James Milner's Five Greatest Matches Of His Career 🔴 | Football's Greatest With Jeff Stelling Ep 3

This week Jeff sits down with Brighton’s James Milner again, this time to discuss the top five games from his football career.
What was going through his mind during Liverpool’s epic 4-0 Champions League win over Barcelona? Which manager left him out of vital Premier League matches because of superstition? And how did it feel to be subbed off after just 25 minutes at the World Cup?
He also talks about why the senior England squad is on another level, how members of his local cricket club protected him when he broke into the Leeds team at 16 and which of his team-mates used to trick him into making a cuppa.
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0:00 James Milner
01:00 Podcast starts
01:15 Winning the Champions League with Liverpool
05:07 Liverpool 4 Barcelona 0
10:55 Greatest international moments
13:48 Leeds memories
18:33 Nightmare World Cup debut
21:44 Not playing in Man City's final game of the 11/12 season
This is Football's Greatest with Jeff Stelling, a weekly podcast where the legendary host sits down with icons of the sport - one on one - to talk about those who made a difference in the beautiful game from a players’ perspective: the top keepers, the toughest defenders, the silkiest midfielders and the deadliest strikers.
The show will also look at those who had great influence off the pitch too - the successful managers, the funniest team-mates and the most impressive leaders in the dressing room - and pay homage to indelible moments from the biggest competitions like the Premier League, Champions League and the World Cup.
Broken down into two individual episodes with each guest, Football’s Greatest will take you inside the dressing rooms of some of the best soccer teams the world has ever seen. You will hear stories that surprise you, that make you laugh out loud and that you will be thinking of and telling people about for days after.
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Keeping Messi Quiet And Lifting Liverpool's 6th Champions League 🏆 | James Milner's Top 5 Matches

[@HGulp]

Milly's an absolute legend. I'm sure he's loved by fans of every club he's ever played for.

[@brinkksmusic]

James Miller achieved so much and fully humble 👏👏👏

[@footballsgreatestpod]

Deserves every single one of those winner's medals

[@mohammadrasoulfard-habibi3066]

Best free signing EVER.

[@footballsgreatestpod]

Top bit of business 👏👏

[@IceClawz.]

"There's only ONE James Milner! ONE JAMES MILNER"

[@footballsgreatestpod]

👏👏

[@LAMBYTheBULLY]

How hasn't this channel got more subs than 5k! Saturdays aren't the same anymore now he's left sky 😠 am 32 an for as long as I can remember most weekends involved a full English, footy coupon and soccer Saturday 👌🏽 thanks Jeff 👏🏽👍🏽

[@marcturner3647]

Probably one of the most respected players of all time hardworking but so humble thanks Milly for your service at Liverpool you will always have a place in our hearts

[@ukArnz]

What an unbelievable career 👏

[@footballsgreatestpod]

Still got a few games left in him for sure

[@pumkineater7219]

Best free Liverpool ever got! Strong mentally and helped Klopp immensely

[@footballsgreatestpod]

What a player to have in the camp

[@billybattsshinebox8559]

I remember when milner was at leeds you could see he would be a class player even back then,its amazing how long hes been playing in the Premier league,a proper solid underated baller who can play in multiple different positions a proper jack,he deserved way more england games aswell and thats coming from a Gunner.Anyway glad this has popped up in my algorithms so youve copped another sub looking forward to more content. Anyway off to watch the chris kamara one now👌

[@VishwadeepShinde]

He's at 633 PL apperances atm overcoming Ryan Giggs. If he stays at Brighton for the next season, he'll surely overtake Gareth Barry's 652.

[@ukArnz]

He's definitely still good enough for another year in the prem for sure 👏

[@footballsgreatestpod]

Just 20 to go 🤞

[@woolmer608]

How I miss him At Liverpool,just loved those hard crunching tackles he is known for .

[@robsally5225]

Champion player for all the clubs he played for 💯❤️

[@reezevlog]

the Barca game definitely the best European night game ever at Anfield…. 2nd is vs Olympiacos then Chelsea 2004/05

[@footballsgreatestpod]

What a hit son... What a hit 😍

[@flankspeed]

That 4-0 against Barca I watch it probably once a month. Colossal game. Even saw Wenger in the build-up saying, "Don't count them out: because of Anfield." And yeah, maybe he's just being the pundit and trying to stoke hype, but I don't think that was ever his style beforehand. Arsenal let him go too early.

[@Wiiggz]

He won’t say it because it’s against a former team but the 3-0 win at anfield against man city in the UCL has to be in there. I was there and the atmosphere was an absolute cauldron for hours before, during and after the game. It was better atmosphere wise than the Barcelona game and I was there for both!

[@footballsgreatestpod]

Good shout ⚽️👑

[@Wiiggz]

@@footballsgreatestpod cheers Jeff, back to you in the studio! 😂👍🏻👍🏻

[@dazamanday]

Cheers Jeff 👍

[@jakhaughton1800]

Get Alan Hansen on. Best defender probably in the world.

[@TheWrestlingGroup]

I was expecting Milner to list his Top 5 matches as in no.5 its such and such, no.4 is such and such

[@redtill1]

A few tackles,let em know your there.Music to my ears

[@footballsgreatestpod]

Even the greatest players can't avoid it 🤣

[@reezevlog]

if Klopp leaves, i hope Xabi Alonso will be the manager, while Milner be his assistant

[@footballsgreatestpod]

That's some partnership that 👏

[@ellenlouise5503]

Could be sooner than you think!

[@r4h4al]

Not happening, I expect Gareth Southgate will be the next manager.

[@DestinyApes]

Interviews are good but your thumbnails need some serious work. Showing people laughing hysterically only works so many times (1 time…)

[@saranlimbu33]

Milly could have retired at Liverpool....

[@footballsgreatestpod]

Don't think they'd have thought they would lose Milly, Hendo and Fabinho in one window 🤯

[@reezevlog]

i prefer him to retire at his boyhood club Leeds..n then come back to Liverpool at some point in time as backroom staff or something..

[@fergusmurphy3724]

STOP WITH ALL OF THE INTERUPPTIONS TO THE VIDEO!! ANNOYING!!!

[@IWannatalkpodcast]

61 games for England but can you remember him ever being the best player in the team for any one of those games? He was average and should have been nowhere near the England team. We have a habit of giving average players like Milner and Henderson far too many caps instead of playing youngsters