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famous european night at anfield, but is their stadium still the fortress it once was? the crowd is able to push us from 100 to 140%. the crowd is able to push us from 100 to 14096. jurgen klopp will renew his rivalry with bayern munich as liverpool look to make a step closer to the champions league quarterfinals. also coming up in the programme... a man under pressure, how safe is maurizio sarri's job at chelsea after a fifth defeat in ten games? the countdown begins — just a hundred days to go until the cricket world cup in england and wales. and two days into formula one testing for the 2019 season one team still hasn't made it out the garage. hello and welcome to sportsday.

thanks forjoining us. "this is anfield" is written on the sign that greets opposition players as they walk out onto the pitch at liverpool's world famous ground. it's there to intimidate and remind rivals that they are in what's come to be known as a fortress. tonight, bayern munich will play there for the first time in 38 years in the last 16 of the champions league, but is anfield really the fortress liverpool would have us believe? patrick geary‘s been looking into it. anfield is a place stimulated by light, the signs, symbols, sites and sounds on european night were present the liverpool fans a cathedral and for the manager, a fortress. it is something to enjoy, there is a lot of power involved in

it and there is a lot of power involved in itandi there is a lot of power involved in it and i have experienced it now a couple of times and the crowd is able to push us from 100 to 120, 130, 100 40%. able to push us from 100 to 120, 130, 100 4096. perhaps the sense of mystery comes from its place in history, its reputation was built around a remarkable success of liverpool through the 19705 and 19805, winning four european cups in that period and unbeaten in 440 european matches up until december 1991. tonight they could get halfway there, unbeaten at the moment in 19 due5in there, unbeaten at the moment in 19 dues in europe and they have won their last five in the champions league and knocking in 16 goals in the process at anfield. byron mu5t somehow conjure up inspiration from intimidation. i love to play in this stadium andl intimidation. i love to play in this stadium and i can imagine what it is like with the fans, maybe this time against me, but i love this feeling.

perhaps they can take courage the fa ct perhaps they can take courage the fact that the chief guardsman i5 mi55ing, star defender virgil van dijk suspended and an away goal might be all important. liverpool we re might be all important. liverpool were beaten three times on foreign 5hore5 in the group stages. like all who visit this place baron expre55ed try to trick the legend azimuth. ba5h bayern munich mu5t try to trick the legend azimuth. ba5h bayern munich must try to treat the legend a5 a myth. for all their dominance at the start of this campaign, liverpool have had a nervy run since the beginning of 2019, with two losses and two draws in their last seven matches. so how much do the fans still believe in fortress anfield? our sports correspondent katie gornall is at the ground. katie, are people there feeling nervous? you could forgive a few nerves i think because although bayern munich have been faltering a bit in the league they are still very much a force to be reckoned with. they have their star striker lewandowski who

has been 5coring freely in the group stages. and liverpool are without virgilvan stages. and liverpool are without virgil van dijk. but instead of nerves when you're standing here you just get a sense of excitement. liverpool went all the way to the champions league final last year and this year they have also got that dual challenge of competing for the premier league as well. i think instead of nerves the fans are maybe excited and they are more focused perhaps this season on the premier league. liverpool and bayern are two of the most successful teams in the competition but they've somehow managed to avoid each other in it for a while havent they? that is interesting and it is underlined when you look at the match programme today, five times each of these clubs have one the champions league and the last time they played the european cup against each other was back when liverpool went to lift the trophy. so the

history is really betweenjurgen klopp and bayern munich, he was overlooked in fact for that job klopp and bayern munich, he was overlooked in fact for thatjob back in 2008 and went instead to borussia dortmund and turned them into a title winning force. in fact they we re title winning force. in fact they were the last team to deny bayern munich title seven years and also some extra elements at play, jurgen klopp nurtured many of the players that bayern munich then went to purchase from under his nose. so there has been many battles between them over the years and we're set for another one here at anfield. barcelona play lyon tonight looking to end a run of low—scoring matches which has seen them win just once in four games, scoring only four goals in that time. three of those came from lionel messi, who will be hoping to add to this 106 in the champions league. the first leg of their tie will be in france and barca haven't had a great run away from home in europe in recent years, their last away win in the competition's knockout stage came in 2016 against arsenal.

away from the champions league, there's one game in the championship tonight. queens park rangers are looking to bounce back from their fa cup defet to watford last week. they're hosting fourth placed west bromich albion at loftus road. kick off is at 745. and one game in the scottish cup, inverness caledonian thistle host ross county. kick off is at 19.45 and you can hear live commentary on bbc radio scotland. the pressure is building on chelsea manager maurizio sarri, following last night's 2—0 home defeat to manchester united in the fa cup. it was their fifth loss in ten matches and prompted chants of "you don't know what you're doing" towards sarri by the home crowd. so what could this mean for his future? our sports reporter sarah mulkerrins is with me now. how safe is sarri's job? well i wonder how they is any

football managerjob well i wonder how they is any football manager job in well i wonder how they is any football managerjob in particular chelsea because they have gone through 12 managers since 2003. just looking at the back pages this morning, surrender, and then the ball hits the wall for sarri so really a sense that after that game last night the fans were venting their frustration is and there was a change in the dealing and the atmosphere. we understand that maurizio sarri will take charge of chelsea against malmo in their europa league game on thursday and on sunday they are in the league cup final against manchester city. it would be particularly bold move for any club to make any kind of managerial decision like that in a week like this. and as i said that defeat against manchester united which knocked them out of the fa cup

came on the back of five losses now in the last ten games. they have not scored a single goal in those defeats. there was that big a thrashing from manchester city nine days ago, and i think the fans were hoping to see a change in performance and style but with maurizio sarri you're not going to get that, that is not his style. he has this sarri both philosophy and in terms of his tactics there was no change and now there is this conflict with chelsea in terms of what they do as a club, but the fans wa nt what they do as a club, but the fans want them to do, but the squad want. you have on one side maurizio sarri with his tactics and a squad that does not quite fit how he once declared the moment and the fans venting their frustration. declared the moment and the fans venting theirfrustration. do declared the moment and the fans venting their frustration. do you meet someone in the middle, this is what chris sutton thinks chelsea should do. ijust do not see it lasting. how can it last, there is a way to lose a game and they are out tonight and the fans have turned on

him. what is positive about sarri chelsea the moment? why would you risk in taking charge of a game against manchester city in their colourful full stop he is gone, he is done for top so that is chris sutton and what about the fans? ben rebuck is a chelsea supporter in london. ben, did you go to the game last night? what do you make of sarri right now? i sold my ticket because everything around the club at the minute is toxic. the atmosphere is not there, the fans are divided. i think last night showed that the fans are now splitting into a mob of sarri hatred and singing about you... you doing with the substitutions, swearing and saying about sarri ball and how much they dislike about. that is the problem at the club at the minute and unfortunately it is down to the manager because he is the one taking

the same team each week. and it is getting to the point now that i think the fans have had enough and you are think the fans have had enough and you a re really think the fans have had enough and you are really seeing this at the clu b you are really seeing this at the club and for the manager to be sung at by the fans that they want him gone, that is unheard of. when sarri came in it was such a change for chelsea and a real future leading philosophy, a change in the club, a new departure as to how the club could be forgotten is it right that chelsea would now get rid of him and do not back this long—term plan, considering the past? considering the past it is amazing that he is still in thejob. i think the past it is amazing that he is still in the job. i think a the past it is amazing that he is still in thejob. i think a 6— nil loss in my lifetime is unheard of, the last time it happened once before i was born with a he has come back to this point and that makes me cautious, i want him to leave the clu b cautious, i want him to leave the club because i do not think he is a

good enough coach or tactician. the philosophy he is trying to bring in ido philosophy he is trying to bring in i do feel a bit sorry for him because there was that kerfuffle at the start of the season with antonio co nte the start of the season with antonio conte not getting sacked until two weeks before the start of the season and to bring in a philosophy like that takes a lot of time. people say jurgen klopp pep guardiola, they we re jurgen klopp pep guardiola, they were given the time. liverpool have only started doing well this year into a long budget withjurgen klopp. but we're not a club that dean '5 success as longevity but we demand instant gratification in my opinion put up our season is pretty much in tatters now to be honest. we're not going to win the league cup on saturday excepting some miracle stop the europa league will be difficult, we will probably beat malmo but there are some big teams in the competition still and we have

shown that we go down to any big tea m shown that we go down to any big team and we do not get back into it. and the subs are so uninspiring, the players do not have digested and is now dashed the players do not look interested and it is all downhill from there. if he were to leave, chelsea have been through most of them managers now. who would you like to see replacing customer that is the problem, we've gone through the core of managers who would want that position, having jose mourinho, the brightest young thing in football, to a former bank manager who never won anything in 13 years of managing, maurizio sarri. zinedine zidane would be the obvious choice, he's out of a job and he is the winner of three champions leagues with real madrid. but is he going to want to manage a team who might not even be in europe next season. i think he is the option that would keep the fans onside because he would play more back to

basics football that i think the fa ns basics football that i think the fans prefer. apart from him there is a negri, who was atjuventus, i do not think he would get the job. i will just put it not think he would get the job. i willjust put it out there, jose mourinho comic he knows how to win and why not. three times, ring him,. bring him home. it's100 days to go until the start of the cricket world cup. the hosts england are the world's number one ranked side and favourites for the tournament, despite never winning it before. ahead of their one—day series away against west indies, sara 0rchard has speaking to former england captain alistair cook about their chances. some of the biggest names in cricket gathered this morning in trafalgar square with 100 days ago until the start of the tournament where ten countries can be to lift this trophy. for england they are the favourites. how will they deal with that pressure? i do not think on

morgan and the guys, they probably will not take any notice, they will concentrate on what they've got to do. they have one day series in the west indies and then pakistan and then the world cup. a lot of cricket to keep everyone fit and firing and they will be excited by that. it is a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity to play the whole world cup. way from all the action on the pitch plenty going on behind the scenes. some that includes making sure the tournament will be safe and the introduction of anti—gun technology at some of the matches is to help prevent terrorism and also avoid the issues that face gatwick airport backin issues that face gatwick airport back in december. the safety of players and of the fans is paramount for the label and taking all my precautions, we have a billion people tuning in to watch the cricket world cup and we want to make sure it is safe and successful and above all inspires more people to get involved in sport. if you wa nt to get involved in sport. if you want tickets for the world cup you

better be quick as the england matches are already sold out and there is a limited number left available for other games. they will all go on sale in march. formula one testing started yesterday for the new season but one team still haven't made it on track. williams say they won't run their 2019 car until tomorrow at the earliest. williams had a disappointing 2018, finishing last in the constructors title race and they are running out of time to get their car sorted before the season starts on march 17th. 0ur f1 correspondent andrew benson has been following the test. formula 1 teams are always right up against it from the start testing. the car it is always a lastjob. williams have their calculations wrong this time and that caused some ructions within the team, they're not happy with the way it happened. as things stand the car was due to leave the factory tonight and fly to spain and be at the track by around

five o'clock in the morning on wednesday and then hopefully out on the track sometime in the early afternoon. that means they will have lost two and half days of the breast for days of testing with only one more four—day test after that. 25% plus of time lost on track for top thatis plus of time lost on track for top that is not great when everyone else has been around 100 laps today. it is always difficult to jump to conclusions from testing and especially this early on because the teams are checking the reliability of their cars and making sure the systems work. nolan has gone in for that many lap times. — no one. no one should be concerned about rings like lewis hamilton being seven. but ferrari have hit the ground running, their new signing but this year, was

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