Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

What a difference a few days make.There was no change in Liverpool's position in the Premier League - top - from Sunday afternoon to Wednesday night.But there is no question that the mood has been lifted by the Reds' five-goal demolition of Watford at Anfield.And it's against that backdrop, with a huge Merseyside derby at Goodison Park to come this weekend, that your latest Blood Red podcast is recorded.Ian Doyle is back in the host's chair and he is joined by our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce and fellow ECHO sportsdesk operatives Sean Bradbury and Theo Squires.James kicks things off by giving us the lowdown on Jurgen Klopp's mood and the big talking points from the Reds manager's press conference that took place earlier in the day.There's also mention of what Marco Silva had to say across town in response to Klopp.Talk then turns to Sadio Mane the centre-forward, Roberto Firmino's fitness, and the reasons behind Trent Alexander-Arnold's magnificent midweek display.The right-back has almost certainly played his way into Klopp's starting line-up for the derby.But who will make up the Liverpool midfield? The panel believe one player, in particular, has now become undroppable, and even go as far to compare his influence to Virgil van Dijk.A reader question then leaves the panel scratching their heads before James recalls his time covering the Reds when they were under the command of Brendan Rodgers, whose return to English football is discussed before the usual team and score predictions.Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Not long to go now, Reds.And Jurgen Klopp has just whetted the appetite for the huge Merseyside derby with Everton by previewing the short trip to Goodison Park in his press conference at Melwood.He talks what the midweek thumping of Watford will do for his table-topping side's confidence and why the atmosphere on Sunday should bring the best out of them.Klopp also gives an update on Roberto Firmino's fitness, talks the form of his full-backs and Sadio Mane, and reveals what he said to Jordan Henderson following the captain's much-talked about substitution against Manchester United.The Reds boss also answers questions on squad rotation, the need for calm heads, Virgil van Dijk and Joel Matip, and what he thinks of Everton.Enjoy - and we'll be back later with the Blood Red podcast. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Now that was more like it.Table-topping Liverpool came in for criticism in some quarters for their performance in Sunday's 0-0 draw at Manchester United.But there could have been no complaints with Jurgen Klopp's Redmen on Wednesday night as they thrashed Watford 5-0 to return to winning ways in style.The Post-Game podcast, as always, starts with the considered thoughts of our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce. You will then hear Klopp's full press confidence in full.Before we wrap up with three Reds fans who were at the game - Ross Strachan, Sam Planche and Matt Addison - and two more who were following from further afield – Owen Thomas and Nathan Davidson. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One point clear at the top with 11 games of what could be a historic Premier League season left to play. As Jurgen Klopp said at his press conference on Tuesday, this is ‘pure opportunity’ for his Liverpool side.But you would have been forgiven for thinking the Reds have bottled their chances of landing a first title since 1990 judging by the reaction in some quarters to Sunday’s 0-0 draw with Manchester United.And it’s against that backdrop that season-ticket holders Dan Kay and Paul Philbin – who were both at Old Trafford – join fellow Red Neil Macdonald to record our latest View from the Kop fans’ podcast, hosted by Paul Wheelock.The trio talk the narrative being written and picture being painted outside the confines of Anfield as well as the nerves within Liverpool’s own fan base, which at the weekend at the least, seemed to get to Klopp and his players, too.The debate then turns to the 2013-14 season, the last time the Reds were in the running for the championship. How does this season differ to that one? And why is there seemingly more expectation now?That leads into a discussion about Brendan Rodgers, who since the podcast was recorded, has confirmed his return to the Premier League with Leicester City. Has history been unkind to the manager who went as close as any to leading Liverpool to the title in the past 29 years?Tonight’s visit of Watford is previewed, including who should replace Roberto Firmino if the Brazilian does miss out through injury, and why that should not be Daniel Sturridge, before the panel talk the player who could be crucial to getting Klopp’s fabled attack fully firing again.And, of course, there’s a little bit of Merseyside derby chat, too. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the second episode of our tactics and statistics podcast, still currently called Analysing Anfield...Host Kristian Walsh (who says the name of the show is growing on him...) is yet again joined by Josh Williams as they dissect the goalless draw with Manchester United, and look ahead to a huge week against Watford and Everton.The duo discuss how United's injuries disrupted Liverpool's gameplan, and how the Reds have a pressing problem with creativity - quite literally. The substitutions are also analysed, while the absence of Trent Alexander-Arnold is also explained.The threat of Watford, and how they're the seventh-best team in the Premier League, is also looked at - with a glance towards the Merseyside derby too.A must listen - with feedback always welcome. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has just sat down in front of the media at Melwood for his pre-Watford press conference - and you can listen to every word he had to say here.Klopp kicks off by providing a positive fitness update on Roberto Firmino after he came off injured in Sunday's 0-0 draw at Manchester United before revealing Naby Keita has been laid low by illness.The Reds boss also talks the danger posed by in-form Watford, says a very funny line about his predecessor Brendan Rodgers, who looks set to return to the Premier League with Leicester City, before spelling out just why everyone should be positive about his table-topping side's chances of winning the league for the first time since 1990. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's all change at the top of the Premier League table - and around the table of the Blood Red podcast, too.With our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce on a well-deserved day off, Ian Doyle switches from his usual position as host to guest alongside Connor Dunn and Caoimhe O'Neill.Joe Rimmer is the man answering the questions and he kicks things off by getting Ian's verdict on the 0-0 draw at Manchester United on Sunday that moved Liverpool above Manchester City at the summit, but has also been viewed in some quarters as two points dropped.Connor and Caoimhe also have their say before Joe asks whether the Reds have a problem with their top-scorer Mohamed Salah, who disappointed against United. The response is mixed.The performance of the midfield is also analysed - along with Jordan Henderson's reaction to being substituted - and the panel wonder whether Naby Keita should have been brought on.Daniel Sturridge did get the call, after Roberto Firmino's first-half injury, but questions are raised over the England international's suitability to replace the Brazilian international if he indeed misses out against Watford at Anfield on Wednesday.There's also praise for Alisson before talk turns to Michael Owen's comments about what Liverpool should have done to Marcus Rashford.Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Perhaps Jurgen Klopp summed it up best when he said: "Both two points dropped and a point gained."The 0-0 draw at Manchester United on Sunday moved Liverpool one point above Manchester City at the top of the Premier League table with 11 games to play.But the hopes of a statement victory over the old enemy was missed as Klopp's side failed to take advantage of the fact that injury-hit United saw three players hobble off before half-time.It's against that backdrop that our latest Post-Game podcast is recorded.As ever, it starts with the definitive verdict of our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce, who also provides an update on the condition of Roberto Firmino, before we get Klopp’s thoughts in full with every word of the Reds manager’s press conference.We then hand over to the seven Liverpool supporters who have called into the show – Matt Addison, Alex Watt, Sam Planche, Nathan Davidson, Mark Baker, Ross Strachan and Matt Whitty. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liverpool's biggest match of the season so far?You'd be hard-pressed to argue that Sunday's trip to bitter rivals Manchester United isn't exactly that.Should Jurgen Klopp's side win at Old Trafford they would move three points clear of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League.Even a draw would put a little bit of daylight between the Reds and the defending champions.But it’s clear Liverpool will be facing a different United to the one they swept aside at Anfield in December.That 3-1 victory, of course, led to Jose Mourinho’s sacking.But since then United have won 11 of their last 13 games under caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.So how has Solskjaer revived the club’s fortunes so dramatically?To find out Paul Wheelock speaks to Samuel Luckhurst, who is the chief Manchester United writer for the Manchester Evening News.They also talk:▪ How Solskjaer has turned Paul Pogba into one of the best performing players in the world right now▪ The latest on the fitness of Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingaard, and which one of those players is crucial to Solskjaer▪ How the Virgil van Dijk deal was a watershed moment for United▪ United's respect for Liverpool and how their summer transfer business has helped Liverpool in their quest for a first league title since 1990 For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sam Carroll hosts the second and final Blood Red podcast of the week as the ECHO shuffle their pack.Usual hosts Ian Doyle and Joe Rimmer are both ruled out, meaning third-choice Carroll steps to the fore.Our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce is on board, though, and he's joined by two January signings for the ECHO, Caoimhe O'Neill, who is celebrating a month in her new role on the team, and Sean Bradbury, who was recently appointed as our sports audience editor.With the massive game at Manchester United to come on Sunday, the quartet have a lot to get through and begin with Jurgen Klopp's pre-match press conference.Klopp discussed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's work at Old Trafford since replacing Jose Mourinho and tipped the United legend to remain in the role beyond the end of this season.Was it mind games? Or genuine flattery?The panel are unanimous in their decision before moving on to the big debate - who should Klopp select in his midfield three against the Red Devils?Another uniform decision is reached before tactics, Naby Keita, young stars and a lads' trip to Zagreb also make the cut.Send your thoughts to @SamCarroll0 after listening to the podcast and join our dedicated Facebook Group Blood Red Podcast HERE. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jurgen Klopp was back in front of the media at Melwood today for a press conference to preview the massive match with bitter rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford.A win or a draw would take the Reds back above Manchester City to the top of the Premier League in what is their game in hand on the defending champions.But the first question Klopp was asked concerned the £45,000 fine he will have to pay and how he will ‘learn’ from the incident.Talk then turns to Fabinho, and whether the Liverpool manager can see a long-term future for the Brazilian at centre-back.Fabinho is likely to operate further up the pitch this weekend given the return of Virgil van Dijk. But what will that mean for the midfield line-up on Sunday?Klopp also gives an update on the fitness of Dejan Lovren and Joe Gomez.But the bulk of the presser is about the match itself, just how important it is, and whether PSG have provided the Reds with a blueprint to copy.And Klopp also gives his opinion on the job Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is doing at revived United.Enjoy – and we’ll be back later today with the Blood Red podcast. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to the inaugural edition of... well, we’re not quite sure what we’re calling it yet, although Analysing Anfield has been mooted.Names can be so tough.But if you’re interested in the more cerebral side of Liverpool FC, this podcast is for you. Focusing on the statistics and tactics behind Jurgen Klopp’s side, host Kristian Walsh is joined by scouting writer and tactics guru Josh Williams (@DistanceCovered) for the first-ever episode. In it, the draw with Bayern Munich is dissected, with a big look forward to Sunday’s clash with Manchester United.All feedback - and podcast names - welcome.Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s the morning after the night before and host Neil Fitzmaurice and trusty sidekick Joe Rimmer is joined by a man whose voice will be very familiar to long-time listeners to the brilliant Poetry in Motion podcast.Nearly a year since he left to take over as Goal’s Liverpool FC correspondent, Neil Jones makes a welcome return to the ECHO to look back on the previous evening’s Bayern Munich match and look ahead to the even bigger game that follows this weekend.There was a lot of talk in the lead up to the Champions League last-16 first-leg showdown that Munich were going to be steamrollered at Anfield. However, a vastly experienced Bayern side had other ideas. But was a 0-0 draw a bad result for the Reds? The lads discuss that before Fitzy wonders where Jurgen Klopp’s gegenpressing has gone and if and when it will return?The performance of Naby Keita is debated, as is the prospect of having Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain fit for the second leg, before talk turns to Sunday’s trip to Old Trafford to take on a revived Manchester United.Just how important will the outcome be? Joe and Jonesy could not be more emphatic in their answers.Fitzy then questions how Klopp will approach the match and Joe believes the Liverpool manager’s midfield selection will tell you everything you need to know.One midfielder certain to make the cut – barring any fresh illnesses – is Gini Wijnaldum. But while the Dutchman is massively appreciated by Reds supporters, why is it that he does not get wider recognition?Klopp has a multitude of options in the centre of the park. However, he does not have the same sort of dilemmas up front, which leads to a discussion over Liverpool’s summer transfer plans.There’s also praise for Trent Alexander-Arnold before another must-listen podcast ends with an explanation why an early Champions League exit will not aid the Reds’ Premier League title charge. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Few would have predicted a 0-0 beforehand.But that's exactly what was served up on Tuesday night as Liverpool and Bayern Munich cancelled each other out in their Champions League last-16 first-leg showdown.So was it a good result for the injury and suspension-hit Reds?Or was it an opportunity missed to take an advantage back to the Allianz Arena in three weeks' time?To discuss those questions, and many more besides, we get the verdict of our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce and hear Jurgen Klopp's post-match press conference in full, before we hand the podcast over to the supporters.Comments left on our Blood Red Facebook page are read out while five Koppites who attended the match have their say by phoning into the show. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There’s been a lot of talk about how tonight's visitors to Anfield are on the wane.But one look at Bayern Munich's form since the turn of November suggests otherwise.Munich have won 11 of their last 13 games in all competitions to keep their fight for glory alive on three fronts.But as the main guest of this preview podcast explains, they are certainly not without their frailties.Steve Dawson is a Liverpool-fan based in Singapore, where he works as a presenter for Fox Sports Asia.One of his main roles is anchoring the station’s coverage of the Bundesliga, and we caught up with him last month to talk Naby Keita’s form, Jurgen Klopp’s evolution and Timo Werner’s chances of arriving at Anfield in the summer.But this podcast is all about tonight's huge Champions League clash, Bayern's strengths and weaknesses, their injury problems, and their under-pressure new manager.And after we speak to Steve, you'll hear from Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara to get the thoughts from Niko Kovac's camp before what truly is a meeting of two European heavyweights. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Weeks don't come much bigger, but Liverpool's has started with one piece of team news that was expected, and another which was most definitely not.Recorded just after the open training session ahead of the Champions League clash with Bayern Munich, the Blood Red panel of James Pearce, Paul Gorst and host Ian Doyle react to the fact that Dejan Lovren has been ruled out and Roberto Firmino is a doubt.But who will Liverpool miss more?You would think Lovren, given it leaves the Reds with just one fit and available centre-back in Joel Matip, with Virgil van Dijk suspended.But does Jurgen Klopp have a like-for-like replacement for Firmino?Our trio discuss that before they talk just what this match means for the Liverpool manager given his heritage and given his past battles with Munich.James was in Germany on Friday to watch Bayern and his scouting report will do little to alter the belief that the Reds will be favourites in front of their own fans.And, while Klopp may suggest otherwise publicly, why shouldn't they?Liverpool's run to last season's Champions League final means they are no longer considered a surprise package but should this season's European campaign be considered just as carefree?James, Paul and Ian answer that before giving their predictions for Klopp's starting line-up and the score on the night.Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and captain Jordan Henderson have just sat down in front of the world's media to preview Tuesday night's massive Champions League last-16 first-leg showdown at home to Bayern Munich.Klopp was first in front of the press pack and he gave an update on the fitness of Dejan Lovren and Xherdan Shaqiri and how Fabinho will cope if the midfielder is forced to play as an emergency centre-back.The Reds boss also explained why he believes Bayern are more dangerous than ever despite seeing their vice-like grip on the Bundesliga begin to lessen.Klopp also addressed the notion that his side have a double advantage over Munich, his reunion with Robert Lewandowski and Mats Hummels, and, like Henderson, gave his opinion on what matters more - winning the Premier League or the Champions League.The Liverpool skipper went on to talk his own fitness, the form of his midfield partner Naby Keita, the trip to Marbella, the absence of Virgil van Dijk, and how he would feel if he, instead of Fabinho, was called on to fill the boots of the Dutchman.Enjoy - and we'll be back later with the Blood Red podcast. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's hard to imagine a Liverpool side without Andrew Robertson in it.Harder still to imagine the brilliant left-back ever lining up for Everton.But that could well have been the case had then Blues boss Roberto Martinez followed up his serious interest when Robertson was playing for his first professional club Dundee United.Jackie McNamara, the Celtic legend, tells that story and much more in our latest Blood Red spin-off podcast.McNamara signed Robertson for just £5,000 as part of a double deal from Queen's Park in the summer of 2013.Fast-forward 12 months and the new Scotland captain was making a £2.85m move to the Premier League and Hull City, where he would stay for three seasons before signing for Liverpool, where in the last year, he has developed into the best left-back in England and one of the best in Europe.And, ahead of a huge week for the Reds, Paul Wheelock speaks to McNamara to get the inside track on a player who will have big roles to play in the matches with Bayern Munich and Manchester United.Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Who better to speak about the huge Champions League tie between Liverpool and Bayern Munich than Dietmar Hamann?The former Germany midfielder came through the ranks at Bayern, and enjoying much success, before moving to England where he eventually joined Liverpool, for whom he won nine major honours, most famously the 2005 Champions League.Hamann is now based back in Germany, and on Saturday afternoon, our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce picked up the phone to a player who will forever hold a special place in the hearts of Koppites.It's a brilliant chat, focusing on the two matches with Bayern, where they could be won and lost, and what Didi believes will be the key battle at Anfield and at the Allianz Arena.But it also touches on the prize Liverpool fans could well want even more than a sixth Champions League - the Premier League title.Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With Joe Rimmer on a day off and our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce on a scouting mission in Germany, the pack has been reshuffled for the latest Blood Red podcast with Connor Dunn and Theo Squires joining host Ian Doyle and Paul Gorst.The Reds are without a match this weekend, so the focus is firmly on Tuesday's Champions League clash with Bayern Munich at Anfield.Jurgen Klopp is set to be down to one fit and available centre-back for the last-16 first-leg showdown and Gorsty wonders whether the Liverpool manager was wrong to let a certain defender - who's not Nathaniel Clyne - leave.The panel are fairly sure who will start in the middle of the backline versus Munich but are split over the ability of one of the players in question. Taking that into account, then, which of Klopp's squad has to step up the most?Talk then turns to the Reds' Marbella training camp, the return of two attackers from long-term injury, and why the time in Spain could be crucial in getting a good result on Tuesday.The massive Premier League trip to Old Trafford follows the Bayern encounter. On paper, it looks one of Liverpool's toughest assignments left.But has Manchester United's chastening Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain altered perceptions?And while United used to be the club that most rival fans did not want to see win the league, has that changed to Liverpool? And if so, why?Our second Blood Red Live event and two red-hot young strikers are then debated before the podcast finishes with the panel failing to hide their disinterest in the FA Cup. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A very warm welcome to a special recording of our second Blood Red Live event that took place at the Baltic Market in Liverpool on Wednesday.Hosted by Neil Fitzmaurice, the sold-out show featured our own Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce, Paul Machin of The Redmen TV, and singer-songwriter Jamie Webster.The first half of the recording sees Fitzy in conversation with James, Paul and Jamie.You’ll then hear highlights from the first of two sets that Jamie played.Before the panel take questions submitted online and from the 150 Reds fans who were there on the night. Note this podcast does contain some explicit language For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With Jurgen Klopp’s boys away in Spain, and no game for another five days, this is very much the calm before the storm.But the visit of Bayern Munich kicks start a run in both the Premier League and the Champions League that could go a long way to deciding Liverpool’s destiny.And it’s against that backdrop that the latest Allez Les Rouges podcast is recorded.Host Peter Hooton is joined by regular guests Ste Monaghan and John Nicolson as well as the ECHO’s Dan Kay, and they start by discussing the passing of two Bill Shankly favourites, Ian Ross and Gordon Banks.Talk then turns to the present day and what were the most impressive aspects of last weekend’s win over Bournemouth and why it was so different, both on and off the pitch, to the previous home fixture with Leicester.Sadio Mane scored his fourth goal in as many matches on Saturday to underline his status as the Reds’ main man at the moment. But has the Senegalese been that for some time now?What is without question is the improvement shown by Naby Keita in recent weeks and the panel discuss what the midfielder needs to do next to go to the next level.The debate then switches to the games coming up fast on the horizon, starting with Bayern and followed by the trip to Manchester United, whose fans could well be in the two minds over the outcome of the massive Old Trafford match.The midfield line-up for those clashes, and then the ones with Watford and Everton, are discussed, as is the impending return of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, before another must-listen podcast ends on a suitably upbeat note with news of Jamie Carragher’s brilliant act of generosity. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Now we know Liverpool are in a very good place on the pitch. One look at the Premier League table will tell you that.But the recent release of the club’s latest accounts show the Reds are also in a very good place away from the pitch as well.For the 2017-18 season, Liverpool posted a record-breaking pre-tax profit of £125million.And while that figure owed much to the proceeds of Philippe Coutinho’s sale to Barcelona, the special guest of this podcast explains why that figure underlines the huge strides Liverpool continue to make off the field.Kieran Maguire is a leading football finance expert and a lecturer in the subject at the University of Liverpool.And as well as the impressive annual accounts, he talks to Paul Wheelock about the FSG policies that are really beginning to reap dividends, why Liverpool have now surpassed two of their top-six rivals, why it was a quiet transfer window, and what the Reds can expect as they get set to negotiate a new money-spinning kit deal.Enjoy – and we’ll be back on Wednesday with Peter Hooton’s Allez Les Rouges podcast. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Spirits are high in the ECHO studio for the latest Blood Red podcast, hosted by Joe Rimmer and featuring our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce, Paul Gorst and Connor Dunn.That's down to the Reds' dazzling display in the 3-0 win over Bournemouth that, temporarily at least, took them back to the top of the Premier League table.Just like in the previous home game against Leicester City, Liverpool scored early, but James explains what and why it was different after that.Did the crowd, and two significant calls to arms, play a part? The panel certainly think so - and so do the players as James interestingly reveals.There is a lot of love for the superb Gini Wijnaldum and the question is asked whether his showing on Saturday proves there is a lot more to come from the Dutch midfielder.On any other day Naby Keita may have been named man of the match and the key factor in the big summer signing's resurgence is discussed.Joe also pays tribute to Fabinho, which leads to a debate over just what constitutes Jurgen Klopp's best midfield.There is no doubting Klopp's first-choice frontline, but does Sadio Mane get the credit he deserves on the world stage?Mohamed Salah certainly has that recognition, and after praise for the Egyptian's goalscoring exploits - and his choice of backpacks - talk then turns to the Reds' warm-weather training camp in Spain and whether the break has come at a good time.Manchester City moved back above Liverpool at the summit on Sunday with a six-goal demolition of a sorry Chelsea side.But, while there's plenty of admiration for Pep Guardiola's team, there is also a timely reminder.Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Now that was more like it.After a couple of below-par performances that ridiculously led to talk of crisis, Liverpool were back to their best on Saturday as they swept aside Bournemouth at a bouncing Anfield to go back to the top of the Premier League for around 24 hours at least.Sadio Mane and the superb Gini Wijnaldum put the Reds firmly in control before top-scorer Mohamed Salah put the finishing touches to a magnificent team move to take his tally for the term up to 20.That meant Salah became the first Reds player to reach that figure in back-to-back campaigns since Luis Suarez in 2013-14.But whereas the incredible Suarez was unable to inspire Liverpool to the title in that season, the win over Bournemouth has done much to restore the belief that Jurgen Klopp's current crop can go one better this time around.Little wonder, then, we have a very happy Post-Game podcast on our hands.It's a podcast that kicks off with the definitive word on the action from our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce before we hear every single thing Reds boss Klopp had to say in his after-match press conference.Then we hand the show over to the supporters with Post-Game regulars Sam Planche, Ross Strachan, Simon Donnelly, Alex Watt, Matt Addison, Owen Thomas, Matt Whitty, Peter Lally and Nathan Davidson all phoning in to give their views.Like the lads on the pitch, they are in top form.Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here's the good news.Bournemouth have never won at Anfield and they will arrive on Merseyside on the back of eight straight away defeats..But they do have current and former Liverpool players in their squad, who will no doubt be fired up, and like West Ham and Leicester before them, they do have a track record of shocking top-six sides.The Cherries proved that again recently when they beat Chelsea 4-0 at the Vitality Stadium.But it’s another thing altogether coming and getting the better of a Liverpool side, who let’s remember, will go back to the top of the with victory this afternoon, and who have not lost at home in the Premier League since April 2017.So to get the lowdown on Bournemouth, how Dominic Solanke and Nathaniel Clyne are getting on, just how good David Brooks is, and the job Eddie Howe is doing, Paul Wheelock speaks to Jason Lewis of the Bournemouth Echo.And you will then get the latest from our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce following Jurgen Klopp’s press conference. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Blood Red podcast is back and James Pearce, Joe Rimmer and Connor Dunn have some myths to bust.After James gives host Ian Doyle the lowdown on the team news from inside the Liverpool camp, the panel get cracking on the importance of Nathaniel Clyne, warm weather training camps and not being in the domestic cups.And at a time when Manchester City fans would have you believe that Jurgen Klopp and the Reds are cracking under the pressure, a bit of reality does not go amiss.Not when you remember that Klopp's side will go three points clear at the top of the table with victory over Bournemouth on Saturday.The panel, however, cannot help but look to the matches that follow the visit of the Cherries to Anfield, which leads James to make a huge claim that his fellow guests agree with, but the host does not.The difference in atmosphere at the ground for Premier League and Champions League games is explained before the club's astounding annual accounts are discussed.And it would not be the Blood Red podcast without the usual team and score predictions.Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has just sat down in front of the media for a press conference to preview the visit of Bournemouth to Anfield.The Reds will go back to the top of the table with a draw or a win over the Cherries and you can listen to every word Klopp had to say about the match - and much else besides - right here.Injury news, including the latest on Joe Gomez and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, the importance of the supporters in the title race, where the team will go after the Cherries clash, the return of Dominic Solanke, and the club's impressive financial figures are all discussed.Enjoy - and we'll be back later on Friday with the Blood Red podcast. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jurgen Klopp may be down to the bare bones but Neil Fitzmaurice can name one of his strongest squads yet for the latest edition of his superb Poetry in Motion podcast.Our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce - this one, not this one - is on board along with debutante Caoimhe O'Neill and with Dan Kay, who makes a welcome return to the panel.And they swiftly get stuck into the idea that, after the draws with Leicester and West Ham allowed Manchester City to go back to the top of the table on goal difference, the wheels are coming off at Anfield.There is no doubt that Klopp's side have not been at their brilliant best since the turn of the year. However, there are mitigating circumstances for that, particularly the injury problems in defence.But James insists the question shouldn't be why Liverpool allowed Nathaniel Clyne allowed to leave.The quartet also pay tribute to the one constant in the heart of the Reds' backline, debate Roberto Firmino's form, give their backing to Naby Keita, and discuss just how big a boost having Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain back fit will be - off the field, as well as on it.Talk then turns to a huge month for the club - starting with this Saturday's visit of Bournemouth to Anfield - and our second Blood Red Live event in Liverpool City Centre next Wednesday (February 13).Just five tickets remain. They cost £5 and include a free drink - and you can get yours by clicking HERE. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce is fresh back from the London Stadium and he joins host Joe Rimmer, Paul Gorst and Caoimhe O'Neill for the first Blood Red podcast of the week.James looks back on what he believes was the worst performance of table-topping Liverpool's season so far and, given the 1-1 draw at West Ham followed another at home to Leicester, he wonders whether it is time to be concerned.Gorsty was concerned by Roberto Firmino's display against the Hammers and believes it highlighted the paucity of attacking options at Jurgen Klopp's disposal.The Liverpool manager is certainly short of bodies at the back and Joe attempts to get to the bottom of the 'problem' in defence.Is it because certain players aren't good enough? Who in particular has been badly missed? And why was Nathaniel Clyne allowed to leave?James answers that latter question and whether he is still worried by Naby Keita.But, with the Reds still three points clear at the top, is everyone being too negative? Caoimhe thinks so.Spirits will certainly be lifted if Everton do their neighbours a favour and beat Manchester City at Goodison on Wednesday.But do the panel think the Blues can do that?The silence is deafening... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If the first signs of nerves among the supporters were on display in last Wednesday's 1-1 home draw with Leicester City, then the disposition of Liveroool fans desperate to see their club land a first league title since 1990 will hardly have improved by what they witnessed on Monday night.The Reds, once more, were not at their best versus West Ham United, and while a second successive 1-1 draw did extend their lead at the top to three points, Manchester City will take over at the summit with victory over a woefully out-of-form Everton side on Wednesday night.But this podcast concentrates on what happened at the London Stadium.James Pearce, our Liverpool FC correspondent, gets us under way with his verdict on what he describes as a ‘desperately frustrating night'.You’ll then get the chance to listen to every single word of Jurgen Klopp’s post-match press conference.And then we hand the show over to you, starting with the thoughts of regular contributors Matt Addison, Peter Lally and Nathan Davidson, before host Paul Wheelock reads out some of the comments left by Koppites on our Blood Red Facebook page.And then we’ll go back to the callers with four more Reds - Sam Planche, Matt Whitty, Owen Thomas and Mark Baker - phoning in. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's back to business for Liverpool tonight as they travel to the capital to take on West Ham United.And there will be pressure on Jurgen Klopp's side to deliver the goods at the London Stadium after their lead at the top was cut to two points following Manchester City's win over Arsenal.But, judging by West Ham's recent form, and judging by the recent history between the teams, you would back the Reds to get the job done.The Hammers were well beaten at Wolves in the week, have lost each of their last three matches, have major injury problems, and have conceded four goals in each of their last four games with Liverpool.That said, they have shown already this season they can beat and be a match for the top six and, in the likes of Felipe Anderson, they boast players who could pose a problem to Klopp's injury-hit defence.But surely the Reds will have too much?To find out, Paul Wheelock speaks to Sam Inkersole, who covers West Ham for the Football.London website.They talk the Hammers' progress since their opening day beating at Anfield, their Marko Arnautovic saga, the one player they are missing more than any other, the aforementioned Anderson, and what the atmosphere at the new ground is like nowadays and what it could be like tonight.Enjoy - and we'll be back after the match with the Post-Game podcast. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The View from the Kop Liverpool fans' podcast is back and, with the Reds having every chance of winning the club's first league title since 1990, the mood should be buoyant.But the midweek home draw with Leicester City has created some questions that season-ticket holders Paul Philbin and Matt Addison, along with long-time fellow Koppite Neil Macdonald, attempt to answer on our latest show, which is hosted by Paul Wheelock.There were mitigating circumstances for the result with Leicester, which let's remember, was the first time that Liverpool have dropped points to a team outside of the top five this season.One of which was injury and suspension, which leads Neil to wonder whether Jurgen Klopp has missed a trick in not adding to his squad during the January transfer window. Philbo and Matt disagree, but all three question the departure of one player from the club.Another big talking point on Wednesday night was the atmosphere inside the ground. Philbo, who follows the Reds home and away, has particularly strong views, Matt tries to explain why it was so nervy, while Neil remembers whether the same tension existed when the club challenged for top spot season in, season out.After the podcast was recorded, Tottenham Hotspur closed the gap on Liverpool to four points. Are they the biggest challengers? Particularly if, as Philbo believes, Manchester City drop further points in what looks set to be a big week in the title race?The panel also talk Xherdan Shaqiri, Naby Keita and Klopp's best midfield line-up before the podcast ends with a look to the future and, unlike last month, what could be a busy summer in the transfer market. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Allez Les Rouges podcast is back, and after their winter break, regular guests Ste Monaghan, Kieth Culvin and John Nicolson join host Peter Hooton to reflect on a squandered opportunity for Liverpool.Or should that be a step closer to the club’s first title since 1990?That’s the talking point that kicks off the latest episode as the panel discuss the 1-1 draw with Leicester City on Wednesday night.There was no doubting it was one of Liverpool’s poorest performances of an incredible season so far, but could you not see it coming given the way they played in their previous match versus Crystal Palace?Peter and Co ask that question while also wondering whether the national focus on Mohamed Salah in recent weeks is giving the officials pre-conceived notions about the Reds’ top-scorer and his team-mates. As off-colour as Jurgen Klopp’s side were against Leicester, there is no question they were on the end of some bad decisions.But were Liverpool helped by their own crowd in midweek? The lads don’t think they were and explain why.They also wonder about the true strength of Klopp’s squad now that the injuries have started to pile up, and long for the return of one player in particular, before they turn their focus to Monday’s match at West Ham United. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was back in front of the media today to preview the trip to West Ham United on Monday and talk many other things beside.Topics included the fitness of Trent Alexander-Arnold and Joe Gomez, whose injuries have left Klopp with a major headache at right-back, and the departure of forgotten man Lazar Markovic to Premier League rivals Fulham.Klopp also responded to accusations of gamemanship during half-time of the 1-1 draw with Leicester City at Anfield and addressed the matter of title nerves, which certainly affected the crowd on Wednesday night.The Reds boss also talked his captain Jordan Henderson, who is on the verge of making his 300th Premier League appearance, Naby Keita, the depth and versatility of his squad, and the threat posed by West Ham on Monday.You can listen to the press conference in full here - and we'll be back soon with the Allez Les Rouges podcast. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Blood Red podcast is back, a little earlier than usual, to discuss the draw with Leicester City that extended Liverpool’s lead at the top of the Premier League to five points, but left fans wondering whether their side had just wasted a golden opportunity.Our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce admits it was a frustrating night, but adds that it could have been worse, which leads host Ian Doyle to question whether it was actually a good result. Joe Rimmer and Paul Gorst disagree.So often Anfield inspires the Reds to glory but did the nerves and tension that undoubtedly existed in the crowd on Wednesday night have a negative effect on the players?The panel discuss that before talks turn to the performance of referee Martin Atkinson, whether Liverpool are getting a raw deal when it comes to penalties, and how Naby Keita got on after he was handed a starting place in his preferred position.Kyle Walker’s deleted tweet, Manchester City's desire and even Brexit get a mention before James gives us an insight into Lazar Markovic’s existence at Liverpool. It’s worth listening for that story alone.At the time of recording, there was little in the way of activity in or out of Anfield on transfer deadline day, and Ian asks whether Jurgen Klopp has made a mistake by not dipping into the market, before the podcast rounds off by previewing the trip to West Ham on Monday and predicting the Liverpool line-up at the London Stadium.Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Five points clear at the top at the start of February?Liverpool supporters would have snapped your hand off for that scenario before a ball was kicked in anger.And that's exactly the position the Reds find themselves in after drawing 1-1 at home to Leicester City.However, there was no escaping the feeling that it was a missed opportunity to truly take advantage of Manchester City’s shock defeat at Newcastle the night before.Saying that, Liverpool weren’t helped by the conditions, the referee and a strangely nervous and makeshift back four.And you also have to take into consideration that Leicester are no mugs, which is reflected in the fact that they have become the first team from outside of the top five to take points off the Reds this season.So what did James Pearce make of it?Our Liverpool FC correspondent kicks off the Post-Game podcast with his definitive verdict on the night's action before we hear from the six Reds supporters who have phoned into the show – Simon Donnelly, Matt Whitty, Matt Addison, Ross Strachan, Mark Baker and Peter Lally.Before the podcast ends with the full audio from Jurgen Klopp’s post-match press conference. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nice one, Rafa!Newcastle United's shock victory over Manchester City means that Liverpool will go seven points clear at the top with victory over Leicester City on Wednesday night.And given the table-topping Reds have won their previous 17 matches versus teams from outside the top five so far this season, you would not bet against them from getting the job done against an out-of-form Foxes side.But despite losing four of their last five games in all competitions, Leicester have proven they can take points off the top teams, and in Jamie Vardy they have someone who has scored more goals against Liverpool than any other player currently playing in the Premier League.So to find out what’s going on at the King Power Stadium, Paul Wheelock speaks to reporter and author Rob Tanner, who has covered the Foxes for the past 10 years for the Leicester Mercury.He talks the club’s expectations nowadays after their unbelievable and unexpected Premier League title triumph three years ago, the current mood toward manager Claude Puel and his relationship with Vardy, the former transfer target who could pose a big problem to the Reds’ injury-hit right-hand side, and sadly, how Leicester are attempting to move on from October’s helicopter crash tragedy.You will then hear from our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce after he returned from Klopp’s pre-match press conference.James gives you all the latest team news including the straight choice between who will start at right-back. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jurgen Klopp was back in front of the media on Tuesday afternoon to preview his table-topping side's return to action at home to Leicester City.As always, the Liverpool manager had interesting things to say, starting with the fitness of Virgil van Dijk, Fabinho, Dejan Lovren, Gini Wijnaldum and Trent Alexander-Arnold, and potential a novel solution to his right-back problem.Klopp also addressed the 'advantage' Manchester City have been handed in the title race by the TV schedulers and Mauricio Pochettino's comments about the importance of finishing in the top four.He also talked the 'massive threat' posed by Leicester City, and in particular Jamie Vardy, who has an incredible scoring record against the Reds.You can listen to Klopp's press conference in full here.Enjoy - and we'll be back on Wednesday with our Preview and Post-Game shows. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Unlike this time last year, when Philippe Coutinho upped sticks to join Barcelona, there was never any danger of Liverpool losing one of their big guns in the current transfer window.But questions remained over when Sadio Mane would join Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino in signing a new contract until the Senegalese put pen to paper on a long-term deal at the back end of 2018.Mane has opened up about the subject in a new interview - the details of which kick off the latest Blood Red podcast, hosted by Ian Doyle and featuring James Pearce, Paul Gorst and the ECHO sportsdesk's second January transfer window signing, Caoimhe O'Neill.But while we've been busy, Liverpool have been very quiet in the market, much like a lot of their Premier League rivals, and James is on hand to play down one rumour.Ian asks whether Jurgen Klopp is missing a trick by not adding to his squad this month - especially when it appears the TV schedulers are doing their best to hand Manchester City an advantage in the title race.It now appears a two-horse race, with Tottenham's lack of squad depth coming back to haunt them, and the panel wonder whether Mauricio Pochettino regrets what he said about the Reds.James also talks about his exclusive interview with Simon Mignolet before the focus shifts to Leicester's visit to Anfield on Wednesday, Jamie Vardy's remarkable record against Liverpool, and some interesting team selections. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We picked up the phone to Steve Dawson, a Liverpool fan based in Singapore, and presenter for Fox Sports Asia, for our latest podcast.As well as being a big Red, he is also a Bundesliga expert, as one of his main roles at the station is to anchor their coverage of the German top flight.That leads him perfectly placed to give his take on issues that will be of huge interest to his fellow Liverpool supporters - starting with Naby Keita.It's not quite happened for the midfielder since his big money move from RB Leipzig, and while Steve offers an insight into why that might be the case, he also explains why there is every reason to believe that Keita will come good.Jurgen Klopp has certainly done that as Reds boss and, with host Paul Wheelock, the duo talk his impact at Anfield, how it's viewed in his native Germany, and how he has evolved from his highly successful stint managing Borussia Dortmund, who themselves are now moving on from their talismanic former manager.So much so that Klopp admitted Dortmund were the team he wanted to avoid in the last-16 of the Champions League.Instead, Liverpool got Bayern Munich, and Steve touches on that tie, before talk turns to Timo Werner, the exceptional young Leipzig striker who has long been tipped to follow Keita to the Reds. And the podcast rounds off with a little bit about Steve himself and just how big Liverpool are in the part of the world he now calls home.Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jurgen Klopp’s side may have the weekend off, but there’s no rest for the Blood Red panel as they return with the latest must-listen Liverpool FC podcast.With Joe Gomez having suffered a setback, and the injuries and suspensions beginning to pile up for the Reds, Klopp may well be counting his blessings that there's no game till next Wednesday.But unless he risks Trent Alexander-Arnold for the visit of Leicester to Anfield, the Liverpool manager still faces a selection headache at right-back.Host Ian Doyle, Joe Rimmer and Blood Red debutant – and the newest member of the ECHO sportsdesk – Sean Bradbury discuss how Klopp could solve it and why there is already a precedent.Joe then lets rip about his dislike – and that’s putting it mildly – for the FA Cup and the ‘romance’ that is attached to the competition.The reason why the Reds can put their feet up this weekend is down, of course, to the fact they have been knocked out of the cup.But they will return to action against Leicester buoyed by back-to-back Premier League wins over Brighton and Crystal Palace.However, did the latter victory prove just how important one player, who does not get the appreciation he deserves outside of Anfield, has become to Klopp?There’s also talk of the two teenage strikers ripping it up at academy level, the training ground plans that demonstrate the commitment of FSG to Klopp and the club, before the pod rounds off on Luis Suarez and the club’s best ever January transfer window signings.Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liverpool may have been sunning themselves in Dubai – and no doubt doing a bit of work, too – but Neil Fitzmaurice braved the cold to make his way to the ECHO studio to record the latest Poetry in Motion podcast, ably assisted by his regular side-kick Joe Rimmer, and by Paul Gorst, who returns after an impressive debut before Christmas.Another brilliant show kicks off with a look back on last weekend’s thrilling 4-3 win over Crystal Palace at Anfield. Not for the first time, the Reds were accused of being lucky. But Joe is not having any of it, and even if fortune has smiled on Jurgen Klopp’s side this season, he explains why.The lads then wonder what magic Liverpool manager Klopp works at half-time as well as having a laugh at Roy Hodgson before discussing the break the squad are just back from in the Middle East. Could it lead to history repeating itself?Fitzy then reopens a can of worms when he asks whether Harry Wilson will ever be good enough for the Reds' first team before Gorsty makes an interesting and very good point about Naby Keita.Talk then turns to Philippe Coutinho, those Manchester United links and whether Liverpool are now better off without him. But can the same be said of Luis Suarez, who this week has made some interesting comments about his former club.The return of Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain (don’t call him ‘The Ox’ in Joe’s company) and the talents of James Milner's worst nightmare are also discussed before the panel look ahead to what’s up next for the Premier League leaders. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With Liverpool away in Dubai, and without a game to preview until the visit of Leicester City to Anfield a week on Wednesday, we picked the phone back up to Ahmad Yousef, an Egyptian football expert and editor of the King Fut.com website, who is close to the Mohamed Salah camp.When we last had Ahmad on, in October, there were plenty of people outside of the red half of Merseyside questioning Salah, after he had, by his incredibly high standards, a slow start to the season.But he has certainly answered his critics since, and his two goals against Crystal Palace on Saturday made him the outright top scorer in the Premier League, and also meant he has reached 50 Premier League goals faster than any other player.But after the match a lot of the focus was on his alleged ‘diving’ - and he’s also had fans talking tonight with a rather cryptic post on Twitter.Some say it’s to do with his rocky relationship with the Egyptian FA, which will come into question again later this year after Egypt won the right to host the Africa Cup of Nations.Luckily for Liverpool, for the first time the tournament takes place in the summer, and not January, but that will mean Mo playing a full year of football for the second year running, which could well have an impact on Jurgen Klopp's summer transfer plans.But can you even buy a back-up?Host Paul Wheelock speaks to Ahmad about all that, the title race, Salah's future ambitions, plus much more. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He may have fired Liverpool to another win, and in the process raced to 50 Premier League goals in ridiculously fast fashion, but rather than his incredible scoring feats, the focus was on Mohamed Salah's alleged 'diving' following the 4-3 victory over Crystal Palace.So did Salah blot his copybook on Saturday? Or was he right to go down having been denied clear-cut penalties in the past? And what constitutes 'diving' these days anyway?It's one of the big talking points of the latest Blood Red podcast, hosted by Ian Doyle and featuring our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce as well as Joe Rimmer and Theo Squires.The quartet also discuss the reactions of Virgil van Dijk and Roy Hodgson to the Palace success and ask what are your favourite 4-3 wins for Liverpool.James Milner's sending off late has added to Jurgen Klopp's right-back problems. So should the Reds boss now turn to Rafa Camacho?James also talks the training camp in Dubai, Pep Lijnders and Zeljko Buvac before making an early dart, leaving Ian, Joe and Theo to defend Jordan Henderson and wonder when Liverpool will see the real Naby Keita.Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Recovered yet?As James Pearce brilliantly said in his written verdict for the ECHO, ‘much more of this and Liverpool will have to start issuing Valium with the match tickets’.Well, we hear more from James in what is a bumper and jubilant Post-Game podcast after the Reds edged out Roy Hodgson’s Crystal Palace 4-3 at a nervy Anfield to move seven points clear at the top of the Premier League.And what did Jurgen Klopp make of it all?Well, you can hear every word the Reds boss had to say in his post-match press conference, after James kicks us off.And then we hand over to the 10 Liverpool fans who phoned into the show – Simon Donnelly, Sam Planche, Matt Addison, Ross Strachan, Owen Thomas, Nathan Davidson, Alex Watt, Matt Whitty, Peter Lally and Mark Baker. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s not just Liverpool’s first team who are enjoying a fabulous season.The Under-18s also top the table after they started the New Year in exactly the same fashion they finished the old one.Barry Lewtas’ excellent young side won 1-0 at home to Sunderland to make it five wins on the spin and set themselves up perfectly for Monday’s (January 21) FA Youth Cup tie with Accrington Stanley in St Helens.And it’s the U18s who dominate our latest Academy Show, hosted by Paul Wheelock and featuring our Post-Game and View from the Kop contributor Matt Addison, who is a regular down in Kirby.They talk the win over Sunderland, the players who stood out and the exciting young winger who settled the contest.You will then hear Reds boss Lewtas’ post-match verdict in full, which also includes his thoughts on Ki-Jana Hoever, who started the year by making a seriously impressive senior debut at the age of just 16 in the FA Cup tie versus Wolves before coming back down to earth with an incredibly harsh sending off in the U23s’ 1-1 draw at home to Brighton & Hove Albion.Paul and Matt discuss that match, the Premier League Cup clash at home to West Brom today (January 20), before talk turns to Rafa Camacho, who also played against Wolves and was then on target for the U23s against Brighton, and Harry Wilson, whose season on-loan in the Championship with Frank Lampard’s Derby County continues to go from strength to strength. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest Blood Red podcast, Liverpool reporter and regular host Ian Doyle is joined by full-time Liverpool correspondent - both home and away - James Pearce and ECHO duo Joe Rimmer and Paul Gorst to discuss the last few days of all things Anfield. Top of the agenda is the latest fitness news coming out of Liverpool and what it all actually means - and whether it is something of concern. Harry Wilson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Rhian Brewster and Brexit all get a mention, while Joe gets on his high horse again,Roy Hodgson is also discussed. Sorry about that. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jurgen Klopp sat down in front of the media on Friday afternoon to preview Saturday's visit of Crystal Palace to Anfield - and you can listen to it in full here.He delivered injury updates on Gini Wijnaldum, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dejan Lovren, Adam Lallana, Joe Gomez, Rhian Brewster and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain as well as reacting to the news that Andy Robertson has signed a new long-term contract with the club.He also talked what the Reds plan to do with their 11-day break after the clash with 'proper team' Palace and gave his verdict on the departure of his good friend David Wagner from Huddersfield Town and, inevitably, 'Spygate'. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With the regular Allez Les Rouges guests being sent on warm-weather training, host Peter Hooton is joined by not one, but two Liverpool-supporting managers who are working wonders in the Football League.Accrington Stanley’s John Coleman has been on the podcast before, but it’s a debut for his League One managerial rival, Blackpool’s Terry McPhillips.The big Reds join Peter in discussing the 1-0 win at Brighton that ensured Jurgen Klopp’s side maintained their four-point lead at the summit.There is a lot of praise for Virgil van Dijk, including his ‘wow’ moment of an outstanding season so far, and for Alisson Becker, who Peter argues is the best Liverpool goalkeeper since Bruce Grobbelaar, who Terry used to train with when he was on his boyhood club’s books as a youngster.There is also plaudits for the match-winner against Brighton, Mohamed Salah, and particularly Sadio Mane, before Terry discusses the time Blackburn Rovers, where he was assistant manager, went to Anfield and recorded a deserved 0-0 draw in the FA Cup.Liverpool won the quarter-final replay at Ewood Park 1-0 and it is the man whose goal separated the sides that night that John would love to see back in a Red shirt. He also names what could be a more realistic transfer target for January, and Terry agrees it is a position that needs strengthening this month.The difference in mentality between the current Reds crop and the Brendan Rodgers side of 2013-14 is discussed as is the visit of Crystal Palace and return of Roy Hodgson to Anfield this weekend, which includes a brilliant tale from John about the time the ex-England manager took a team to Accrington.And there is also time to fit in the relationship between supporters and clubs, which in turn leads to talk of the difficult situation Terry and his Blackpool players find themselves in.Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices