Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Some swift pre-MK Dons listening? Well, we've got some for your right here as Liverpool.com duo Dan Austin and Joel Rabinowitz look back on Monday's Best FIFA Football Awards in Milan, where Jurgen Klopp and Alisson Becker won huge individual prizes but Virgil van Dijk missed out on the biggest of the lot to a certain Lionel Messi. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/priva...

Now, if we’re being honest, tonight's Carabao Cup clash at MK Dons will be nowhere near the top of the list when it comes to Liverpool’s biggest games of a season that promises so much. But the same cannot be said of the League One hosts, for whom it will be the biggest night in their 15-year history. So to get the inside track on the Dons, Paul Wheelock speaks to Toby Lock, who covers the club as...

15 straight league wins. Liverpool sit five points clear at the top of the Premier League, yet there’s more records to be broken. Peter Hooton is here with Allez Les Rouges, joined by Dan Kay, Joe Blott from the Spirit of Shankly and Ian Byrne from Fans Supporting Foodbanks to look back on the win at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, Wednesday’s Carabao Cup outing at MK Dons, Saturday’s visit to Bramall...

With Jurgen Klopp having been in Milan to pick up the Best FIFA Men’s coach award, it was Pep Ljinders who addressed the media. And what an engrossing press conference it turned out to be as Liverpool’s assistant coach previewed the Carabao Cup tie at MK Dons – and talked much else besides. He gave his reaction to Klopp’s and Alisson Becker’s success at the FIFA Football Awards the night before, a...

Liverpool still sit five points clear at the top of the Premier League, after returning from Stamford Bridge with three more points on the board. Here Connor Dunn is joined by our Liverpool correspondent Paul Gorst, Joe Rimmer and Sean Bradbury to look back on the weekend’s performance. The guys look into the role Adrian has played behind the defence, deputising in place of Alisson whilst he conti...

Liverpool make it 15 straight Premier League wins after seeing off Chelsea 2-1 at Stamford Bridge. Post-Game is here to bring you all the reaction you need. Join Guy Clarke as we check in with our Liverpool FC correspondent Paul Gorst as he delivers his verdict. Jurgen Klopp reflects on the win in his post-match media conference, speaking on the importance of the win, the character of his squad an...

Ahead of Liverpool’s trip to Stamford Bridge, here on the Blood Red channel we picked up the phone to get in touch with a man who’s turned out for both clubs. Remembered by the Kop for his penalty in the Champions League semi-final shootout in 2007, Zenden reflects on his time at both Anfield and Stamford Bridge, plus talking about his relationship with Rafa Benitez having played under him for Liv...

Following just their third defeat this calendar year, Liverpool are ready to dust themselves off and go ahead as a trip to the capital to take on Chelsea beckons. Join Sean Bradbury, the Echo’s Liverpool correspondent Paul Gorst and Connor Dunn as they preview the visit to Stamford Bridge. Up for discussion is the Reds’ record against their top six rivals and why a draw won’t do down at the Bridge...

Jurgen Klopp was back in front of the media on Friday morning to preview his table-topping side’s trip to Chelsea on Sunday. As well as being asked his opinion on the Stamford Bridge outfit, and their new manager Frank Lampard, Klopp also spoke about Adrian’s relationship with the back-four, Fabinho’s form, the fitness of Divock Origi, Naby Keita and Alisson Becker, as well as Liverpool’s clean sh...

Liverpool sit top of the Premier League with five wins from five, so there’s no need to worry despite defeat to Napoli in the Reds’ Champions League opener. Josh Williams is joined, once more, by David Hughes for your weekly tactical and analytic look over Liverpool’s recent showings. From seeing off Newcastle at Anfield to defeat in Naples, the guys look over the statistical data into the two sho...

We have a treat for you - the second Poetry in Motion podcast in as many weeks as Neil Fitzmaurice is joined by Joe Rimmer and Paul Wheelock to look back on Liverpool's 2-0 loss to Napoli and look ahead to this weekend's trip to Chelsea. No-one is too downhearted in the studio, and given the incredibly high standards the Reds are setting, the loss at the Stadio San Paolo has to be put into context...

Liverpool have been on the wrong side of two big VAR decisions this week. A soft penalty was given for Napoli in Tuesday's Champions League opener when Andy Robertson was judged to have fouled Jose Callejon, despite replays appearing to show minimal contact, while Joel Matip can feel unlucky not to have been awarded a spot-kick against Newcastle United at Anfield in the Premier League on Saturday...

It's the morning after the night before and our Liverpool FC correspondent Paul Gorst and chief Liverpool FC writer Ian Doyle are back with their post-Napoli Blood Red podcast from a noisy Naples Airport. And they are joined by two voices very familiar to our listeners - Goal's Neil Jones and his former Echo colleague, and Gorsty's predecessor, James Pearce, now of The Athletic. The quartet look b...

The European champions fell to defeat as they began the defence of their crown in Naples on Tuesday evening. Jose Callejon’s fall under ‘minimal’ contact from Andy Robertson the game’s crucial moment before Fernando Llorente added a second after Dries Mertens’ penalty. Join us for Post-Game as we bring you all the reaction you need. Hear the thoughts of the Echo’s Liverpool correspondent Paul Gors...

Ahead of the start of the new Champions League season, Liverpool head into their latest European campaign, yet 15 years ago it was a very different story. As we celebrate the 15th year since Liverpool lifted their fifth European title in Istanbul join Guy Clarke and Dan Kay as they re-trace the Reds’ steps along the way to the final. In the first of our 13-part series the guys talk through that op...

Reports linking Liverpool superstar Virgil van Dijk to Barcelona and Real Madrid are rubbished in the latest episode of The Agenda. According to a daily sports newspaper Spain, the La Liga giants are readying moves for the Dutch colossus, but as Liverpool.com writers Dan Austin and Dan Morgan explain here, why would he even consider leaving Liverpool? Not when the Reds are in such a 'sweet spot' a...

Liverpool are gearing up for another season of European adventures and with it comes this special offering from Munich airport! Ian Doyle is joined by the Echo’s Liverpool correspondent Paul Gorst as well as the Daily Mirror’s David Maddock and Daily Mail’s Dom King. Looking ahead to the start of the new Champions League campaign they discuss whether Jurgen Klopp’s side are the best in European co...

Liverpool sit five points clear at the top of the Premier League, following their 3-1 home win over Newcastle United at Anfield coupled with Manchester City’s shock 3-2 away defeat to Norwich City. Joe Rimmer is joined here by Ian Doyle, the Echo’s chief LFC writer to give their immediate reaction to a big day of Premier League action. They discuss the significance of Liverpool’s early season lead...

It was a decision that looked questionable at the time but given recent events, it is one that now, privately at least, the player must surely regret. And that feeling will only be heightened when the Champions League returns next week. Liverpool, the holders, will begin the defence of their crown in southern Italy when they take on Napoli. But further north their former midfielder Emre Can will b...

Five wins from five to start the new season. Liverpool came from behind to see off Newcastle United 3-1 at Anfield in the Premier League on their return from the international break. Post-Game is here to bring you all the reaction you need. Our Liverpool correspondent Paul Gorst delivers his verdict from Anfield, while you can also catch Jurgen Klopp’s press conference in full as well as the thoug...

We’re two weeks into September and the Reds haven’t kicked a ball - but that changes today. Premier League action returns as Newcastle United visit Anfield. Ahead of the game, Guy Clarke picked up the phone to Andrew Musgrove, host of the Everything is Black and White podcast to get the inside track on the Magpies. They discuss how they’re getting on without Rafa Benitez, Steve Bruce’s start at St...

Liverpool’s return to Premier League action is almost upon us. Before the visit of Newcastle United, the Blood Red podcast is here to take you through all the big talking points prior to kick-off. Host Joe Rimmer is joined by chief LFC writer Ian Doyle, Liverpool correspondent Paul Gorst and Connor Dunn. There’s plenty to get through from Gorsty’s sit down with Jurgen Klopp, the latest on both Ali...

Jurgen Klopp was back in front of the media to preview Liverpool’s visit of Newcastle United to Anfield on Saturday. The Reds boss also delivered a fitness update on Alisson and Naby Keita, his reaction to winning the Premier League manager of the month award, the state of Napoli’s dressing rooms ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League clash, and what he had to say about some positive Sadio Mane comme...

It’s fair to say, Michael Owen has been somewhat of a divisive character since leaving Liverpool back in 2004, but following the launch of his new autobiography, Michael Owen: Reboot, he joins us for a Blood Red special to give his account. From his rise into the first team at the age of 17 to winning the Reds the 2001 FA Cup Final as part of the historic 2000/01 Treble winning season. Moving on,...

The international break is drawing to a close now, so with that brings Liverpool’s return to action. Ahead of Newcastle United’s visit to Anfield, Allez Les Rouges is here to go through the latest Liverpool talking points as the fixture list gets ready to go into overdrive. Here host Peter Hooton is joined by regulars Kieth Culvin and Ste Monaghan and chair of the Spirit of Shankly, Joe Blott. On...