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00:00this Super Sunday it is Leicester against Liverpool one side battling for the Premier
00:05League title the other battling to avoid relegation for the time being at least
00:10Arsenal's win against Ipswich which means the gap is 10 points it means that Liverpool still
00:16need six points to seal the Premier League title can they get the first of them against a Leicester
00:23side who need to win to extend their stay in the Premier League for the time being at least
00:30this is how Leicester line up for the visit of Liverpool Ricardo Pereira makes his first start
00:36since November what fast comes into the starting lineup and Bobby de Cordova Reid who scored Leicester's
00:42last home goal that was all the way back in December starts for Leicester against Liverpool
00:48a couple of changes for them as well Dominic Sobisai comes in for Curtis Jones and Cody Gakpo
00:56starts in place of Diogo Jota a Trent Alexander-Arnold is on the bench for Liverpool he is he appears for
01:03them for the first time since the 11th of March this is the fourth time that we've done history and on a
01:11slot to have met after Liverpool's 3-1 win on Boxing Day and Eredivision meetings between PSB and final
01:17in the 22-23 season Van Nistelrooy's PSB had the better of Arna Slott's final they won 4-3 at home and drew two all away
01:24Slott ended the season winning the title there that was his only previous league title he could move closer to a second today here he is with Patrick Davison
01:33well Arna during this run-in and in fact all season long you've been good at staying in the moment and
01:42not letting emotions get the better of you I wonder if that's been a little bit more difficult today
01:48waking up knowing what might be possible with everything went your way no no that wasn't difficult at all
01:55because Arsenal are doing what we expected them to do and hopefully we can do the same and that that
02:02is where my only focus was on because I said in pre-match already that they had a good result last
02:09week scored for the first time in a while two goals so they might be in a better place now than
02:14they were in the last few weeks so have you given that Arsenal game any attention at all has it been on
02:19iPads has it been on the radio in the hotel anything like that we had lunch I think started at 1.30
02:27something like that and so the first 10 minutes I saw and then we went in the meeting and afterwards
02:31we went into the bus so I saw the first 10 and they were already 1-0 up and they played like we expect
02:38Arsenal to play really good you talked about Leicester a bit already how big a challenge is it how big a job
02:43is there to do last week they had a draw yesterday Southampton had a draw so sometimes these teams
02:51when they are close to relegation or almost relegated or it gives a bit of freedom maybe to the players
02:57as well they've they have played under a lot of stress for a long time and now they can come up to
03:03the to the play against the league leaders and that that usually gives them a lot of freedom and and
03:09mostly when players feel freedom they are dangerous so we have to be we have to be ready for that and
03:14Trent's back in the squad how long can he give you how long can he maybe help you for today
03:21yeah that's always difficult it depends also on the intensity of the game but 20 minutes maybe
03:25somewhere in and around that would be would be possible for him he's about for five and a half weeks
03:30trained with the team two sessions now so that tells you probably that he's of course not able to
03:36start but able to get some minutes and i guess diaz through the middle yes he does okay clear thank
03:42you cheers honor on a slot relaxed as he he normally is but particular reason for it this weekend with
03:51with virgil van dyke having signed that contract extension on on thursday as much as what he he brings
03:56to defense even if you take into account the the last couple of games where there have been uncharacteristic
04:02errors how much does that do for for liverpool's the mood just in the in the camp ahead of this
04:06it's a big it's bigger for everyone um obviously there was dota over the last few months what was
04:10going to happen obviously salah signed recently and himself so that's great news looks obviously they'll
04:14get the title one in the next week or so we've said it many times before the really good players make
04:19the other players around them better he's human he made a few mistakes over last few games what he did
04:23last week when he made the mistake like all good players who reacted well and ended up getting the winning goal
04:28and if you want to win league titles and win the big trophies you need a strong spine and he is a
04:32huge part of liverpool's success and as usual you find how good a player is when they're missing and
04:37when he's missing they look a different team so nothing but plus with van dyke top player these lads look
04:42after themselves is another two-year deal well deserved top player the key is no though when liverpool do win
04:48the title again it's a reaction to next year can they do it back to back the top players are going to be
04:52hungry i'd like to think he's a good example around the place but so nothing but benefits to him signing
04:57new deal at liverpool van dyke has signed his new deal mo salah has signed his new deal trent alexander
05:03arnold yet to sign a new deal or yet to confirm a move away he's fit enough for the bench for about
05:1020 minutes but conor bradley continues to deputize michael yeah i really like his improvement i think
05:14you know when he first played for liverpool you're thinking he had a really good game energetic he was
05:20tackling and then it was like was it just one of those one-off games when i time i watch him i've been so
05:25impressive his development the way he joins in in the attacks the way he sort of makes them runs
05:30inside and he's aggressive and i think he's done a brilliant job yes trent alexander arnold has been
05:35fantastic but if they were not to have him next season this guy can definitely do a job consistent
05:41that's a different challenge from though isn't it of course you're weak in we go it's all right coming
05:44in and being the backup player to trent again the big test rooms it's going to do it week and we go
05:48over the course of his personality that's what i like about him when he's playing for liverpool you see his
05:52chest up he's aggressive he's got everything to be a liverpool player diaz looks like he's going to be
05:58playing through the middle at least that's what honest lot confirmed to patrick just there yeah
06:02and some of the people's best performances this season have been with diaz through the middle
06:06gackpole to the left salad to the right now sal has been firing away better than any other attacker
06:11at the club but he's not been far behind him and maybe gap pole but there are real question marks
06:16about him and whether his future at the club he's at that age now when liverpool will be looking do
06:19they give him a new contract or do they move him on he's got two years to go so yeah he's had a
06:23really good end to the season as i said he's been a really good player for liverpool but i think there's
06:27big decisions to be made on him in the summer and we'll talk lots more about that at full time in
06:32this game at the king power stadium and it's here where leicester have been setting lots of unwanted
06:37records eight straight defeats without scoring at home that's the longest run in english league history
06:43it's 81 shots and 12 hours since their last goal in front of their own fans they did though get a
06:50couple of goals and a point away from home last time out caleb acoli got the equalizer against brighton
06:56so can they build on that today rude val nisteroy has been talking to patrick davidson
07:03rude obviously you come into today in a really difficult situation with relegation hanging over the club
07:09what can you show as a club a team and a manager in that scenario no it's important like i said
07:18before the brighton game that we're obviously competing in short term and now to show what
07:24what we can do and also shaping the future we we want to take these games the moments that we are
07:31in in the premier league and take full advantage of it and and and and finish it in the best way
07:38possible to take it into the new season so do you talk to the players at all about the scenario about
07:45the possibility of relegation like how you how you carry yourselves the pride you need to show the
07:50supporters or is that left unspoken of course you speak about it because we we all know the situation
07:57that we're in and we're in that situation for for more than weeks so we know that's the reality we're in
08:04but we're looking for new targets we're looking to to keep going to to develop ourselves every individual
08:11bringing himself showing himself in the best way and that's that's going to benefit the team
08:16and and and that's the goal and we showed that against brighton and something to build on
08:24leicester need the win today to extend their stay in the premier league for the time being at least
08:30liverpool needs six points from their remaining games can they get three at the king power
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