Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Something a little different for you, Reds fans. Our main Blood Red show will be with you later today (Friday), as usual, but in the meantime we're giving you the chance to listen to every word Jurgen Klopp had to say in his press conference to preview the trip to Brighton & Hove Albion. The Liverpool manager gave an injury update and talked Virgil van Dijk, who looks set to be his sole fit senior...

So Liverpool have started the New Year with back-to-back defeats. But given Jurgen Klopp’s side still have a four-point lead at the top, and given the FA Cup was at the bottom of the priority list, our first View from the Kop podcast of 2019 focuses very much on the positives, which there are a lot. That much is made clear by regular guest Paul Philbin, who describes the feeling in the fan base af...

Neil Fitzmaurice is back with his first Poetry in Motion podcast of 2019, and he's joined by regular guests Dan Kay and Joe Rimmer, who returns from his one-pod ban after swearing on last Friday's Blood Red, and in turn getting the show banned from the Middle East. True story. The Reds have started the year with back-to-back defeats but the mood is positively upbeat with Dan arguing the loss that...

Nearly 24 hours after a second-string Liverpool side suffered an FA Cup exit at Premier League rivals Wolves, James Pearce joins Theo Squires and debut host Connor Dunn for the first of two Blood Red podcasts this week. James was at Molineux for the ECHO and he analyses what, bar from the performances of the youngsters, was a disappointing night all round. Injury was added to insult when Dejan Lov...

A chance of a first trophy under Jurgen Klopp gone or bigger fish to fry? That's the debate that rages on the Post-Game podcast after Liverpool went down 2-1 at Wolves to exit the FA Cup before the fifth round for the fourth successive season under Jurgen Klopp. With his side sitting four points clear at the top of the league, the Reds boss made nine changes to the team that started Thursday’s 2-1...

In the latest Blood Red podcast, Liverpool reporter and regular host Ian Doyle is joined by ECHO duo Kristian Walsh and Joe Rimmer to discuss the last few days of all things Anfield. Top of the agenda is the first league defeat of the season at Manchester City, how that could impact on the title race and where Jurgen Klopp may have gone wrong. There's also talk of Dejan Lovren, the midfield and a...

All good things come to an end. Yes, Liverpool's superb 20-match unbeaten start to the campaign was curtailed on Thursday night when they lost a genuinely high-quality encounter at defending champions Manchester City 2-1.The loss means Liverpool’s lead at the top of the league, and over City, has been cut to four points. But it's unlikely you’d find a single Red who wouldn’t have taken that scenar...

Here we go. Manchester City v Liverpool at the Etihad, Matches do not come much bigger now in the Premier League - and tonight's one in particular. Cast your mind back a month and most supporters, maybe even Liverpool fans included, would have had City down as favourites to defend their title. But since their mask of invincibility slipped with 2-0 defeat at Chelsea on December 8, Pep Guardiola’s s...

What a time it is to be a Liverpool fan. A record start to a league season, six points clear at the top, and with the little matter of a trip to the defending champions Manchester City to come on Thursday night. Little wonder, then, that there is an air of excitement around the first Allez Les Rouges podcast of the New Year. Host Peter Hooton is joined by regulars Stephen Monaghan and John Nicolso...

In the final Blood Red podcast of 2018, James Pearce and Paul Gorst are joined by stand-in host Sam Carroll to sign off for the year with a bang. The trio of ECHO reporters pick the bones out of Saturday's 5-1 hammering of Arsenal as they reflect on arguably the performance of the season at Anfield. The Reds went nine points clear at the top of the Premier League with an emphatic dismantling of th...

What a performance. What a year. And what a lead at the top. Yes, Liverpool are now nine points clear in first place in the Premier League after they signed off in 2018 with a thumping 5-1 victory over Arsenal at Anfield this evening. The record-breaking Reds’ ninth straight league victory ensured they took full advantage of second-placed Tottenham’s shock home loss to Wolves earlier in the day. A...

It's been some year for Liverpool and, should they overcome Arsenal in the late kick-off, they would end 2018 unbeaten at home in the Premier League. And, more importantly, it would also ensure they would stay at least six points clear at the top going into 2019.If recent history, as well as form, is anything to go by, Jurgen Klopp's side should do the business against the GunnersBut is this Arsen...

The red machine of Liverpool keeps rolling on - and the Blood Red team are in very high spirits. To a degree. Kristian Walsh is joined by Paul Gorst, Connor Dunn and Theo Squires as they discuss the Reds' 4-0 win over Newcastle - and what it means for the title race. There is praise for Dejan Lovren and his confidence, while derision reigns supreme over the suggestion Mohamed Salah should be banne...

Eight straight Premier League wins and a six-point lead at the top makes for one very happy Post-Game podcast. Yes, Liverpool continued their relentless form with a routine 4-0 victory over Newcastle United on Boxing Day. But while the Reds are keeping their cool in the title race, it would appear the defending champions are losing theirs, after Manchester City went down 2-1 at Leicester City to m...

Liverpool have given their supporters the perfect Christmas present by opening up a four-point lead at the top of the Premier League. But last’s year gift came two days after the big day when Virgil van Dijk’s protracted move from Southampton was completed for a £75m fee that remains a world record for a defender. It’s safe to say that it’s been money well spent. And such is the impact van Dijk ha...

In the latest Blood Red podcast, Liverpool reporter and regular host Ian Doyle is joined by ECHO duo Kristian Walsh and Paul Gorst to discuss the last few days of all things Anfield. Top of the agenda is the win over Wolverhampton Wanderers that means the Reds are top of Christmas, while there is a lot of love for Virgil van Dijk, Fabinho and Mohamed Salah, discussion over why Manchester United lo...

It’s been the perfect ending to a memorable year for Liverpool’s first team. The win over Wolves on Friday ensured the Reds will be top at Christmas – and Manchester City’s shock defeat at home to Crystal Palace the following afternoon guarantees that the four-point gap between the sides has stayed intact. But it’s not just at senior level that the club is thriving. The Under-18s won a dramatic FA...

There is just no stopping Liverpool FC.Goals from the outstanding Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk - the former's 14th of the season, taking him to the top of the domestic scoring charts; the latter's first in the league for the club - fired the relentless Reds to a thoroughly deserved 2-0 victory over a Wolves side who are far from mugs. And what an important victory it was, too, as not only did...

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 Kristian Walsh and Connor Dunn to discuss the last few days of all things Anfield. Among the topics discussed are the sacking of Jose Mourinho, what it means for the Reds, the future of Dominic Solanke, Dejan Lovren's latest...

Victory at Molineux on Friday night would stretch Liverpool’s Premier League winning run to seven games, ensure they open up a four-point lead over Manchester City, and guarantee they would be top on Christmas Day for the first time in five years. But, as the main guest of our Preview podcast explains, they will be up against a Wolves team who have no fear. Tim Spiers is the Wolves correspondent f...

We have a very special podcast for you, Reds fans. Allez Les Rouges and Poetry in Motion are two of our most well-established and well-loved pods and, what with it being the last week before Christmas, Neil Fitzmaurice and Peter Hooton have teamed up to produce what is an absolutely belter of an episode. Joining Poetry host Fitzy and Allez host Peter are Ste Monaghan and the ECHO’s own Dan Kay as...

A huge chasm now exists between English football’s most successful clubs and it was exposed in all its glory at Anfield on Sunday as Liverpool swept aside sorry Manchester United. It took the Reds back to the top of the Premier League and it proved to be the final straw for the beleaguered United board as they sacked Jose Mourinho. But hours before Jose was handed his P45, Paul Wheelock caught up...

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 Kristian Walsh and Joe Rimmer to look back on the win over Manchester United, discuss the impact of the Reds' substitutions, ponder how Jurgen Klopp is the future and Jose Mourinho is the past, laud Fabinho and Roberto Firmin...

19 points. That’s just how big a gap exists between table-topping and unbeaten Liverpool and their fallen rivals Manchester United all the way down in sixth. But more importantly is the one-point lead the relentless Reds hold over the Manchester team that plays in sky blue. Yes, Jurgen Klopp’s side moved back to the summit and back above Manchester City after super-sub Xherdan Shaqiri scored twice...

Everton could not do Liverpool a favour. Their 3-1 loss at Manchester City means Jurgen Klopp’s unbeaten side need to beat Manchester United on Sunday to go back to the top of the Premier League. Given the fact a remarkable 16 points separates the sides in the table, against other team you would back the Reds to get the job done in front of their own supporters. But Liverpool have failed to beat U...