I will go for six.
Are you sure?
Hello, everybody, and here we are with Thiago, Gini Wijnaldum and Xherdan Shaqiri
for A Game of Confidence, with the club's official training partner AXA.
Now all three are very confident players - which one will come out on top?
We are about to find out.
Three challenges in total, you also have a Confidence Card,
and you can only use this once,
and should only use it in a round where you think you will know the answer.
If you get the answer right using this card, your points will double.
There is a forfeit. Whoever finishes bottom of the leaderboard
will be sending a voice note to a chosen member of the Liverpool squad,
giving a detailed walkthrough of the best goal you've scored and what it means to you.
To kick off, we're starting with a game of Guess Who.
As soon as you know who it is, you must hit your buzzer and write your answer down.
The more confident you are, the sooner you guess, the higher you score.
Clue number one.
I am right-footed.
Oh...
Clue number two. I captained my country at U21 level.
Clue number three.
I have 58 caps for my country.
Clue number four.
I have been with the club for 10 years.
Clue number five.
I am your captain.
OK, boys, so you all got it on clue number five,
I'm hoping you all got it right!
Show me your answers, gents.
All correct with Jordan Henderson.
Right, player number two.
I have played over 270 times for Liverpool.
I joined the club in 2015.
Clue three...
Do we have an answer?
Who buzzed in then?
OK, Shaq, so write your answer down.
Clue number three.
I won the 2019 Copa America.
BLEEP
Clue number four.
I scored the extra time winner
in the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup final.
Shaqo...
And clue number five...
You will regularly see me working alongside
Mo Salah and Sadio Mane.
OK. Correct answer was, Shaq?
The other two, do you concur?
Yeah, Roberto Firmino.
Player number three, clue number one.
I share my birthday
with Liverpool legend Ian Callaghan.
I'd have been impressed if you got it on that.
Clue number two. In my first Liverpool season
I was named in the PFA Team of the Year.
Clue number three.
I competed at the 2012 Olympics.
Clue number four. I hold the record for the quickest Premier League hat-trick.
Gini buzzed in, writing his answer down.
Olympics...
One clue to go.
In 2019, I was named the African Footballer...
Two buzzes at the end there.
When you're ready, boys, lift up your answers, let's take a look.
At the end of the first round we have Gini and Thiago in joint first place
and Shaq not so closely behind with minus 10.
Ohh.
The question is this: name the teams that Liverpool have played against
in any European final.
There are 15 correct answers,
and this includes European Cup, Champions League,
UEFA Cup, Europa League or the UEFA Super Cup.
Thiago, how many correct answers from 15 do you think you can get?
For Champions League finals? I have also 45 seconds to decide how many...
Are you sure, Shaqo?
You know what my problem is, I was not really busy with football when I was young.
A lot of things I don't know.
OK, so Shaq is going to play.
If you do get to six, you will get 50 points, so you'll race into the lead.
OK, so 45 seconds on the clock, Shaq, let me know when you're ready.
I'm ready.
Let's start the clock.
Galatasaray?
No.
And...Real Madrid again.
You are out of time. It was a costly exercise for you, Shaq.
So here we go, guys.
Can you name the players
who scored a Premier League goal for Liverpool last season?
There are 18, how many do you think you can guess?
Let's go to Gini first - how many do you think you'll get right?
Don't say my name!
18.
Think you can get all 18?
I'll put my Confidence Card in also.
Whoa, he's flying now.
18? Bro, 18 in 45 seconds?
Oh, of course, 45 seconds!
Yeah, 45 seconds.
Place your bet.
Yeah, let's do it.
Start with the goalkeeper, bro.
No, no, no, they didn't score!
Gini thinks he can get all 18 and has cashed in his Confidence Card.
Shaq, how many out of the 18 do you think you can equal? All of them?
And Thiago, do you think you can equal 18 or happy to let Gini play?
No, I'll let him play.
Not in 45 seconds, I think.
So, 18 goal-scorers from season 2019-20 and 45 seconds to answer.
OK, when I start with a name you can go.
OK, you set the rules.
Trent, Virg, Hendo, Robbo, Gini...
Naby, Fabby, Mo Sadio, Bobby...
10.
..Divock, Curtis, Joel Matip...
Dejan Lovren, Shaqiri...
15.
So I have three more?
15 seconds to go, 10 seconds.
Think of a player who'll be angry with you if you don't get his name.
THIAGO AND SHAQ: Hey, hey!
Uh, Hendo, Milner...
Erm...
Time's up.
- Did I say myself? - Yeah.
So, you said you would name 18 of Liverpool's goal-scorers,
the rules are harsh, Gini, but because you didn't get the 18, you score zero.
BLEEP
You did well though.
I was like, "Everyone scored except Joe Gomez."
I just think about the players who are in the team right now.
OK, boys, we are at the final question of the round,
what we want from you now is to name as many nationalities as you can
in Liverpool's first-team squad.
There are a total of 16 correct answers, 16 different nationalities.
So, who is the most confident here, who will give me the highest bid on this?
Let's go to Shaq first.
I will say, my friend, for sure, 12.
Thiago, do you think you can beat 12?
Yeah.
And Gini, what'd you think?
No, no, no.
OK, so 16 correct answers are available.
Three, two, one - go.
Sorry, bro, I cannot...
You've still got half your time, absolutely flying, 20 seconds to go.
Portugal already mentioned?
Yeah, Portugal's in there.
Your time is up. You said you would get 13...
..and you did, you got 13!
So 50 points for Thiago.
You're on fire, man.
Current scores if you're ready for this, boys.
Shaq, you best get your thinking cap on.
Thiago has jumped into first place
by quite a distance with 110 points,
Gini still on 60, Shaq,
you've gone down further to minus 20.
I should shut my mouth.
Now is the last chance to use your Confidence Card.
Thiago and Gini have already cashed theirs in.
Shaq, it might be within your interest to play your Confidence Card now, you think?
All in, my friend.
Is the number of Premier League games Liverpool went unbeaten
from 2019 to 2020 higher or lower than the total number of major trophies
Liverpool have won?
Question number two.
The 100 metre world record is 9.58 seconds -
is this higher or lower than
the fastest goal in Premier League history?
Did Usain Bolt run faster than the fastest goal?
Starting to confer now as well,
like true teammates.
Question number three.
Is Ian Rush,
Liverpool's record goal-scorer of 346 goals,
higher or lower than the amount of matches
Jürgen Klopp has played as a professional footballer?
Next question.
Gerard Houllier managed 307 games at Liverpool,
is this higher or lower than Rafa Benitez
when he took over?
How many?
307.
Luis Suarez scored six hat-tricks
during his time at Liverpool.
Is this higher or lower than the number
of hat-tricks Robbie Fowler scored?
SHAQ: Without looking left and right.
Next question. The AXA Training Centre is 14 acres,
is this higher or lower than the size
of the Houses of Parliament?
In England?
THIAGO: Have you ever seen the English parliament?!
He's just guessing.
Two questions to go. Liverpool is 70 metres above sea level,
is that higher or lower
than 27 Peter Crouches?
70 metres?
Peter Crouch, I played with him, I should know.
Is the sea level 70 metres?
Got an answer there, Shaq?
THIAGO: Maybe he has.
And the last question is this: the total number of all Liverpool goals scored last season
across all competitions was 117.
Is this higher or lower than Steven Gerrard's caps for England?
You will know in your minds I'm sure
how you got on in that round.
Let me tell you - Thiago and Gini on 20,
Shaq on zero, meaning the Confidence Card
hasn't given you any much-needed double points, I'm afraid.
The final standings, we have Thiago ahead by miles with 130 points,
Gini second with 80 points,
and Shaq, an unfortunate minus 20 points for you.
It means, Shaqy, that you will be taking part in the forfeit.
No!
You were consistent throughout.
So tell us, who will you be sending your voice note to?
I know already the goal you will say.
There is a few, man.
Whoa, that's confident.
Pick any of your teammates.
Our great friend. Kostas Tsimikas.
Why Kostas?
He's a funny guy, he loves to make jokes,
so that's why it's perfect for him.
OK, whenever you're ready, Shaqy, you fire away.
Make it nice and enthusiastic.
Hey, Kostas, my bro, how are you?
I hope you are well, I just wanted to tell you a nice story, man.
I scored against Everton in the derby, it was amazing, man.
I will never forget this moment, and I hope we're gonna win a lot more derbies.
Just wanted to tell you this story. Enjoy your day, bro, and see you later in training.
LAUGHTER
I sent it over.
Three fantastic competitors on the pitch, and as you can see they're very competitive off it.
A massive thanks to all three of you for playing,
Gini Wijnaldum, Thiago and the biggest sport of all three of them,
Xherdan Shaqiri. Been great seeing that competitive edge off the pitch, boys,
I think that's clear that confidence is key if you're gonna succeed in this one.
Thanks for playing.
PLAYERS: Thank you.