Dennis Bergkamp Names The Hardest Defenders He Faced
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- Former Arsenal forward Dennis Bergkamp reveals the hardest defenders and opponents he faced whilst playing in the English Premier League. #shorts #football #soccer #premierleague #epl
Credit to @SeamanPodcast for the interview.
Bergkamp was a legend
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As a City fan, I agree he was brilliant. So underrated today when people look at best players in PL history
@@dnc9952no one cares whether ur a city fan or not
@@dnc9952Probably haven't even heard of City before 2012
😂😂😂
I’ve heard Rio saying he disliked marking Berkamp …..mutual respect among enemies
When some players of today get called world class it makes me wonder.
No disrespect to saka and Rice but Bergkamp is the level of world class. Some of the players getting called world class today haven't even played in 3 champions league quatre finals and not been in the champions league in 4 different seasons.
In Bergkamps day being called world class had to be earned. Not just a few good games or one good season or 2.
@@realnesx facts
@@realnesx”World Class” is just a ridiculous term with no determined meaning, Salah is playing in Europa League and will never win anything with Egypt and yet everyone will label him world class, even though he is the best in the premier league it makes no sense, what really defines a player as world class? Shouldn’t it mean they are the best in the world and can compete with players across the globe which means international football and champions league ? A player will get called world class just based on club performance in their respective league which is ridiculous because that’s not playing against other clubs in the world
@@Netflix_KingbobIf you play greatly for one of the top 3-5 leagues in the world over time, you’re worldclass imo. A great player can come from a nation that plays poorly and never play world cups.
Haaland plays for Norway but they haven’t been in the world cup since France ‘98.
@@dayseven28 There are so many solid league players that don’t get called world class though? Atm Vicario has been arguably the best keeper in the prem but no one would call him world class, and Haaland just won the champions league but imagine if he played for a smaller prem club and never got champions league football, how could you call him world class if he only performed in a domestic league
As a Man United fan, Bergkamp was easily and still is my favorite non United player. Absolutely majestic player. Loved watching him.
Same, impossible not to enjoy watching Bergkamp. Up there with Cantona for me as one of those unicorn football artisans
As an Arsenal fan, Andy Cole was my favourite striker outside of Arsenal.
Everyone loves Bergkamp. The man could walk on snow and leave no footprints
He's a BTEC Cruyff
@@davidstephenson164 his touch was more magical than cryuff tbh and better playmaker
He had the best first touch in football history
He knew where he wants the ball to be before he even touched it. One of the most elegant players ever. An absolute joy to watch. I feel sorry for people who didn't see him
The second...first touch to this day still belongs to ZiZou...by a landscape!😊
One of the best. People like Ronaldinho and Berbatov also had an amazing first touch.
@@pantelisliakos2481 no
Berbatov best ...
He's a BTEC Cruyff, everything Bergkamp had Cruyff had 10 fold
Bergkamp is severely overlooked at when people talk about the greatest forwards of all time.
People talk about goals and assists only... and don't talk much about other aspects of the game... people think Salah is better than Hazard for example
Goals and assists and stuff like defensive presses matter as well not just silky touches and flicks, Hazard plays more beautiful football but Salah in is prime seasons was/is better different positions too but a 30 goal a season wide forward is pretty special @@reun1clus
@@reun1clusthat's because he is
@@benboy9554 Liverpool fans say Salah is better than Hazard, which is a fair argument. But every single point that they use is also a reason why Lampard is better than Gerrard
Goals, assists, trophies, Ballon Dor placements and even more stats
And every argument that Liverpool fans use to defend Gerrard, like carrying a terrible team, playing from much deeper, ball progression, versatility also works for Hazard. Should choose one or the other. Personally would pick Hazard and Gerrard but seems like you’d pick Salah and Lampard
BTEC Cruyff
The one, the only. Absolute class.
Cruyff from make a wish
Class act. He played football like he was walking on the moon..
'If Dennis played in the snow, he wouldn't have left footprints.' John Hartson.
Slow and out of breath?
As a lpool fan when the greats are mentioned I find it unbelievable that Bergkamp is hardly mentioned he was a superb footballer
Because he is not one of the greats, it's as simple as that lol.
@@Al-ji4gd you obviously have no idea what your talking about kid
@@liverpoololdschool Learn to spell before you call someone else a kid.
@@Al-ji4gdYou should never speak about football after that comment. You’re definitely a kid.
@@TheQuranExplainsItself Take your own advice. I watched Berkcrap at Inter, not impressed. One of the biggest flops in Serie A history.
The best first touch Iv ever seen on a player..
Agreed. But check out vids of Johan Cruyff. That guy knew exactly where to push the ball so defenders would lunge for it, and he never tried to take another touch to correct it, he'd calmly wait for the defender to fail and then sometimes do another first touch, just out of the reach of another defender. Beautiful stuff. I think of it as dribbling with successive first touches.
Real recognise real
Yeah he a real nicca 👊🏿 respect going out to the bredwin
I feel like this guy doesnt get the recognition he deserves.
When litteraly everyone says he is underrated under every video he is in.... he isnt underrated. By definition.
Only to kids.
Back 3 of Sol, Rio and Jaap that would be a nightmare!
Not even a flood would be able to get through.
Bergkamp goal against us was out of this world. One of my faves growing up. Jay jay acocha
The greatest touch of any footballer I’ve seen.
Bergkamp would be worth 500 million in today's transfer market. Amazing player
They all say the same about you Mr Bergkamp Sir ,watching you as a young utd fan made me jealous of the Arsenal fans, but buzzin for Match of The Day ,thank you
I'm happy that right now utd fans are also jealous of us, cause it didn't happen a lot since I started supporting arsenal in 2010
@notrivia3862 Your club is awesome buddy ,and it doesn't matter when you started,only that you did start following Arsenal ,good luck this season and Have a great one buddy 👍
@@eddiemcalinden2773 never saw a nicer man utd fan before
@notrivia3862 I got old buddy and realised the "hate" was silly,oh sure the rivalry is fun but when I realised some of my support was detrimental to people and myself,it went away, I have always been a football fan who happens to support utd ,and love seeing great players ,Henry,Pires, Petit,Vieira,and my all time Arsenal favourite Mr Ian Wright,so lucky to have all of those footballing memories and still enjoy football today (except when watching utd 🤣) and that's what football is to me,the international language of brotherhood,Happy Christmas (and if you don't celebrate) then nothin but peace and love to ya my friend
To be fair we all hated Alex Ferguson whilst he was here bossing the game, we should have all been hurting the day he retired
We had a truly blessed upbringing,
97 was a brilliant year i was 13 when i saw arsenal win the Premier league for the first time
Exact same my brother! It’s been a bad last 20 😂
Bergkamp one of the ones that changed the prem for us all world class💯👏🏼
He didn't change the prem stall
Loool wtf are you on about 😂😂😂😂
Bergkamp changed the Premier league back then
@@paulthompson1577 no he didn't
Sol Campbell was immense, brilliant defender
I think he doesn't get mentioned enough when talking about the best CBs in the PL history.
It think he was the most dominant CB in the league in his prime (around 2000-2005), and one of the best CBs in the world at the time.
@@siberianTiger639 He was incredible. He was big, strong, fast, his footballing brain and his positioning were incredible, he could marshal a defence. While he was playing he would have been my number one defender on the teamsheet, he was solid.
So underrated - probably because people like Terry and Ferdinand played their best after Sol retired. But Campbell was immense and actually a lot better than JT
Criminally underrated. Delivered for England in major tournaments too.
@@jagsingh9303 for me prime Campbell was better than prime Ferdinand. Rio just lasted longer and played in a more succesful team but I don't he was good as Sol in his prime.
I can still hear Barry Davies screaming at that goal in the 98 world cup against Argentina. Fantastic control
I watched it live and after watching it back numerous times all I hear is there is bear cum 🐻
Ese gol fue brutal. Nos eliminó con una genialidad, nada que decir, fue inapelable.
Literally named 3 of the strongest defenders 😂
Unbelievable player.
Bergkamp is my best player ever for arsenal loved him that year
Rio was such a great player!
But such a massive bell end though!
Upmost respect for Bergkamp.
The man was terrified of airplane flying. I still can't get that off my mind. 😂
The non-flying Dutchman they called him
Yeah,it takes a legend to stop a legend.
If love could be tangible, Dennis is it. He was my first Arsenal experience. Never disappointed
Thats when defenders were defenders
as a utd fan the late 90s and early 2000s was colourful because of this man…I really enjoyed the way they play like they’re from today in that time…Arsenal under Wenger is like the team from 2020s travelled back into the 90s to compete for EPL and UCL
Damn expected him to say Maldini since he played for Inter a bit
I believe Maldini was still a left back at the time.
Bergkamp being generous, like he cared who was marking him
The fact he mentioned 2 United players shows how crazy that United/Arsenal rivalry has been for a long time. Then again, Stam was an absolute beast. I wouldn't want to have to play against him either. 😅 As a United fan, I gotta give Bergkamp his flowers he's an all-time great.
Bergkamp was a pure artist
Jaap Stam was insane at his peak
I'm 53 years old, I watch football since 1982 and the 3 best players I've ever seen are Zico the Brazilian, Redondo the Argentinian and Dennis,of course !
Great players. But not Maradona? Now there's a player who transformed teams.
In Italia non ha fatto quasi nulla......ma tanta roba con l ' Olanda ....e ..........l ' Arsenal😊😊😊😊
Gooner for life...
In the goon cave
Quick get him medication fast that's a deadly disease
He’s a spurs fan mate
That's why he failed in Serie A, every team had good defenders.
I defy anyone who loves beautiful, skilled football to not be enamoured with Bergkamp's playing. He was mesmerising to watch.
Bergkamp 😊 🎉❤😊 Nuff said. You done categorise some players easily. Or label. D Berg. Respect
Maguire! Is the best! I happy played against him - bergkamp
When you're name checked by Bergkamp; you're headed in the right direction.
Bergkamp could do it all! My all time best prem player in my opinion and I’m a Chelsea fan 😂👀
what a player..one of the best header ever.
He and Zidane were the most elegant players I’ve ever watched
This is one of the best football channels on TH-cam.
I stopped watching football about 10years ago due to the poor quality of players. It isn't exciting anymore.
I'm 38. I've been to live games from 1992 to 2009. The last world Cup I watched was 2002 Korea/Japan. The best World Cup after 1970, in my opinion, is USA 1994. Pure legends and good football.
The Iceman was too cold back in the day!
Johnny Giles once explained that Rio always looked a more spectacular defender than Dennis Irwin. Rio dealt with the danger as it happened as he had the pace. Irwin dealt with it before the danger happened. As Fergie explained in his book, Rio would guide them where to go and then run them down. Mark Lawrenson explained, Rio reacted to the danger, he didn't read it.
Jaap Stam was a prototype of today's defender.
That United Arsenal rivalry 98-06 carried the prem league. I started watching in 95-96 and I can tell you it was not nearly this big. Serie A and la liga were much bigger. That rivalry changed everything it brought so much attention to that league.
Best one not mentioned Paul McGrath
Agreed! He definitely had intelligence.
OMG that touch 🤩
"I've been the best marker of Dennis Bergkamp. Ever since I joined Man U, Bergkamp never scored against us anymore"
- Harry Maguire
the one and only - the non flying dutchman!
😂
some defenders excell at certain things, like some have the pace, some are strong tacklers, strong players, good positioning sense etc etc.
So you can't just say Cambell for example was better than Terry or vice versa.
However you can say Maldini was better than both of them, because Maldini had EVERYTHING and could play anywhere on the pitch according to many top professional
Nah, Maldini had the mind, there were stronger or faster (particularly later as he moved to centerback), but non with the footballing brain.
I've read comments made by pro players saying he could do anything he was a complete player, they said he could just have easily played in midfield he's that good.
Italy love a defender thou, and one as good as Maldini just couldn't be allowed to play more advanced as it's such an importance in Italian football culture@@davidhouseman4328
The iceman 🥶
Bergkamp was the best thing to come out of the Netherlands ❤
Jaap stam was a brilliant defender 👏
They hated playing against you OG thanks for everything
Brilliant player
Game recognises game 👍🏻
Long time since i heard sol campbell get some praise
Just imagine how good The Iceman could've been if he had a left foot...
Poor Carra, holding his 2005medal to feel better after Bergkamp not mentioning him
Legend.
Berkhamp...I HATED him...I'm a Liverpool fan...he's just TOO GOOD
Him berbatov Zidane Ronaldinho had greatest first touch ever
Jaap Stam was a one scary mofo :D
Love Sol (Gooner) but Stam was beast!!
I always wanted Sir Alex to go for Campbell.
Sol and Stam would have been awesome.
Stam was an absolute wall in the old FIFA games. All the guys named were great, but Stam holy crap he was a wall. Lol
Ruben ayala ! ❤
I knew Rio was up there..
Top 10 striker of all time. 💯💯💯
Loool. Not even top 20 prem
One of my favorite players but he wasn’t even a striker. A very creative second striker but not a number 10 either. Kind of an odd player, not a lot of goals but beautiful to watch him play.
Nesta and Maldini all the way ❤❤
He played for 11 years in Arsenal and never jumped to clubs like AC Milan, Bayern , Madrid that can actually win Champions league.
Great great player but also could leave his foot in..
My favourite player ever
another great player I wish was Irish 😁
Elliott and Dabizas look away now 🫣
I must be alone on this but to me he's one of the best players of all time.
And i bet none of them were happy to play against the wizard Bergkamp himself
Greatest Dutch player ever
As great as he was, you couldn’t rely on him to be there at a Champions League away game in eastern Europe.
I loved TH14 but for me DB10 was the GOAT at Arsenal - it's a shame we only got him when he was 26 - just think what another four or five seasons would have done for us ?
Paul McGrath?
Fergies biggest mistake was selling Stam imagine young Rio and Stam together
True.
I always wanted Fergie to buy Campbell.
Sol and Stam would have been awesome.
Stam was sold on my wedding day.
Even now, my wife believes that the tears I shed that day were down to the emotions of the occasion. 😂😂
Were does Dabizas rank Mr. Dennis?
Slipped in Rio like we wouldn't notice
Well, Rio was class.
@@jopearson6321 yeah im just talking shit
Fair
Jaap Stam.
Staggered that he mentioned Ferdinand, over-rated bum puppet. There were always mistakes in their somewhere and I recall what Lawrenson said 'he reacted to danger, he never read it'.
He cost 7.5m. 😅 imagine what he would cost today
So… pretty much every modern day defender in comparison was difficult? The athleticism of today’s players is absolutely ridiculous.
Rio fernidad?
and airplanes
Every Serie A defender I guess.
Different league, different styles. Most Italian players who come to the Premier League turn out to be average at best
@@ZolaMagic25 Not at that time. Bergkamp flopped in Italy and triumphed in England, like other greats of English football including Vieira and Henry after him. Today, on the contrary, avarage Premier League palyers make the difference in Serie A.
bergkamp only thrived in premier league. he failed in serie a coz defenders of serie a were way better
I hated Campbell. He made the game dull
He glossed over that all defenders shut him down in Italy and had to go to an easier league.
He Won 2 uefa cups in those 2 season... 😂
Well, that's partly true. Serie A was actually a serious league back then, unlike these days, plus Italian teams more often than not set-up to not concede. An attacking player's nightmare when there is no space
@@neilhartevelt7997 proving my point. UEFA cups are played with teams outside Italy.
Also most goals .. 🙌
Haha keep tripping. Inter were terrible those seasons in comparison to rival clubs but he scored 8 goals in UEFA Cup and was named player of the tournament. Next to that second season he had a lot of injuries and terrible coaches. The style of play of inter didn't suit him at all.
He's only speaking about English defended.