Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Liverpool made the perfect start to their Champions League campaign with a thrilling 3-2 win over Paris Saint-Germain at Anfield two weeks ago. But what we witnessed this evening was night and day compared to that as the Reds were beaten 1-0 by Napoli. Jurgen Klopp's side were just moments away from picking up what would have been an excellent point on the road. But Lorenzo Insigne’s injury-time w...

Liverpool are back in Champions League action tonight when they travel to Italy to take on last season's Serie A runners-up Napoli - and we have a packed Preview podcast to look ahead to the big match. We kick off by speaking to our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce, who talks the club's and Jurgen Klopp's last visit to the Stadio San Paulo, whether the Reds boss will ring the changes with a...

A true Liverpool FC legend this week makes his return to the city. Kevin Keegan will be at Waterstones on Wednesday afternoon to promote his brilliant new autobiography, My Life in Football. The book was written with Daniel Taylor, the chief football writer for The Guardian and The Observer newspapers, and the Sports Journalists’ Association Football Journalist of the Year for the past three years...

One man dominates the latest Blood Red podcast, hosted by Joe Rimmer and also featuring James Pearce, Dan Kay and Theo Squires. And that man is Daniel Sturridge after his superb strike earned Liverpool a late but thoroughly deserved 1-1 draw at Chelsea on Saturday night. Sturridge is now second only to the original super-sub, David Fairclough, as the player to have scored the most goals from the b...

What a game. And what a goal. It looked like Liverpool were heading for a second defeat to Chelsea in the space of four days after Eden Hazard, the matchwinner in the midweek Carabao Cup tie between the sides, opened the scoring. But a quite superb strike from substitute Daniel Sturridge a minute from the end of normal time earned the Reds a richly deserved draw. As always we have the view from th...

Peter Hooton is back with his Allez Les Rouges podcast, a little later than usual, but with good reason, as he has been busy promoting his excellent new book, The Boot Room Boys: The Unseen Story of Anfield's Conquering Heroes. And joined by Liverpool season-ticket holders Joe Blott, and Ian Byrne, of Fans Supporting Foodbanks, they kick off another enjoyable show by talking about the book’s launc...

In the latest Blood Red podcast, regular host and Liverpool reporter Ian Doyle is joined by full-time Liverpool correspondent - both home and away - James Pearce along with ECHO duo Joe Rimmer and Chris Beesley to discuss the last few days of all things Anfield. The team take a look back at the Carabao Cup defeat to Chelsea, what Jurgen Klopp could have done differently, and his on-field exchange...

It may be less than six weeks old, but it has already been an eventful season for Liverpool FC Women. After a summer of massive change that saw the majority of last season’s squad leave along with manager Scott Rogers, the club was looking to stabilise under Neil Redfearn. But the former Leeds United boss rocked the Reds by quitting after just two games in charge. That left ex-Liverpool and Englan...

All good things must come to an end, and after seven straight wins, Liverpool have suffered their first defeat of the season after losing 2-1 to Chelsea in the Carabao Cup. And in our Post-Game podcast, we get the view from the pressbox, the stands and the dugout on what was a frustrating night at Anfield. The podcast starts with the verdict of our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce. You then...

It’s the first of Liverpool’s big double-header with Chelsea tonight as the clubs do battle at Anfield in the Carabao Cup. And to get the lowdown on the team standing in Reds’ way of continuing their perfect start to the season, we spoke to Nizaar Kinsella, the Chelsea correspondent for Goal. Nizaar talks the revolution new manager Maurizio Sarri is ushering in at Stamford Bridge, whether Eden Haz...

Seven wins from seven, top of the Premier League, and off to a flyer in the Champions League, but have Liverpool hit top gear yet? That is the question Reds season-ticket holders Sean Bradbury, Dan Kay and Paul Philbin answer in our latest View from the Kop podcast. There is no doubt Jurgen Klopp's side played within themselves in the second half of the 3-0 victory over Southampton, which Paul say...

There is a special guest on the first Blood Red podcast of the week. The Farm frontman and author Peter Hooton joins James Pearce, Connor Dunn and host Joe Rimmer ahead of the launch of his superb new book, The Boot Room Boys: The Unseen Story of Anfield’s Conquering Heroes. But before they get stuck into that, there is the little matter of a history-making seventh straight win for Liverpool to re...

Today's 3-0 win over Southampton means Liverpool have won their opening seven competitive matches of a season for the first time in the club’s history. And more importantly it means Jurgen Klopp’s side moved two points clear at the top of the table ahead of a Carabao Cup and Premier League double-header with Chelsea and then a trip to Manchester City before the next international break. Little won...

Liverpool will look to make it a club record seven straight wins to start a season when they welcome Southampton to Anfield this afternoon. And you would not bet against them given the fabulous form Jurgen Klopp’s side are in. But what of the team standing in their way? Well, for our Preview podcast, we spoke to a Saints expert to get the inside track. Adam Leitch is the chief sports writer of the...

In the latest Blood Red podcast, regular host and Liverpool reporter Ian Doyle is joined by full-time Liverpool correspondent - both home and away - James Pearce along with ECHO duo Joe Rimmer and Theo Squires to discuss the last few days of all things Anfield. Among the topics up for discussion are the Anfield atmosphere, whether to rest Mohamed Salah, the team to beat Southampton and progress wi...

The wins over Tottenham Hotspur and Paris Saint-Germain have made it a superb week so far for Jurgen Klopp’s senior side. But it’s also been seven days to savour for the club’s younger teams. There was a third straight league victory for Barry Lewtas’ U18s before Neil Critchey’s U23s got their season up and running with a success that was aided by the inclusion of a number of first-team players. B...

Neil Fitzmaurice is back with his Poetry in Motion podcast and for the latest episode he is joined by Dan Kay and reunited with Joe Rimmer. The trio kick off the show by looking back on Liverpool's statement-making victories over the past week. Dan explains why the win over Tottenham was proof positive of the biggest development in Jurgen Klopp’s side and why Tuesday must go down as one of the gre...

It was a special night, so it is only right that we mark the thrilling 3-2 win over Paris Saint-Germain with a special, impromptu edition of our Blood Red podcast. James Pearce joins Paul Gorst and host Joe Rimmer to assess and analyse a superb victory that underlined why the Reds are now considered one of the top teams on the continent once again. There is plenty of praise for Trent Alexander-Arn...

New Champions League season, same old, thrilling Liverpool. The Reds kicked off their Group C campaign with a late but fully deserved 3-2 victory over Paris Saint-Germain. And in our latest Post-Game podcast we look back on yet another European night to remember at Anfield. The podcast kicks off with the thoughts of our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce. You then hear from six Reds fans who...

Champions League football is back with a bang at Anfield tonight as Liverpool take on Paris Saint-Germain in a match that would not look out of place in the later rounds let alone a group opener. The Reds have made a superb start to the Premier League with their perfect record of five wins from five meaning they share top spot with Chelsea. But how are PSG getting on under their new manager Thomas...

A win at Wembley is always something to celebrate, especially when it extends Liverpool's perfect start to the Premier League campaign. Host Kristian Walsh is joined by James Pearce and Dan Kay as they pick apart the performance, including a Jurgen Klopp spine which is growing ever stronger. Roberto Firmino is given a moniker nobody has heard before, there's more Gini Wijnaldum love, while Alisson...

With the impressive Wembley win over Tottenham Hotspur continuing the perfect start to the Premier League season, Liverpool can now turn their attention to their Champions League opener with Paris Saint-Germain. And what a match it should prove to be as Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Co come to Anfield for what could be another European night to remember at Anfield. The ground will be a vibrant sea of...

Well, what a difference a year makes... Or 11 months to be precise. Last October Liverpool lost 4-1 to Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley to slip to ninth in the Premier League and leave them trailing eventual champions Manchester City by a massive 12 points. But fast forward to the present day and Jurgen Klopp’s side sit level on points at the top with five wins from five after they comprehensively out...

Proper football is back as Liverpool travel to Tottenham - and our latest Blood Red podcast has every angle covered. Kristian Walsh hosts with James Pearce, Theo Squires and Caoimhe O'Neill there to discuss a mammoth seven-game stretch. The long-term future of Fabinho is pondered, while the team explore whether the Reds' record at the top six is much cause for concern. There's also a pretty stern...

With Peter Hooton sunning himself in Sicily ahead of the launch of his brilliant new book, the latest episode of the Allez Les Rouges podcast is hosted by a voice that will be very familiar to our listeners. The Liverpool ECHO’s former Liverpool FC editor Andy Kelly made a warm welcome to our studio to record the show, which also features journalist and author, Simon Hughes, Spirit of Shankly comm...