Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakamoemiti a Dennis Irwin i te kaha o Daley Blind, a, i tautoko ia ia ki te pupuri i tetahi waahi i te timatanga o Manchester United, ahakoa ka hoki mai nga kaitakaro whara. Ko te kaitautoko maui o mua o United, i puta 529 mo te karapu i waenga i te 1990 me te 2002, i miharo ia ki a Blind i a ia e purei ana i taua tuunga i te wikitoria 3-0 o Tottenham i te Ratapu. Ko te mahi pai rawa atu a United i tenei wa, ka mau tonu ki a raatau i roto i te Premier League top e wha me te whakanui i te maia i mua i te haerenga nui o tenei wiki ki Anfield ki te takaro ki a Liverpool. Ko Daley Blind (matau) i whakamiharo mo Manchester United i te wikitoria 3-0 o te Ratapu ki a Tottenham. E whakapono ana a Irwin, e kitea ana i konei e whakanui ana i tētahi whāinga me David Beckham i te tau 1997, e tika ana a Blind ki tōna wāhi i roto i te kapa. Ko te tukinga o te Rātapu i waenganui i a Manchester United me Liverpool ka tino nui i roto i te whakataetae o ngā kapa e whā. 'He pai a Daley, he tohunga pono,' i kii a Irwin ki ManUtd.com. 'Ka taea e ia te tākaro i te haurua pokapū mēnā e hiahiatia ana ia, i te taha maui mēnā e hiahiatia ana ia, ā, e kitea ana kua tākaro ia i te nuinga o te wā i te waenganui o te mara mō mātou i tēnei tau. Ki taku whakaaro he tino pai tana waitohu. 'He kaitākaro ia e mōhio ana ki ngā āhuatanga, tino pai rawa, i whakaaro ahau he tino pai tana tākaro i te Rātapu. He mea whakamere ki te kite i te kapa ka whiriwhiria e te kaiwhakahaere ki a Liverpool, engari e kore e miharo ki ahau mēnā ka whiriwhiria e ia ngā kaitākaro kotahi tekau mā tahi, nā te mea he tino pai ta rātau tākaro. 'Ko te whakataunga a te kaiwhakahaere, ā, kotahi, e rua rānei i hoki mai i te whakatārewatanga me te whara, engari i whakaaro ahau he tino pai te tākaro a te kapa i te Ratapu.' Ka haere a Blind ki te whai i a Francis Coquelin o Arsenal i te whakataetae FA Cup o te wiki kua hipa. E whakanui ana a Blind i tana whiwhinga i te whiringa toa a United ki West Ham i te marama kua hipa. I eke hoki te kaitākaro o te motu o Aotearoa i tētahi whāinga mutunga ki West Brom i te tīmatanga o te pakanga. Ko Blind, i tae mai ki Old Trafford mai i Ajax mo te £ 13.8m i te raumati o te tau kua hipa, i etahi wa i whawhai ia mo te ahua o tenei wa, engari kei te whakaatu tohu ki te urutau ki te keemu Ingarihi. I tāpiri atu a Irwin: 'E mohio ana ahau ka taea e Blind te whakakii i nga waahi, a he tino pai tana mahi mo tatou i waenganui. 'Kāore ia i tākaro i te...
Ka haere a Man United ki Liverpool hei te Rātapu i roto i te tukinga o te whā o runga. E whakapono ana a Denis Irwin me noho tonu a Blind ki te taha. He pai te tākaro a te kaitākaro o te motu ki te taha maui i te wikitoria 3-0 ki a Spurs. Ka taea e te matapo te whakakii i te maha o nga tuunga puta noa i te tiaki me te pokapū pokapū. Liverpool vs Man Utd XIs: Kaore a Steven Gerrard i uru ki te kapa a Jamie Carragher i te wa e kowhiri ana a Gary Neville i a Angel di Maria. Pānuihia: Ko Liverpool te taha kei roto i te ahua, engari ka tumanako a United ki te whakatuwhera i tetahi waahi.