Klopp, small shinpads and whether he really is boring - Milner in his own words
The Football Interview is a new series in which the biggest names in sport and entertainment join host Kelly Somers for bold and in-depth conversations about the nation's favourite sport. We'll explore mindset and motivation, and talk about defining moments, career highs and personal reflections. The Football Interview brings you the person behind the player.
Interviews will drop on weekends across BBC iPlayer, YouTube, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website. This week's interview will be broadcast on BBC One from 23:40 BST on Saturday, 21 March (and in Scotland at 00:55 on Sunday). Asking James Milner to choose the one match from his career he would like to relive is not straightforward.
Not least because the Brighton midfielder has played in quite a few. Milner, 40, recently broke Gareth Barry's record for most Premier League appearances and has now taken his tally to 656. He made his first-team debut for hometown club Leeds in November 2002, was once the Premier League's youngest goalscorer and is now its oldest.
In the interim, Milner has played for a string of big clubs and collected numerous trophies. As part of dynasties at Manchester City and Liverpool , he won three Premier League titles, one Champions League, two FA Cups and one League Cup, as well as other honours. In this week's Football Interview he tells Kelly Somers that one of his biggest achievements to date was to get back on the pitch this season after being sidelined for nine months after a knee operation that left him unable to lift his foot.
Kelly Somers: Well, James... good to see you. I always start these interviews by going back to the very beginning.