 We have seen a lot of the games that we watched in the Premier League, which came at the end of 2-2, but now Manchester City again versus Liverpool. How do you see that much going? Interesting. This is what they have played twice in the Premier League. Both cases have ended 2-2. First leg goes 2-2, second leg goes 2-2. That gives you a glimpse of what you are going to expect. You are going to expect goals. You are going to expect fireworks today. Because again, this is a realistic chance of winning a trophy because if they make it to the final, then chances are one of these two teams will lift it. So we are going to see goals today. And I believe we want to see a repeat of what we saw last weekend. Last Sunday. Fireworks coming in. Of course we expect being an FA game and also having played in midweek. On Sunday they played in midweek. We are expecting some changes to be made in both teams. But I am sure if you look at the setup of the two teams, we will see more changes coming into the Man City game because of the nature of the coach. He is going to move around players. I am not expecting very many changes in the Liverpool team because Klopp has a few people he trusts. He may bring in 2-3 attackers. 2-3 changes. But we don't see an overhaul. But all in all we have two managers who play attacking football in different ways. Because Pep plays attacking football where he passes your way into the attack. When it comes to Liverpool they play heavy metal football. Long passes into the space and they hit you very fast and they play high speed football. When it comes to now it is the last stages of this competition because you've got a chance to win double now. You've got a chance to win a treble now. You've got a chance to win a quadrable now. Mentally how this guy is prepared because you look at Manchester City they went to war against Atletico Madrid for them to come on top. They are heading again to another non-Mandy against Liverpool. Mentally how these players going to be prepared for such a clash. It's just another day in paradise for them. They are used to it. That's a typical footballer season. Lots and lots of football. Lots and lots of trophies to fight for. And lots and lots of reason to try and up your stakes especially as a World Cup which is due this year draws ever so closer. So ultimately I think psychologically they are going to be in a good place. The only thing that could catch up with them a bit if not a lot is the fatigue because they've had lots and lots of football and lots and lots of travelling that comes with it. And now there is more travelling. They are moving from the north east of England going to play at London's Wembley Stadium. That's more travelling, more time away from your loved ones. But other than that as Eric said expect a lot of entertainment just like we were entertained last weekend. This game is going to be proper just like last weekend's game was proper. You wouldn't have walked away from watching that much feeling disappointed because of lack of entertainment. Maybe the result would have disappointed you if you were partisan but in terms of entertainment it's off the edge type of soccer and that's really what you want. And this is FA Cup men. It's very very prestigious. A lot of people think the FA Cup has lost its prestige. Men they are wrong. It's like the World Cup of England domestically if you put aside the English Premier League. So I think stakes are going to be very very high. At some point there might be tension nearing, bordering on fracas amongst the players because they all want to do it and they are also very tired fatigued by lots and lots of football. This is a must watch. You are talking about the changes that you might be expecting this afternoon coming on to this game. I understand that Kyle Walker might be injured from the game against Athletico Madrid, Cancelo also and there is also Fatigue, the likes of Kevin De Bruyne and all that. What kind of the major changes we are using from the Manchester City point of view? I think the Manchester City maybe Kyle Walker's absence will have to bring in somebody else. He has a tendency also not to start with the recognized striker. I think he will still go do that today. He is going to crowd his midfield so that he keeps Liverpool out of his midfield. But on this one I think my gut is that Liverpool will carry the day. I have a match and hit them simply because one Manchester City was kicked and bruised in midweek but Athletico did a lot of damage to them. Look at what they need to feel for them. They brought in fear to them and today they may not be on top of their game. Liverpool has a compact way of playing. Is it another tactic that Klopp can employ to be on the faces of Manchester City? Oh yes, he will be on the faces of Manchester City. Liverpool plays a little bit more physical as compared if you look at these two teams. Liverpool is going to come in the heavy metal, they are going to bang them, they are going to come and Liverpool will come off the blocks flying. Last Sunday they gave Manchester City a chance to score first. Today I don't think Klopp is going to repeat that mistake. He is going to instruct his players to just come and take the game to Man City. When you take the game to Man City at least the game becomes more interesting because they have to respond in kind also. And they are playing on neutral ground. Wembley. Last time Liverpool were playing away at City and it sort of put them in a tense position. If that game was in unfilled, I think Liverpool may just have walked away with the game. Although City dominated it but they were dominating because they are at home, that's advantage. This one is neutral. Wembley is 50-50. I think Liverpool might just have the last laugh. Not at least with the margin of one goal. But I think Liverpool will have the last laugh. And in the other game I think let me just be very politically incorrect. I think Crystal Palace will win. That is the game that you are going to talk about. A coach who has come in to Crystal Palace, actually not even Crystal Palace to the Premier League is doing his job without people noticing. But the same is actually working wonders and that is Patrick Vera with Crystal Palace. And he is going against it. Sofa, how do you rate Patrick Vera and Crystal Palace just the whole season sofa? I think he is successful because fox don't lie my brother. If you look at right now the points they have garnered is equal to the points they garnered last season. And they still have eight games to spare. So that shows you what a brilliant job this guy has done. Because if they have equal the points they have garnered the whole of last season. And they still have eight points to spare. Eight points can easily result into 24 points maximum. They are expecting ten more points on the lower side from the eight points. Because the eight games, let's assume they win too. They are expecting at least ten points. So they will have really improved. So I am sure when we are rating him he has done a brilliant job. And he is actually at the top half of the table. He is at the top half of the table. You know when he beat Arsenal, a friend of mine commented something that he said 12, I think 11 or 10 black, strong black men harassing a few mzungus on the field. When he was talking about the clikes of Zaha v. Smithro. He galvanized his team around him. And you see at a coach and we were talking about Tlatelitiko off the record. A coach, he is playing periods days will reflect his coaching style. Vera is playing days, he was a combative midfielder. And that is what he has done into that team. What they lack in flair they substitute with energy. They substitute with endurance and they substitute with aggressiveness. If you look at the game against Arsenal they had the energy, they had the endurance and they were aggressive. And you was done and buried. He scored a brilliant calling. So he is going to go against Chelsea and he is going to coach Chelsea. And this one coach actually was managed to pick a point from Manchester City. Actually two points from Manchester City. Four against Arsenal. And you know Jimmy Oaki, my nephew also comes here. He sent me a WhatsApp message. Ali says, who do you think will be the first coach to be sucked this year? I said, ah Patrick Vera. So I thought it was Patrick Vera. I thought Vera wouldn't like it. But man the guy is smooth. He knows what he is up to. I watched him on Instagram from his first training session, his second training session. I still didn't rate him. But let me tell you, my heart is off Patrick Vera. If you look at most of the coaches in football, those who really excel, most of them are normally midfielders. Why do I say midfielders or somebody who plays in the midfield role? Either as an attacking midfielder or a defensive midfielder. Most of the time in any team, look at Teta, look at Vera, look at Shavi, look at Godiola, look at Lampard. Those are the guys who in any team who enforce the tactics of the coach on the field. The coach passes instructions through them. These are the guys who pull the strings in the field. The midfielder will do that because he has to coordinate between the defense and the attack. So they have a good footballing mind. But there's a 20% in me that's saying next season is Patrick Vera's real litmus test. That's when he'll really prove himself. I'm a bit skeptical. Just 20%. What we can be asking also is that Chelsea having lost to Real Madrid, everybody talks about when you lose a game you need to make a comeback. You need a response. But do you see a response in their fake up? It will be a tough game, what I can say it will be a tough game. But again we cannot underestimate Tushel because I have followed him. He's not the kind of manager who makes a mistake twice. We look at the game, the first leg against Real Madrid. He started the game sluggishly. He considered three. When he came now the second leg he didn't start sluggishly. He was up three nil. So you see he's a coach who learns and he has players who are also willing to fight for him. So here we are going to see a combative semifinal. We are going to see a tough game and it can go either way. And it's a derby. It's also a derby. It's a derby. But I'll put my money on Chelsea in this one. Well, Eric Aganya and Taira Soyaki here on the touchline. I'm Robert Osoro. It is the touchline at Mirumbi Osoro, at Titiwayaki and at Eric Aganya. It's where you can find us on Twitter and Facebook and talk to us on matters that are happening when it comes to sports. A big weekend also this afternoon. Before we go to the fixtures and talk everything that is happening in the fixtures. Nemanja Matich has actually said this is my last season at Manchester United. I need to pave the way for the young guys. Brilliant idea. Brilliant idea because as much as I have massive respect for the guy, he's a left footed guy who plays in the centre of the park. Let us not forget what he did for Chelsea. That season under Mourinho that they won the Premier League. He was very instrumental. Mourinho's come back season. He was also done a lot for Manchester United, but unfortunately age has come in. There's nothing you can do. He was one of the fastest players and when age comes in, it slows you down. Age has slowed him down. He's decided to leave, to exit when he's still being respected. Sometimes when you overstay, you lose that respect because the young kids will run circles around you. He's experienced that. He's been a good soldier for Manchester United. He's been a good soldier for Chelsea. He's been a good addition in the Premier League. He's given us good memories. I remember his goal against Chris Torpales, against Manchester United when we won 3-2. Brilliant goal and when everybody was shouting at him, don't shoot, don't shoot. He took the shot and won the game. Well, the best to him. How many good memories for you for Nemanja Matich? Yes, he's been like the Luka Modrich of the English Premier League at some point or the other. He's played very, very well, brilliant football, brilliant thinker, brilliant to react to situations and he's also had that third eye that only genius footballers have. He's able to spot a non-existent space and squeeze the ball right there like passing a camel through a needle hole and he's done it without flinching. So, I have maximum respect for him, but times have brought in new players and Matich has been MIA, he's been missing in action. He's only brought in when United feel that they are a bit desperate and he can't rekindle that magic of yours. So, maybe he might be able to go to a not-so-demanding space where he can play his football in its final lap and I wouldn't rule that out because he's got something extra that he can pass on to younger guys but not at Manchester United. I'm honoured to have analysed Sok at a time when he was playing and I wish him the very best of luck. When the manager Matich is actually going to live in Manchester United at the end of the season. But now also, one coach who was also sacked yesterday has got to be Shondike, the Burnley manager. For many fans who follow Burnley and also the Premier League seems to be a sad day for us as Burnley decided to do away with Shondike. What were they thinking? What were they thinking? Because with the kind of budget that they have and what Shondike has been able to offer them who else will offer better? That is my biggest question. Especially at this time of the season they could have waited for him to see on the season because remember he had come in with a come back and he had picked a few points in the last few games. They could have allowed him to fin the season but he could have still maintained he could have avoided delegation with them but now I am not quite sure. Well for Shondike he was actually one of the longest running Premier League manager. And actually today he was actually one of the longest running Premier League. He was appointed I think back in 2012. October 2012. Yeah, he has done eight years at Burnley and they had actually promoted them from the championship twice. I think into also the European places in one of the seasons this was not a good season for him only winning four matches so far but he will not now be with Burnley and we'll see how Burnley will be fearing on considering that in late kickoff today they will be playing against the Hamas. So expect three points for Western for free. We are putting money somewhere. Eight seasons, that's a long time. Yeah, a long time now. But now maybe the players can play for him now. That's when the players come in to fight for you. Yes. And there's football politics and fortunately it happens in England. You saw it with Sheffield United but they had that kind of thing whereby they don't invest so much in the team and they expect the coach to do wonders and he has his requests to them this are not honored then they suck him. It's most unfortunate. With football actually it's a business and with this business there has to be an understanding between the playing unit and the office and the marketing. The business was of the company and the playing unit of the company. If these are disconnects especially if you look at a team like Manchester United when Ferguson left the playing unit and the marketing bit or the administrative bit is a big disconnect because the playing unit means the manager and the players. And the manager is the boss because when the manager is in control then the team will perform well. Yes. But when the manager is not in control then the team is not likely to perform well because they will end up buying players that the manager doesn't need they will buy players for commercial business and you see that one becomes a problem and that is what has happened with Manchester United and as we were saying off camera if you read Finder Tenhag insisted that he has to be because when you have people who have played football people who know how to market football in the administrative office look at the working relationship of Van Dasa and Tenhag Van Dasa has been there has been a player he knows the challenges that the players go through so when he is there as the CEO or the football director and then you have now a coach who understands football will go places but if that understanding is not there then we have It's actually good that you have brought Tenhag into this conversation because now he has agreed to be the next Manchester United manager in principle but they have not signed the contract yet but the question will be is there good fit for Manchester United at the moment? He is definitely not the worst we could have got given the time they had to sort this out remember there was a point when Antonio Conte was out of management and look what he has done at Tottenham he perhaps would have been a better purchase but then again when you look at the way Ajax of Amsterdam play that brilliant attacking football beautiful football what they call in England the Manchester United way you think okay this guy is worth the bet but then again we've seen more brilliant managers than him coming Louis van Haal and so on and so forth it's all about will he be given the time and space to do as he thinks and the resources because at the end of the day if you don't give the manager that room to manuva and do as he deems best then you're going to have the kind of clash we've seen between Burnley and Shondash however in terms of philosophy and tactics and everything I think he's a good fit better than Mourinho was because Mourinho a fantastic coach but his kind of soccer did not blend with the kind of Manchester United way of playing football Mourinho wants to park the bus Manchester United other side that's built on attack on attack ever since back in the day if Tenhag finally manages to come to Manchester United and is going to kick off the season as the coach let's say it goes also for pre-season and everything as a Manchester United fan and die hard what do you expect from this coach one I expect him to rebuild the team because that is what the team needs we need a coach as I said he is not the best that they could have gotten but he's the best that is out there because if you look at Konte there are so many factors to consider longevity Konte is a coach will come and win a season and decide he's not going to do it again he's leaving he did that at Chelsea he did that at Inter Milan he left Inter Milan when nobody expected so Manchester United I think they have learned from their mistakes they want to bring in a coach for the sake of longevity definitely he's going to get the resources because Manchester United even the previous coaches have gotten the resources as compared to the others if you look at the spending spray the only issue is now him being able to get rid of the many dead woods that are there because there are so many I don't understand how the likes of Phil Jones two years you played six games and you're still in the team we need a coach who has to say okay good you did your best but it's now time to move on and what I have read about him is that kind of a coach either you are with me or you are not with me either you shape up or shape out and that's what he did and you look at all the successful coaches they are that strong you have to put your foot down do you see this scenario also coming in where I was just perusing through the internet and one of the things that came up was that Manchester United is prepared to offer Paul Pogba 500,000 pounds per week and as a coach now you need to come to a realisation that if I don't take care of this cup of the players they are going to overrun me as a coach to me I think I was really really disappointed with the news if they are true with those figures yes with those figures because one Paul Pogba has no commitment to Manchester United thank you he has no consistency in his performance talent aside we've had talented players but without consistency without hard work then you are a liability to the team and you've seen some games where he's really a liability to the team when he gets a red card when he was not supposed to get a red card when he doesn't track back so I think as Manchester United we don't need such kind of players we need players who love the club players who are willing to play for the manager not players who want to dance on TikTok who want to be on Instagram and also that thing of splashing money on players that era has passed let him go yeah that era has passed they splashed so much on Maguire look at Maguire what has he given them back in return there was a time they even splashed so much return on investment is not worth this and you see Paul Pogba is also in his late 20s if you are investing in a 21 if they were investing in Sancho there's hope that this kid as time goes by by the time he hits 25 he will be at his peak Paul Pogba is now getting past his peak because if you are in your late 20s and you are a midfielder and you are slow in nature you may not play for long and you see everybody and everybody argue about Paul Pogba keeps on telling me look at his performance in France now my issue is look at the people he plays with in the French midfield we cannot just attribute it to Paul Pogba he has Ngolo Kante along his side he had blismatwidi for a long time those are donkey we will do the donkey work for him he has that I don't refuse he has that brilliant touch the likes of Kuhunde even Chaka for France he has that brilliant touch but lookamodrich has a brilliant touch and lookamodrich will still fly into tacos at the 120th minute will Paul Pogba do that that's when he will never be that great big question for Manchester United we are going to be asking them sorry I said Chaka for France sorry I confused my head is gone over all over the place sorry Chaka is Swiss just ignore me we'll still talk about many things here on the touchline Manchester United is a big conversation they like giving out points and they gave out points to Everton they have been giving out points to Burnley and all that and they might end up giving points again this evening to Norway we've had stupid draws here it gets for me when you talk about Manchester United it gets very emotional because it's one club I love we have stupid draws that Manchester United is drawing against teams that they should not have drawn and I watched actually that time I was watching I'm not just saying if you're watching we caught the game last season last time with him against Leicester against Everton and one thing we were coming to a conclusion that this just like a Kenya Premier League game because both teams could not string together 5 passes that's a joke you don't expect that from Manchester United in fact Manchester United the last 2 games have been worse than a Kenya Premier League team because at least the Kenya Premier League team you can blame FC is knocking balls by the FCs playing brilliant football I was in Tika the other day and how they are playing so my new have been as down as down can be to be honest and this afternoon against Norwich you give them a chance to gana the 3 points this is their best chance to ever come back and gana 3 points because really it's not too much of an uphill task when they are playing against Norwich but then again Norwich have nothing to lose so they are coming to throw wind to Kaushal or is it throw Kaushal to the wind sorry they are coming to throw whatever it is Norwich are coming out with no care in the world however if United were ever to get some 3 easy points no disrespect to Norwich if they can't I won't be surprised they don't win this one I think they won't even make it to the Europa because now the Champions League sport is out of question because you have Liverpool and Man City number 1 and 2 is gone Chelsea number 3 may also go and then we talk about Tottenham Tottenham is making Tottenham is making is trying to save the number 4 sport so if Tottenham saves number 4 and number 5 you have Arsenal number 6 you have now you are fighting with Western and Wolves is just there if they lose today Wolves and Arsenal and Western will occupy 6 and 7 well that's a much that will be coming for Manchester United this afternoon but also talking about Tottenham will be going ahead against Brighton Brighton have also been playing good football this time around but since Antonio Conte came in started off with 2-3 matches not going his way but of late Tottenham is scoring goals Harry Kane and Sam they are still scoring good goals I think Conte has brought in brought them to the form they were in when they were playing for Mourinho remember when and Kane were playing for Mourinho they were banging goals at will because Mourinho assisted Kane to have something to track back and come into the number 10 position and create for so and that confuses many teams and that's what Conte has now if you look at the last game 2 assists from Kane so you see Kane now is turning out to be there provider when everybody is expecting him to stick forward to be provided for and that confuses most of the defenders because most of the defenders do man-to-man marking when he was told to stay with Kane now when he draws you back towards the midfield you create a hole this is Tottenham's time to run away with it because Liverpool sorry Arsenal slipped and Manchester United slipped West Ham sort of slipped so really this is Tottenham's time not to bottle it but to run away with it if they do so then they start to seal their fourth place finish this particular league this particular season for that matter but if they slip because there are times in the season when they've lacked consistency in matters winning then they'll give these other teams that are chasing them a lifeline and that won't be good for them so really it's Tottenham's big test this particular weekend well Tottenham will be starting off the early kickoff there at 3.30 actually again as the Brighton have and then we talked about Manchester United and Norwich in the gold rush there Manchester United versus Norwich then Southampton at the St. Mary's versus Asnowatford will be playing home to Brentford and then Newcastle as in James Park will be playing Leicester sitting and then we'll be finishing of the day with Western versus Burnley the game between Southampton and Asnowatford actually looks like a big test for Asnowatford because Asnowatford doesn't look like Southampton has been a very good team since Asnowatford took over and Southampton again they have to come back from the 6th the thrashing they got against Chelsea last weekend they were thrashed so they have to answer they have to give an answer to that so today it's gonna be they will come up really hard against Asnowatford so it's an interesting and tough game to watch well and then for you Asnowatford Southampton how do you plan? I give Asnowatford benefit of the doubt I think they stand the chance of just walking away with it or at least not losing because they can't do worse than they've been doing of late this is it for them if they want to finish top top four this is it for them but then again it's not going to come easy and I think it will come late in the game for them well one team that has also so impressed since they appointed their new coach has got to be new castle Eddie How and they will be playing against Leicester City a big game for Eddie How at home for new castle to play Leicester a big game and as you've said since Eddie How came in he's really done a brilliant job apart from the 5-1 I think he was hit by Tottenham he's done a brilliant job throughout he's in the process of rebuilding at least he's given new castle hope that they're not going for delegation we'll stay up but even before we talk about any other game my credit, my big credit goes to Christian Ericsson at Brentford it's just brilliant for football even after that near death experience his come back he's stronger and I've watched him for the last three games he's come back to his best he's pulling the strings Brentford haven't lost an English Premier League game with him as part of the squad outfield and now Tottenham even want to buy him again must have been must have been a lot of therapy and heart from the innermost heart of yourself that he has to put the desire he has and the love of the game to come back and play because I think there are some players who have had this heart problem even the Italians refuse to play cannot play in their league it's the realisation that he's got a new lease of life he's leaving a second chance even when that's realisation when somebody realises they have a new lease somebody wants to be cautious it's like Kanunwanku coming back from the heart operation and near death experience Ronaldo the Brazilian number nine coming back from his knee surgery and with stitches right from the shin all the way almost to the thigh it's that thing of I can't take this for granted I'm so blessed I'm going to give this my all you know it is scary it is scary for some people like us for me personally it's scary because we saw what happened I think it was for Bruce Muamba for Bruce Muamba Mark Vivian and then there are coaches I think Sam Aladise and Saalex Fagason I've got this heart and when they celebrate a goal you're like ooh they came against they came against Barcelona because they wanted Fagason's arm and this was shaking and they can't do it and they're like it's also it's not to diminish his previous career before the incident at the last euros Ericksen has been a brilliant player he's always given everything but this time around it's like there's something that's really calling him to the next level and we are saying it takes a lot of courage to come back and say I want to play again others will go into retirement and move slowly into coaching but this guy came back and say I want to play again and I want to play the highest level let's finish off with West Ham and Burnley 3 points for West Ham I conquer for you Tiras it's theirs for the taking and let me pass on my congratulations to Ayub Tinde Masika remember you won the Revo Thai League one last Sunday and with Buriram United so now they are the champions of Thailand they may have booked themselves a place in the Asian Cup for next season massive congratulations to him I didn't want that to be my highlight of the week because I didn't want to sound a bit selfish or biased but overall massive congratulations to him another come back talking of comebacks he's a guy who was clubless just the other day but he came in strong he remained physically and mentally fit and guess what today he was back in the gym this morning focusing and everything just as he's been most of the week imagine you win the league you should be out there partying and drinking but you're out there hitting the gym hard so massive congratulations to him thank you for flying our flag high give us your parting shot my parting shot is to Wan Jao he won the featherweight in the boxing championship that has been going on in DRC Congo he's a boy who has come from so far he joined the military by mistake and credit goes to his coach and coach Deuri all the way Deuri has done a brilliant job with his kids and he's still mentoring other kids and they are the junior championship he took kids there when we have people doing extraordinary things in the estates these are kids who are turned from the streets they come in here, rehabilitate them and they also won with there's another kid called Monena he's in grade 6 the youth championship that has been going on and there's another girl called Elizabeth they have done well those are my heroes Coach Deuri all the way from Ghidorai keep doing what you're doing thanks a lot Eric also for coming thanks a lot to you guys I'm Robert Osoro for everyone who has made this broadcast a success we say asante sana good afternoon enjoy the rest of your viewing just make sure western has 3 points for you thank you