Kewell says he is still stunned by being sacked by Yokohama FM and compares it to his time at Liverpool
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00:00Absolutely loved it. I still have a soft spot for the team. I felt that my moment when I arrived
00:09out there, I kind of slotted in well. The problem was they were competing on two levels. We all know
00:16it takes a little bit more time to be able to create a team that can compete in the league
00:22and also in the AFC Champions League. And their main priority was that year was the AFC Champions
00:31League because they never reached past the last 16. Their main goal was they really wanted to win
00:36it, which was a big ask. We had an amazing run. We got to the final. My experience was excellent.
00:41But unfortunately, we all know in football that if you do not have time to be able to build a squad
00:51that can compete at both levels, you're going to suffer. When as a Liverpool player, I played in
00:562005, everyone goes, well, it was an amazing year. Now, that was an amazing year in Europe, but our
01:01form in the Premier League was terrible. We would beat Juventus. We would beat all the big teams
01:05all the way up to the final, but then we'd end up be losing in the Premier League. And that's a sign
01:13of a team that's not prioritising, but you're just trying to back it up. And I think that's what
01:18happened at Marinos. We put so much in to the AFC Champions League that unfortunately, only
01:26in moments we suffered in the league. I still sit here today and I'm just baffled. You know,
01:33that's one thing I still get baffled by it because it's heart-wrenching, because you put so much
01:38into it and you work so hard for it. And out of the blue, it just came. No one understood
01:43it, but I'm just baffled by it and I'm just baffled by it. And I'm just baffled by it. And