Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E whakaae ana te kaiwhakahaere o Liverpool a Brendan Rodgers e kore e taea e tana kapa te kore e tae mai ki tetahi atu kēmu nui mehemea ka ora tonu o ratou hiahia ki te wikitoria. I mua i te okiokinga o te ao, i mutu nga whakataetae 13 o te Reds i te whare ki te whakataetae Champions League-e whai ana i a Manchester United, e rima nga tohu i wehe atu i nga waahi tohu. Ko te hinganga ki te tuatoru o nga Arsenal ka nui te whiu ki o raatau wawata ki te hoki mai ki te rangatira o Europi mo te wa tuarua o te tau. Kua akiaki te kaiwhakahaere o Liverpool a Brendan Rodgers i tana kapa kia pai te mahi i te tukinga ki a Arsenal i te Rahoroi. E mōhio ana a Rodgers me karo rātau i te tukurua o te whakaaturanga pouri o te haurua tuatahi ki a United i arahi ai rātau ki te hinga. 'Kua uaua te mahi ki a mātou anō nā tō mātou mahi whakamutunga me te hua, engari he tino taea,' i kī ia mō ō rātou tūponotanga ki te whā o runga. 'I roto i ngā marama e toru kua hipa, haunga te kēmu whakamutunga, he tino pai tā mātou mahi, ā, kua whai hua mātou. 'Ki taku whakaaro ka tirohia e te iwi (te haerenga ki Arsenal) hei kēmu me wikitoria. Ki a au, he kēmu me mahi, e hiahia ana mātou ki te mahi pai, ā, e mōhio ana mātou, ina mahi mātou i tērā, ka whai wāhi katoa mātou ki te wikitōria, ahakoa kei te kāinga, kei waho rānei. E mātakitaki ana a Rodgers i te whakangungu i a ia e whakarite ana i tana kapa ki te aro atu ki a Arsenal i te Emirates i te Rāhoroi. Ka kōrero te rangatira o Liverpool ki ana kaitākaro i mua i te tukinga nui ki a Arsenal i Raki Rānana. 'Kua roa a mātou wiki e rua, tērā pea koia tētahi o ngā kēmu torutoru i muri i te wehenga ā-motu i iti ai tō mātou mamae, nā te mea kāore mātou i mahi, i hinga, engari he pūmanawa anō kei reira ki te whiwhi i tētahi mea mai i te kēmu, ā, ko te mea tērā e tino hiahia ana mātou ki te whakatutuki. 'Ko ēnei kēmu whakamutunga e waru he kēmu whakaongaonga, ā, kei reira tonu ngā tūponotanga katoa mō tātau kia eke ki te whā o runga.' He tokomaha e kite ana i nga taha e rua he rite ki to raatau huarahi ki te pehea e purei ai ratou, ina koa ki te pehea e pai ai ratou ki te pupuri i te poi. He āhuatanga tērā i ngaro i te kēmu o United, ā, he utu nui ki a rātau, ā...
Ka pōwhiri a Arsenal i ngā hoa whawhai nui e whā o Liverpool i te Emirates i te Rāhoroi. Kua whakamutua a Martin Skrtel rāua ko Steven Gerrard mō te tukinga nui. I hinga a Liverpool i te 2-1 ki a Manchester United i mua i te okiokinga o te ao. Ko Arsenal, kei te tuatoru o ngā tūranga, e ono ngā tohu kei mua i a Liverpool i te whakataetae.