Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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 t...

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 di...

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 t...

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...

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...

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 accu...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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 Liverpoo...

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 v...

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 wee...

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 Sala...

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...

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 w...

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 Hele...

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...

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 contra...

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...

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, the ECHO's Paul Gorst and special guest Norwegian author Ragnhild Lund Ansnes to discuss the last few days of all things Anfield. Top of the agenda is the win over Brighton, what it means and whether it's all a conspiracy. There's also c...

Crisis? What crisis? Liverpool bounced back from those back-to-back defeats to start the New Year with a 1-0 win at Brighton that leaves Manchester City back in exactly the same position they found themselves 10 days ago – seven points behind and with the pressure all on them. Mohamed Salah got the winner from the penalty spot to move level at the top of the Premier League scoring charts and fire...

Liverpool may have seen their unbeaten start come to an end in their first Premier League game of the New Year. But you would think they will return to winning ways today and re-establish their seven-point lead at the top over Manchester City. After all, they’ve yet to drop a point this season against a team from outside the top six, and their victories over Brighton & Hove Albion last season coul...

It's Friday, which means one thing... it's the Blood Red podcast. And joining host Joe Rimmer and Paul Gorst on the latest episode is our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce, who kicks off the pod by giving an update on the walking wounded. Unless Joel Matip makes an unlikely recovery, there's every chance the Reds will have to line-up with a midfielder alongside Virgil van Dijk against Bright...