I have no idea what we did last year, to be honest,
I am completely blank. You started with a song, or I started with a song?
You started with Last Christmas, by Wham!
♫ Last Christmas, I gave you my heart... ♫
But that was now here, on [the tip of my tongue]...
♫ ..the very next day, you gave it away. ♫
So I don't know a lot of other English Christmas songs, to be honest.
I could sing a German one.
♫. IN GERMAN: O, you joyful O, you blessed... ♫
That's too long ago, no, we cannot do that,
we cannot sing German songs.
So it's...the best time of the year, actually.
It's Christmastime.
Good morning!
My Christmas was last night, your Christmas starts now,
or probably you are already more or less done, because when you have kids,
their Christmas probably started at 5:30 this morning!
As a kid, I was desperate for all the presents I got.
The one I was most looking forward to was a bike,
so it was the whole evening...
And our neighbour, Mr Franz,
he wanted to be funny, and pretended to ride on my bicycle upstairs.
When he arrived upstairs, unfortunately the bike was broke.
So I saw a wonderful bicycle there; unfortunately I couldn't use it.
The best Christmas present I've ever given...
I'm not really good at giving presents -
I'm very happy if the people around me tell me what they want!
Really, that's very helpful.
It was a tricky year, it was a tricky season.
How long did we go without losing at Anfield? 60-something [games]?
We all knew it would not last forever,
and then we lost, and then obviously we had a...negative run.
At one point we were just done for a moment,
and we had to recharge, recover and get back on track.
Yeah.
Trent Alexander-Arnold didn't even have to take the corner quickly, he just had to take it.
Yes!
One of the most wonderful goals I saw in my life.
And one of the finest finishes a goalkeeper ever made,
in the entire history of football.
And we did that early enough to seal the Champions League spot.
We said it before: football is nothing without the fans,
and having them back, having these common experiences, having these European nights,
having this roar when we score, having You'll Never Walk Alone back...
I love all these little moments, and as long as we are together,
I can say we are really ready to do some special things.
What I love about Christmas is that we all have a similar sense of how it should be.
We all really want to be together with our loved ones,
we all want to be together with our friends, and families especially,
we are all ready to just enjoy the time with people we have around,
and in the last few years we learned they don't even have to be around,
it's enough when we can have them on a Zoom call or whatever.
You realise then that it's not about being together,
it's about feeling that you are together in this moment,
and that's what I love most.
And I really think one of our most important skills
is appreciating the luck that you have at the moment.
Because, really, you never know.
If it's not a good moment, try to change it, make it a good moment.
That's how life is.
I hope you had some nice memories in the last year,
even though it was not an easy year.
We all can now recharge to be ready for all the challenges which will come next year,
and the best thing is, if you love this club,
then you never have to do it alone.
You know that.
Merry Christmas, see you soon.