Anfield stages its 100th Champions League match
by welcoming the champions of Europe back into town,
as they begin, at least on home soil,
the defence of the crown won in Madrid last summer.
THEY SING
Salzburg!
Cheers, mate.
The team for tonight has plenty of European experience in it,
just the one change that we really expected,
Joel Matip not fit to play, he drops out and Joe Gomez comes in at the back.
So, the Reds line up as follows - it's Adrian at the back,
a back four of Andy Robertson, Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Trent Alexander-Arnold,
in midfield it's Fabinho, Gini Wijnaldum and Jordan Henderson.
And up the top it is Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah.
♫ Walk on...with hope in your heart
♫ And you'll never walk alone... ♫
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE THEME PLAYS
♫ We are the champions, the champions of Europe!
♫ We are the champions, the champions of Europe! ♫
CHEERING
♫ Andy, Andy, Andy, Andy Robertson
♫ Ohh, Andy, Andy
♫ Andy, Andy, Andy, Andy Robertson. ♫
FANS ROAR
♫ Liiiverpool, Liiiverpool, Liiiverpool!
♫ Liiiverpool, Liiiverpool, Liiiverpool! ♫
Virgil, was that a game that got more nervous than it should have been?
Yeah, obviously when we conceded the first goal in the first half...
I think they would never have given up anyway today, even if they were 4-0 down,
and we knew it before, but obviously the goal we conceded first half
gave them a little bit more hope to go into the second half,
and the second half, especially the first 20 minutes, they did well and we didn't.
Yeah, they were clinical with the chances they had.
- Virgil, thanks for your time. - Thank you.
Again! See you soon, huh?
Bye.