR
UNTIL EVERYTHING GOT
INTERRUPTED.
AND I NEEDED IT SO MUCH AT THAT
POINT.
THINGS WERE SO DARK.
THE FACT THAT THE TORCH OF A
CHAMPIONSHIP
WAS PROVIDED FOR US THEN IT WAS
UNBELIEVABLE.
I IMAGINE IT WAS MY FAVORITE
CHAMPIONSHIP
IN MY LIFETIME.
I SAID IT YEARS AND YEARS AGO.
GOOD PASS IN FOOTBALL.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> YES.
WHEN YOU FIRST CAME ON IN THE
BRANCH, I
JUST WANT FIVE MINUTES OF FLUID
FOOTBALL.
THAT IS ALL I ASK FOR.
IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?
>> IT FEELS LIKE IT.
SURFING AROUND AGAIN AND AGAIN
AND AGAIN.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> SO, I ALREADY HAD MY FILL.
>> WE ARGUE A LOT ON THIS SHOW
ABOUT THE
WAY WE WATCH.
THE FOOTBALL IF IT IS ABOUT
WINNING OR A
CONSTANT VESSEL OF MEMORY.
WHAT IS FOOTBALL ALL ABOUT?
>> I DON'T THINK IT IS ALL
ABOUT WINNING.
IT RESULTED AS AN IMPOSTER OF
FOOTBALL.
FOR HIM IT WAS REALLY ABOUT HOW
YOU PLAY.
NOT NECESSARILY WHAT THE RESULT
WAS AT THE
END OF THE GAME.
IT IS EASY TO SAY WHEN THE
RESULT WAS
POSITIVE.
BUT STILL, FOR ME.
IT IS, IT IS ABOUT HOW IT MAKES
YOU FEEL
ON A GAME TO GAME BASIS.
NOT NECESSARILY WHAT.
>> WINNING.
>> WINNING FEELS BETTER THAN
LOOSING.
>> I MEAN IT DOES.
>> YES
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> YES.
I AM LOOKING AT THAT JUMP.
I AM LOOKING IT UP.
IT IS NOT, IT IS NOT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> NO.
NOT THERE. NO.
IT IS AN ACT OF PURE
DESPERATION.
>> YOU ARE RIGHT. DON'T TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME.