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It's the second languagecaster derby of the season: when Damon's favourite team Liverpool take on Damian's team Tottenham and so on this week's show we focus on the big game from Anfield. We also look at some football words and phrases from the week, including Indomitable Lions and the verb 'to shrug off a challenge', while we also respond to a listener's questions about punctuation. To start the show, we will review some of the footballing news in our good, the bad and the ugly section and we also have our predictions for the weekend including that Liverpool - Tottenham game.A  And of course, you can read the transcript for the show in our post below (Damian = DF, Damon = DB). Learn English Through Football Podcast: Languagecaster Derby - Liverpool vs Tottenham Subscribe to the show and receive automatic downloads every week Subscribe through i-tunes here Click for the latest shows here Podcast FAQ Transcript of the show DF: You're listening to languagecaster's football language podcast. My name is Damian and I am here in a cold and snowy London!A  Now this week Damon will not be with us - I wonder if it's snowing in Tokyo? which is a pity, of course, as we have the second languagecaster derby of the season taking place this weekend - that's Damon's favourite team, Liverpool, against my favourite team, Tottenham! Line up DF: Now, that game will feature in our predictions battle later on in the show along with a relegation six-pointer and Chelsea's visit to Burnley. Before that we will have our good, the bad and the ugly section that features three stories from the week's footballing news and we will be congratulating Cameroon, commiserating with a manager and applauding Liverpool. Then we'll discuss a few phrases from the football world this week including the nickname of that Cameroon side and a reference to a great goal scored by Edin Hazard last weekend. And just before our predictions at the end of the show, we'll have our weekly quiz question, which this week is connected to the league leaders around the major European leagues. Yes indeed. You are listening to languagecaster.com and that message was in Catalan. Drop us a line at admin@languagecaster.com if you have the message a€œYou are listening to languagecaster.coma€ in your language. OK, let's kick off with some of the good news from the world of football. Good DF: Well, congratulations to Cameroon on winning their fifth African Cup of Nations after defeating Egypt 2-1 in Gabon last weekend. The Indomitable Lions scored a late winner from substitute VincentA Aboubakar to overcome Egypt in the final. Well done to the Lions. Bad DF: Well for bad, this might be a little unfair on him but Héctor Cúper, the Argentinian manager of losing finalists Egypt, has finished second in the league in three different countries: in La Liga with Valencia, in Italy with Inter and with Huracán in Argentina. He has also lost two Champions League finals with Valencia, the Copa del Rey and the European Cup Winners Cup finals with Mallorca, the Greek Cup Final with Aris and now the African Cup of Nations final with Egypt. Poor guy. Interesting DF: Well, not ugly this week but interesting. An interesting story from Liverpool football club as they have now banned The Sun newspaper from their ground after the newspaper's coverage of the Hillsborough disaster. An interesting move by the club against a newspaper that clearly did not report the facts on one of the saddest days in British football. Follow us DF: Now, remember, as well as downloading our podcast you can also follow us on Facebook - our page is Learn English Through Football - and on twitter where our handle is @languagecaster. Spread the word and get in touch! And thanks to all those who have liked us recently including Sure, Zeinab, Hatem, Ali and Mike on Facebook and to Jacob and Carlos Hugo who have done the same on Twitter. We also have an instagram account and you can see some photos from Damon's football match