Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2018 Liverpool vs Man United Premier League leaders Liverpool take on Manchester United in the big game this week and of course this will feature in our predictions at the end of the show. We’ve also got a football quiz question about being booked, as well as an English for football expression that describes a style of football. If you’d like the transcript to the show – great for learners and teachers of English – please show your support by becoming a patron (through Patreon) and if you have questions or comments, email us at: admin@languagecaster.com (Damian=DF, Damon=DB). Patreon – Support Learning English Through Football Transcript of the show (18th December 2018) Introduction DF: Hello everyone, this is Damian from the languagecaster team and we’d like to apologise for the delay in posting this week’s podcast – after last week’s live show from Tokyo we had a host of unlucky technical issues this week which meant that we were unable to put the show together until today, Tuesday. But we are back and the delay means that we can mention the fact that Premier League side Manchester United are now looking for a new manager after Jose Mourinho was sacked today. The former Chelsea, Inter and Real Madrid boss won two trophies at United but the Red Devils currently find themselves 19 points behind leaders Liverpool. Right, Jose’s gone but we’re still here – apologies again – and here’s this week’s show. Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2018 Liverpool vs Man United DF: You are listening to languagecaster.com’s football-language podcast. Hello and welcome. You are listening to the podcast for all those who love the beautiful game of football and who want to improve their English language skills. My name is Damian and I am back in London after my short trip to Hong Kong and Japan where of course I met Damon – we recorded last week’s show together for the first time in over three years! Damon, how are things? DB: Hi Damian. things are good here in Tokyo. It was good to see you over here last week. I hope the flight back wasn’t too long! I’m guessing you were back in time for the Champions League fixtures. What did you watch? DF: Well, the flight is a long one, I’ll tell you that! But I did manage to watch the Spurs game against Barcelona on Tuesday evening in the Champions League – Oh, what drama! DB: Yes DF: I was so nervous as I was not just watching Tottenham’s match but I also had one eye on the Inter vs PSV game – both of these teams were also in the same group. Now, both games finished 1-1 which meant that Tottenham went through to the last-16 knock-out stage on a better head-to-head record than the Serie A side Inter. DB: What do you mean by ‘head-to-hea...