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26:13And so the way they closed out this match, It's far more important to me than the three points that they got out of this game. The way this game was 5-1 and it became 5-4, and they couldn't quite control the end of the game properly, the way that a champion team or championship-level team should do is the sort of stuff that hangs around and creates doubt. This team walks out of the stadium today not talking about the fact that they won away from home and that they won two in a row. they walk out of the stadium today thinking, oh, man, good Lord, man. Woo! Ha! We got away with that one. In a game in which you score five goals away from home.

26:56And it creates doubt. And that's doubt that hangs around. And eventually it shows up again whenever it's the next time for you to hang on to a result. One man who keeps showing up is Erling Haaland, though, Don. The fastest to 100 Premier League goals. Got that 100th tonight. And you'd expect a lot more are going to follow. Yeah, I mean, when he analyzes his performance tonight, he probably should have had a hat-trick. But, I mean, the fastest to it by a margin, by the way. I mean, he's just come into the Premier League in the short space of time, completely ripped all the numbers up. You know, it used to be back in the day where, you know, a striker would hit 20 goals a season.

27:35You'd be happy. I think Messi, Ronaldo and Haaland are changing those numbers. The way he plays the game, everyone's looked at, tried to micro-analyze where his weaknesses might be. but I think he proved tonight with the through ball that he is a good number nine target man, can lay it off, but he's a predator, okay? He lives his life scoring goals. He'll never miss. Even when he misses one, he'll get back on the horse and he'll get another one, he'll get another chance. He never loses confidence. I think that's the main thing about him. We're all footballers and we've all got an ego. We've all got to be a little bit vulnerable at times and when you're having a bad run, it can get to you.

28:13I just think the way Harlan plays the game and his attitude and his character, he could miss 10 chances in a game. He'll still get on the next one and he'll still score the game after. He's a freak of nature. He's amazing to watch. That confidence, as you mentioned as well in the highlight, is unwavering. Yeah, and that is actually the key to it all. That he's not thinking, man, I missed one, that becomes two, that becomes four, and now you go three games in which you haven't scored a goal because you're thinking about the badness that you just had. He has the opposite approach. He is thinking, I'm going to get another one, and I'm going to score that one.

28:51If I don't score that one, I'll score the next. Just give me the chances. I will take on the responsibility. Not that I would know this, but in order for you to become a prolific goal scorer, you have to wholeheartedly believe that you're putting yourself in the best position, and if you get enough chances, you're going to score goals. Not that guy, not that guy, not that guy. You are going to score goals. That's your job, and that's what you live for, and that's the way he thrives. He thrives. That is his lifeline, scoring goals, and that's how he plays the game. He does have one advantage over the majority of other strikers, however.

29:24When you play with this City team that he's been playing with, it's not too long before he gets another chance, let's be honest. So he doesn't really have time to dwell on misses because he knows there's another one coming along very shortly. That seemed like a backhanded. I know, I can't quite tell myself. I looked at that list and I'm thinking, All of those players... Shearer's a great example. Can we not do Haaland lists again, Stevie? No, please, please don't. You look at Shearer. If Shearer had been playing today, he would have those numbers that Haaland's got as well. I mean, Haaland, that's how good he is.

29:59Can we just appreciate Haaland instead of placing him in some sort of historical conversation? I'm just pointing out that it's a lot easier not to dwell on misses when you've got another one coming in about 65 seconds. You could have put Haaland back in Shearer's era and in previous eras of the Premier League and he'd still be delivering like this, right? Yes, he'd still be scoring goals. Not at the rate he is right now, but absolutely, yeah. Don, can you wait on what Stevie's saying here, the first points he's making, that if you're in the City team, you're going to get goals anyway? Yeah, well, 100%, but you've still got to have the confidence and you've still got to have the ability to take them.

30:39I mean, just because you play for Man City, It's not like you can get a guy from the pub team and put him up top of Man City and go, right, score 20 goals a season. You've got to have the ability. We saw that at Dortmund. You see that at an international level. He's got it. He's just got that aura. He's got that presence. Even when he's not scoring, he's having an impact on the game. He's impacting centre-backs. So where sometimes your mind feels a little bit quiet because we associate him with being a number nine and a prolific goal scorer, he's still got a different role in the team when he's not scoring goals.

31:09But like I said before, he lives for the goals. And like Ali said there, it's like he misses one, so what? He's got that ability and that character and that confidence to shake it off. And then on to Stevie's point, you've got to make sure you're good enough and you're ready enough and technically you're good enough for when that chance comes not to dwell on the one that you've missed, but to get your head down and finish it. Like I said, I guarantee you, because I know what pros are like, he'll put his head on the pillar tonight and he'll be so chuffed with being the fastest, but I guarantee you, if you ask him, he'll say, should have scored three.

31:42That's how he works. Would he have scored as many back in the day by your assessment, Don? Yeah. Yes, he would? Yeah, no, of course he would. I think to Stevie's point, when you bring Alan Shearer into the equation, I mean, Shearer played in a tough era and he'd done his ACL, so he was missing for quite a while. So the guys on that list are on there for a reason. He'd have banged in goals for Funhal and he'd still be top of those charts, I'd imagine. Can we just do then an apples to apples conversation then, in comparison, which is Sergio Aguero, who played for Manchester City. Very good Manchester City teams.

32:16Great Manchester City teams. Even Sergio Aguero, who is on that list, took 147 matches to score 100 goals, whereas Erling Haaland took 111. I think you started that argument. You started it by not just giving him his flowers. I'm just saying, I look at that list, and you can talk about Aguero if you want as well. But the game is so wide open. That's why he's... I'm not talking about his ability. I'm just saying that the game is so wide open. That's why he's got so many goals so quickly. That's the difference between him, in my opinion, and the majority of the rest. It's so open. That's why it's 100 and 111 games.

32:57I mean, that's mental. Again, that sounded like a backhanded compliment. Well, again, it's got nothing to do with his ability. I'm just saying. He's like, congratulations, Erling, not bad. Yeah, all right. Not bad, not bad. Who do you think you are? Don, you know we need a percentage chance question. It's not about Erling Haaland. It's about City and Arsenal right now and winning the Premier League title. Yeah. Well, the same as Saturday night, 60-30-10, and Chelsea's the 10. I would not write Man City off. I wouldn't write them off at all because they can go on a run. I think their next game's Sunderland.

33:31So, you know, before you know it, There could be three or four wins on the spin, and they sit here tonight only two points behind. How do you write a Man City team off that have done this twice against Arsenal? How do you write them off completely when they're only two points behind? You can't. All right. Let's move on to talk more, Premier League, because it's St. James' card. For the record, when they were up four points on Manchester City, Arsenal were four points. He had it at 50-50. Yes. Now they're only two points ahead. Now he's got 60-30. It's a long season ahead. You know, that's the all-done logic again.

34:04It is. But we love it, and we'll welcome it back any time, Don. Let's move on to talk more Premier League, because at St. James' Park, we did get to see Newcastle taking on Tottenham Hotspur. We're taking it to the 71st minute, into the second half here. This is where we're going to see the opening goal. It's going to be a superb finish from Bruno Guimaraes. It's a nice goal. Great wing play from Gordon. Just raw pace. Gets past two defenders, cuts the ball back. Volker made a nice little cut. A nice little ball laid back, and then a super finish. 78 minutes. Kudus puts the ball in, and it's Romero with the header.

34:43Because, of course, Cristian Kuti Romero would be the guy to get the goal for Spurs. And it's a beautiful header, too. This is an interesting moment here. The ball's cleared, but Dan Byrne dragged down by Benson. It looks as though they both had their hands on each other's shirt, but he does bring Byrne down. I don't see how you give a penalty here. Dan Burn has locked Bettencourt's arm out. And Dan Burn's twice the size of Bettencourt as well. I mean, he's ragdolling him there. I don't see how the referee can turn around and clearly say that is a penalty kick. Penalty was given, and Anthony Gordon would score it.

35:19And given Spurs' struggles, you think that that's it? Well, maybe. No, I mean, it was a day for Christian Romero, let me tell you. What? Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, the tricycle kick. What? Yo, slow ball. Oh, the shin to win bicycle kick. What? And he just bounces and bounces and bounces and eventually somehow he goes in. Oh, man. 2-2 it would finish. The 95th minute there. Christian Romero, the hero on the day. Let's take a look at the standings. Both teams finding themselves down in the bottom half of the table. Spurs in 11th right now. Newcastle in 13th. Lots to talk about from this game. Don's still with us.

36:01Let's get to that penalty decision first, Stevie. Let's just reiterate your feeling on it. Well, I don't think... There's no question Betancourt is the initial aggressor. He puts his hand on his waist. But we see that every single corner in every single game. But then Dan Burns starts forcing Betancourt backwards. Betancourt's starting to lose his balance. Dan Burns got his arm locked in. And Dan Burns, twice the size of Betancourt, and he's forcing him down and he ends up on top of Bettingham. Now, I don't see as a referee, you can turn around and say, that's definitely a penalty kick. I just don't see it.

36:37How did you see it, Don? Exactly the same as Stevie. It's never a penalty. It's never, ever, ever a penalty. That's two players more or less wrestling for the same bit of territory. Who was at fault? I don't think you could split them. I think it's a 50-50 who's trying to sort of wrestle away. yard. I just think it's one of those where whoever hits the floor, the referee then thinks, oh, that must be a foul to the player that's hit the floor. I think that was a poor decision from the referee. He didn't actually have a good game the referee all evening. He's a young referee, so it was a tough game for him to try and ref in, so I'll give him that, but I think the VAR decision for the pen was extremely harsh.

37:17What's your overall take on today's result between these two sides and how it all ended, though, Don? Well, Spurs come out with a bit of credit, K, because they got battered for 45 minutes, and that's, I think, where Eddie Howell will be upset that Newcastle didn't go at least one or two in a look at half-time. Hand on heart, I think Eddie got his team wrong. I think he should have started with Anthony Gordon and Anthony Alanga. He went with Murphy and Barnes, who, to be fair, are in good form. I just think the way Spurs line up, where Adoghi and Porat right back, you can get at them at raw pace, and that's exactly what happened when Anthony Gordon and Alanga came on.

37:53So I think Eddie Howe will be a little bit sort of self-reflecting when he thinks could have done a little bit more. I think he could have. I mean, Romero, he'll never score a couple of worldy goals like that, even though, as Ali said, it was an absolute shin to win the last one. But a diving header and an overhead kick to get a point. So credit Spurs for not caving in, but Newcastle will be a little bit devastated. They didn't put them away in the first half. Not all heroes wear capes, Ali. Well, no, and Christian Romero does not have a cape.

38:26Honestly, because we're watching a lot of games at the same time, and every time that I pan to the Newcastle-Spurs game, especially in the first half, I'm thinking, good Lord, these are two bad teams. Bad teams. And Newcastle, slightly better than Spurs, and yes, should have been up at halftime, But just on the whole, what I'm most surprised about is that actually there were four goals produced in this game. Where did the four goals come from? Because on the basis of the performance, you look at both of them, and they belong exactly where they are on the table. This is not a coincidence. And that's the overall feeling that I got in watching the game, is that, yeah, they are what they are for a reason.

39:10Spurs struggles to create anything of any sort of significance in the attack, so much so that you have to lean on Cristian Romero to be the one that scores two goals for you somehow. As for Newcastle, you get the feeling that they should be better, that they could be better, but for whatever reason, they just can't quite string it together game after game after game. In fact, have to have. Their drop-off in performance within games is significant, so much so that you allow a Spurs, a very average team like Spurs, to get back into this match. Newcastle should have won this game. they would be disappointed.

39:45But just on the whole, both of these teams, they've got a whole lot of work to do. A lot of work to do, Stevie. Yeah, I think, you know, Newcastle definitely let themselves down in the final third with the amount of ball they had. You know, Ali's talking about looking at the game. Every time you watch this, the yellow jerseys were defending. But you've got to give them credit for that. You know, particularly, Frank's under pressure. And, of course, whenever a manager's under pressure, The old classic comes out. Oh, the player's playing for the manager. You know, they're putting it in. Well, in terms of performance today, were they at the silky best?

40:23100 % not. But I'll tell you what, they didn't have to put the effort in. Yes, they had to defend for their lives, but they did it. And you don't do that if you want rid of the manager. And the fact that when they went 1-0 down, we all thought, game's done here. Because this team couldn't even get out the park. Never mind, score a goal. But they came back. They didn't let their heads go down. They came back into the game. And Newcastle took a step back, naturally. But they got back in it. And then again, they get punched in the jaw again. 2-1 down, game's done. No, it's not. So I think we've got to give Spots some credit.

40:55They didn't deserve to get in from the game, but they kept at it. And if anybody had any doubts that this team wants Frank as their manager, this effort showed that they still believe in him. OK. It wasn't the only Premier League games that we saw today, though. Bournemouth also played Everton with just one goal in this game. It's a deflected strike and it comes late on. And it comes with Jack Grealish.

41:26How's your luck, the goalie? Goal is your no chance. It's not even a great shot. You would say, how's your Donald? How's your Donald? Yes, I am learning. It moves Everton into the top half of the table. While Bournemouth's slide continues after they lost for the fourth time in five league matches. Upcoming Premier League schedule is as follows. Wednesday, a whole slate of action including Arsenal against Brentford. Leeds taking on Chelsea and Liverpool against Sunderland. And then on Thursday, it's Manchester United against West Ham. In Germany, cup competition at the moment. Pokal round of 16.

42:02These two sides faced each other in the Bundesliga at the weekend. Emberus, the Adoptment, won that game. In this game, who would come out on top? 34th minute, Ibrahim Mazza with a goal here for Leverkusen. He had about eight touches there, didn't he, Mazza? I mean, his first two or three were fantastic. Right here, good first touch. Somehow stands on it there, but he ends up coming back to him. And then he smashes at home. To the 40th minute we go. It's going to be a really nice ball from Fabio Silva to Adi Yane. Cleared off the line by Andrish. It's a great look from Fabio Silva and the drop off to Karim Adeyemi.

42:41I just don't think Karim Adeyemi gets his step correctly here. It's almost as if he's rushing the shot when he doesn't have to do so. Still 1-0. Adeyemi's going to get another chance here. Heads it wide. Yeah, he's fallen. He gets up well, but he's fallen backwards. And can't get it on target. Leverkusen did have another goal rolled out for offside through Terriette. would finish 1-0 and they march on to the quarter-finals Archer in tot and Didi and Manwa at the game here they are speaking after it. On Saturday Dortmund won away at Leverkusen but tonight in the DFB Cup Leverkusen have won away at Dortmund Didi and just about given the way that they took their chance deserved yeah there wasn't much in the game on Saturday there wasn't much in the game tonight but I think they were just the more clean it's got a wonderful goal in the first half through Masa.

43:36Dortmund probably had the best two chances towards the end of the half where Adeyemi has two shots on goal from about 10-12 yards out. He's got to do better. But Leverkusen defended well. They played the better football. They looked the more mature team and I think in the end they deserved it. Which of these teams looks better set, would you say, for the rest of the season? Of course, Leverkusen being through to the next round gives them a real fillip but for Dortmund it feels like Niko Kovac is having to fight against outside forces even if he's probably overperforming. Yeah that's right so if you ask me which team I'd like to manage tomorrow it will be a pretty easy decision because I think Leverkusen...

44:18That'll be a headline in itself.

44:22I think they've got so many wonderful players going forward with pace with guile um they're just wonderful to watch and um the way they pass the ball in grimaldo and garcia and hoffman they've got three players who bring everybody into play everything is chilling together in a pretty short space of time because new manager a lot of new players and on the other hand you look at dortmund and they just it's it's always workman like they sometimes it's a hard watch because they find it so hard to create chances from open play and you know I think there's a lot more potential in Leverkusen's team than in Dortmund.

44:58Both of these teams back in Bundesliga action at the weekend Leverkusen go to Augsburg whilst Dortmund host Hoffenheim here looking to bounce back from their cup defeat to Leverkusen. Thank you guys you'll be able to see all the German football on ESPN plus here's the rest of the round of 16 results on Pauli with a win over Gladbach Kaiser Slouten got slouted by Hertha 6-1 that game finished. Good try. Leipzig. Baumgartner with two goals in the 3-1 win over Magdeburg. Here's Wednesday's schedule coming up. Lots more games including Union Berlin taking on Bayern Munich. Last 16, everybody fighting for a spot in the quarterfinals.

45:40You can catch these games on ESPN+. Thank you so much for being with me on ESPN FC. Stick around. Extra time is on the way next on Hutchison. is joining us to answer your questions. Please still stick around. See you there.

45:58Welcome into the latest edition of Extra Time. We've got Stevie and Ali in the studio. Don Hutchison's with us as well. Oh, my goodness. The first question will have to be for Stevie, of course. Is Erling Haaland the greatest Premier League's maker of all time? Yeah. I'm with Frank on this one. Don't start blaming someone else. I want your opinion just outright. How can he be? How long has he been in the league? Four years? How can he be? You can't judge until he's either finished or right at the end of his career. And as I said on the show, in terms of goals, it's easier, A, when you play in a side like City, and B, the game is so open.

46:49that's why he has so many goals in such a short space of time but again let me repeat that's got nothing to do with how brilliant he is I'm just saying the game is so open that a guy with his quality is going to score more goals So could he have scored 100 and 124 like Alan Shearer did back then? It's possible Yeah, it's possible Okay Would you bet against him becoming the greatest striker of all time in the Premier League?

47:26If he stays fit, I'd have a tough time arguing against him. Well, you'll find a way. If he keeps doing what he's doing, then absolutely. He'll give it a go. If he scores another 111 in the next 100 games, I won't be able to argue with you. All right. All right. I think that's pretty clear, isn't it? Okay, are we all right with that, guys? I mean, wasn't it Craig on here about a month ago saying he wasn't in the top 20 and then had to backtrack double quick? Yeah, but Craig was involved in that conversation but then quickly backpedalled as well, to be fair. Yeah, but Craig mentioned a couple of old Chelsea boys, didn't he?

48:04And it was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, you can't be bringing boys in from the 70s into Erland Harland's conversation unless they're racking up serious numbers. It was funny. OK, I'm sure this topic will come back up again. I can't wait. It's going to be amazing. Ale, who's your pick to win MLS Cup this Saturday? And is this one of the most even match-ups we've seen in the final in recent memory? You mean there's another team playing other than Inter Miami? Oh, yes. You mean they're playing somebody in MLS Cup? It's not just Messi and Inter Miami celebrating? Maybe Vancouver can do it. The game's in Miami, right?

48:43Yes. but you wouldn't know that they're playing against another team. I just... Look, the Vancouver Whitecaps are an uncomfortable matchup for Inter-Miami, and I think they can expose some of the frailties that Inter-Miami and vulnerability that Inter-Miami have defensively. Having said all that, this is Inter-Miami and Lionel Messi. More importantly, Lionel Messi, if he plays at the level that he's been playing in the playoffs, and why wouldn't he? Because, again, he's Lionel Messi. they become so difficult to stop. Him playing at a high level, Tadeo Allende playing at a high level, Silvetti playing at a high level, Jordi Alba as well.

49:23They seem to have too many tools available for Lionel Messi, and this team offensively has been dominant. They're explosive. If Vancouver is unable to address that, I don't think they have an opportunity to win this game. But that's what everybody's been saying, and so maybe Vancouver can use that to their advantage. Nobody's talking about Vancouver whatsoever. And this is a good team that can be a problem for Inter Miami. I'm still going to pick Miami. I'm being told that after today's Barcelona game against Atleti's Diego Simeone, said he couldn't believe that Rafinha didn't win the Ballon d 'Or.

49:56So he's adding some fuel to that one. And we're talking about that game right now because there's a question here saying, is Jamal really Barcelona's best player ahead of Rafinha? The team is on a whole other level with Rafinha on the pitch. and he does have more important goals since the beginning of last season. I'll put that to you, Ali. We can turn this conversation around and say if you go back a year ago, exactly a year ago, right around this time, where La Minha Mal was struggling with an injury and was not available for Hansi Flick, and at that point Barcelona were leading the league and they went on a free fall and Rafinha was on the field at the time.

50:34So we seem to be prisoners of the moment. and seem to react on what we see on the last couple of performances from Rafinha, how much of an impact he has on this team, which he does. So does Laminya Mal. And if he's not available, then Rafinha's job becomes a whole lot more difficult and it's more difficult for him to be effective because he needs the presence of Laminya Mal. So how about you have them both on the field? And right now, Ansi Fleek can do that. He can have both of them on the field. I still think that if you're giving me the choice of picking a player, one over the other. I'm taking Namin Yamaal because I think what you're seeing from him is only the beginning of what he's going to become as a player.

51:14Scary. Okay, when you have a big lead done like Man City did today and the opponent starts a comeback like Fulham did, how difficult is it to stop the momentum and regain control of the match? It is horrible. It is horrible. Once you lose momentum and you see it coming, sometimes there's nothing you can do you can change fullbacks, you can change midfield players, managers can change whatever you like on the pitch. Tactically, when it's all going against you and you're losing goals for fun. I mean, I've had a couple of sevens in my career. I had a seven at Blackburn and a seven at Man United. And you just, there's nothing you can do.

51:52You just, you're just standing there thinking like, right, I need to do something. Let's close people down and let's, let's. But sometimes like everything's the opposite. When you want to close people down because you're taught to close people down, Sometimes the best thing to do is stand in your position and be compact. If you be compact and teams start... It's a nightmare and sometimes there's nothing you can do apart from just grind on and hope you come out on the right end of the result. And that's what happened to City today. Because Fulham had one, cleared off the line with about 10 seconds to go.

52:21But it's a horrible feeling. Hodge, were you with us yet when we beat Leeds 5-4 at Elland Road? Did you come the following year? No, but we lost to Leeds in the Charity Shield 5-4 or 4-3. We were playing Leeds United away, and we were 4-0 up at half-time. I mean, absolutely annihilated them. And for, I think, the first 10-15 minutes, nothing happened. It was perfect. And we just kind of thought it was done. And they got a goal, it was 4-1. And then, finally, they got another one. And then they got another one. and it's just like the snowball's coming at you and you can't do anything, stop it. And we actually got another one, we went 5-3 up, Rushy scored and we thought, that's us, 10 minutes to go.

53:12They scored again with five minutes to go, 5-4. I mean, we held on big time. A bit like City today, game was done, we fell asleep, stopped playing, when that snowball gets going, as Don said, you can't stop it. I was kind of annoyed that you were annoyed about the stats as to there being nine goals in a Premier League game and how often that had happened. You know why I was kind of annoyed? Why are you going to get him started? No, I have to get him started because for once it involves Middlesbrough. We were in a game where there were nine goals hard and we scored eight of them against Man City in 2008.

53:53It was a kind of, like... It is a high scoreline for a Premier League game, Stevie, isn't it? Commentators come out. I mean, I get that some people like starts, but give us a solid, a really good start. You know, John gave us... This is the sixth highest... What was it? Sixth highest? Was it fourth? Was it sixth? No, it was definitely sixth. Six. Six. If it was second or first, but John's telling me it's sixth. I mean, who cares if it's sixth? When does anybody ever care about Enon being sixth? Six, seven. Six, seven. Oh, my goodness. We've had too many six, sevens on this show. Hey! We've got a six, seven in the Premier League, then we'll talk, all right?

54:38Should Liverpool sell Salah in January and use the money to buy his replacement? Stevie? Yes. Why wouldn't you? Why wouldn't you? Who's going to buy him? Well, I think it's pretty obvious. There's only one place he's going to... There's only one place he's going to go, because nobody else is going to pay on what he's getting. So... Yeah. Why wouldn't you? You've got to move on eventually. Right now... But bad form doesn't last forever, does it?

55:10Er, it can. It can. You think it will with him?

55:19I think there's a possibility. Now, I'm going to guess that nothing will happen in January. But if somebody comes in and offers you 50 mil, because he might still be worth 50 or 60 mil to the Saudis, so why wouldn't you take it? You get 50 mil, you get that wage off the bill, and then you can go again and retool. Get some medal. If you can work that out, get some medal. But I don't think that will happen. I think Liverpool will wait. If anything's going to happen, we sell that. It'll be next summer. I don't think anything will happen in the January window. What do you think, Don? Cash in while you can or keep hold of him?

56:07It's a good question from Steve Daly. I like it, but what I need, Kay, I need names. You know, it's all right saying cash in, but who are you going to buy? Are you going to go elite? you're going to buy like Michael Alise because then it's a no-brainer. And Semenyo is a brilliant, brilliant player but there's a big step up from Bournemouth to Liverpool. You've got to think, Don. You've got to think that the hierarchy have been looking at players to replace Salah or Gakpo or anybody else. They have to be. That's their job. and at the end of the day you have to make a decision nobody knew what was going to happen with Sani for example from Southampton but you have to take a step forward there's always a little sorry Manny, I meant Manny not Sani you meant Semenyo and not Samedo as well I know so there's always a little gamble on anybody as we're seeing right now with Verts and Isak struggling So, no, absolutely.

57:17I'd wait. They're bound to have... I'd wait till the summer. Yeah, I think that's what will happen. But if they get offered 50, 60 million, you've got to take it. Fair enough from you, Stuart. All right. Thanks, Bob. Apparently, after the game, there's some news on Danny Olmo's recent injury, current injury, that he's dislocated his shoulder and it will be three weeks on the sidelines right now. The next question is about Barcelona. Three weeks? They're dislocated his shoulder? That's what we're hearing right now. I don't think so. What's more likely on a dislocated shoulder? If he's dislocated his shoulder, he's hit for three months.

57:48Never mind three weeks. All right. No chance. All right. Nicol MD. I'm just saying, I've done my shoulder twice. All right. I've done it. I've done it, yeah. Oh, we got experience everywhere. Yeah, exactly. No, we're talking about you, by the way. Maybe it's a Cegno situation and a Mane Sane situation. Maybe Danny Olmo is just tougher than Don and Stevie. Oh, he's not that tough. He's done his shoulder. Ale, does Rashford deserve more game time at Barca?

58:18Marcus Rashford has been better than I think Barcelona had expected coming into the season. And they have to use him because of the injuries to the players that were always going to start ahead of Marcus Rashford. And so those players are now back from their injuries. We just had a question about is Rafinha the most important player in Barcelona and not Laminya Mal. And I was saying that I would take Laminya Mal over Rafinha. I'll tell you what I'm not doing. I'm not taking Marcus Rashford over Rafinha or Laminya Mal. So those two guys are going to play. And then the question becomes who plays through the middle.

58:58And that will be either Robert Lewandowski or Ferran Torres. It won't be Marcus Rashford. So it's not a matter of whether you deserve more playing time or not. These guys, right now, at this point in their career, they're better than you are at what they do and more important to this team than you are. You will still be a useful player for Hansi Flick, and you will come off the bench and play an important role and get important minutes, defining minutes. He came on the field today, made a difference, both defensively and offensively. That's the expectation for Marcos Rashford going forward. As it pertains to what his playing time will be, that depends on whether Rafinha and Namin Yamada are healthy and are fit.

59:35And if they are, those guys are going to play. All right. That will do it for today's questions. Thank you so much to the panel for answering them. Thanks to Don for being with us and for Stevie. And Dr. Nickel. Dr. Nick. Dr. Nickel. Love Dr. Nick. See you tomorrow. Don't forget the MD. Sorry. My apologies. I do beg your pardon.

1:00:07We'll be right back.