Wow. That is amazing commentary - funny, momentous, informed, well-judged, thrilled - the British cohort have some way to go to match that, although the 5live commentary was among the best they've ever done, I think. But this is something else. It really captures and enhances what is happening. I'm wildly excited, disbelieving and proud all over again.
"I'm trying to rest in the middle a little but I can't...Not a normal game... A game where hearts won't stop pounding."
"Oh history maker don't close the pages yet... What am I seeing with my eyes? What can I say with my tongue?... Oh Allah, what a game football is!... These moments need hearts of men... Oh my heart Wijnaldum. Oh your heart Wijnaldum. Wijnaldum the heart of a lion. Now Barcelona is in the doubt volcano and Liverpool on the summit of euphoria..."
"Liverpool oh Liverpool, what you did is gigantic. Liverpool oh Liverpool, El Shawali is stunned by you. Liverpool oh Liverpool, you've made your fans go crazy. Liverpool oh Liverpool, what's left is do or die." This bit, at 25.38 is all in rhyme. Bloody wonderful.
All those stilted pre-prepared lines by the likes of Tyler, desperate to sound like they are in the poetic flow, and this guy just reels off one perfect line after another.
