Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Join Guy Clarke for reaction as Liverpool record their biggest ever win over Manchester United at Old Trafford in the Premier League era. Naby Keita and Diogo Jota got the scoring started before a hat-trick for Mohamed Salah. Paul Pogba was sent-off for a poor challenge that led to Naby Keita being stretchered off in the second half. Hear from Paul Gorst at Old Trafford, Jurgen Klopp's press confe...

There were joyous scenes at Old Trafford on Wednesday night when Manchester United United came from two goals down to beat Atalanta 3-2 in the Champions League thanks to another Cristiano Ronaldo winner. But did that result paper over the cracks for their manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer? And even though Ronaldo has got six goals in eight games, has he made Solskjaer's side worse? To get the answers t...

Liverpool are preparing for one of the biggest games of the Premier League season as Jurgen Klopp takes his players to Old Trafford on Sunday. So join Ian Doyle, Theo Squires and host Matt Addison as they preview the Manchester United match on the latest Blood Red podcast - as well as looking back on the Champions League win at Atletico Madrid. On the agenda are Naby Keita, Cristiano Ronaldo, Moha...

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp gives an injury update on Curtis Jones and Thiago Alcantara at his press conference to preview the Premier League match at Manchester United on Sunday. Klopp is also asked to compare Mohamed Salah and Cristiano Ronaldo, and to respond to comments made by United legend Paul Scholes and manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Get exclusive podcasts direct to your inbox every week f...

Neil Fitzmaurice is back with his brilliant Poetry in Motion podcast! Alongside Liverpool ECHO writers Theo Squires and Hannah Pinnock, they unashamedly pile more praise of the magical Mohamed Salah before to the 3-2 win at Atletico Madrid that the Egyptian King helped inspire. Discussing all the big talking points from the Champions League classic, the panel focus on Jurgen Klopp's decision not t...

Josh Williams is joined by stand-in host Matt Addison for the Analysing Anfield podcast as they discuss all the big tactical talking points from Liverpool’s thrilling 3-2 Champions League win at Atletico Madrid, and preview the huge Premier League match at Manchester United on Sunday. But first up is a look back at what happened at the Wanda Metropolitano on Tuesday, including the performances of...

Welcome to the Post-Game podcast to react to Atletico Madrid 2 Liverpool 3. It was a night that started with Liverpool racing into a two-goal lead and ended with Atletico manager Diego Simeone running down the tunnel, and snubbing Jurgen Klopp’s handshake, after Mohamed Salah’s penalty settled what was a true Champions League classic. But given so much went on in between, there is a lot to talk ab...

Liverpool have played both Chelsea and Manchester City at Anfield this season, but on Sunday, days after travelling to Spain to take on Atletico Madrid in the Champions League, they make their first trip to face a possible Premier League title rival away from home. So, in the midst of a huge week which ends with that visit to Old Trafford for the showdown with Manchester United, Mo Stewart is join...

Matt Addison is joined by Paul Gorst, Ian Doyle and Theo Squires for the Blood Red podcast as they look ahead to Atletico Madrid vs Liverpool in the Champions League. But first they look back to the 5-0 win at Watford on Saturday that maintained Liverpool's impressive start to the Premier League season and underlined the fact that the feared front three of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Fir...

Listen to the press conference to preview Liverpool's Champions League clash at Atletico Madrid, featuring manager Jurgen Klopp and star centre-back Virgil van Dijk, who was speaking one year on from the serious knee injury that ruled him out for the rest of last season. Get exclusive podcasts direct to your inbox every week for FREE by joining the Blood Red Club. Sign up at http://www.bloodredpod...

Welcome to the Post-Game podcast to react to Liverpool’s thumping 5-0 win at Watford in the Premier League. It was a win that took Liverpool top of the table, extended their unbeaten league run to 18 matches, and featured a 100th Premier League goal for Sadio Mane and a hat-trick for the in-form Robero Firmino, who now has nine goals in his last 11 games for the Reds. But really it was a win domin...

Paul Gorst, Ian Doyle and Dan Kay join host Matt Addison for the Blood Red podcast to look back at Friday’s lively Jurgen Klopp press conference and ahead to Watford vs Liverpool on Saturday. With Fabinho and Curtis Jones joining Thiago Alcantata on the sidelines, rightly riling Klopp in the process, could the match with Watford, for whom Claudio Ranieri will be taking charge for the first time, o...

Jurgen Klopp in his press conference confirms both Alisson and Fabinho are unavailable for the Watford vs Liverpool match on Saturday. The Liverpool boss also gives an update on the fitness of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Thiago Alcantara and Diogo Jota, reveals Curtis Jones has come back from England U21s duty with an injury, and commented on the takeover of Newcastle United. Get exclusive podcasts di...

Regular guests Kieth Culvin, Ste Monaghan and John Nicolson, plus Accrington Stanley manager John Coleman, join Peter Hooton for the latest Allez Les Rouges podcast. Assessing the season so far, while the panel are happy with what they've seen from Jurgen Klopp's Reds, Coleman believes they need to get back to being one thing going into the trips to Watford and Atletico Madrid. Both games are prev...

As the end of the international break nears, Liverpool's trip to Watford is getting closer, with plenty of interesting storylines to go with it. New Watford boss Claudio Ranieri will be in the dugout for the first time, while Liverpool-admired Ismaila Sarr, who was on the sh ortlist last summer when Diogo Jota was bought, is in fine form. Then there are other Watford players like Moussa Sissoko, p...

Josh Williams and Dave Hughes are back with the second part of their Analysing Anfield Q&A special as they answer listener questions on a range of Liverpool FC-related topics including the numbers behind Mohamed Salah's season so far, the ideal replacements for Roberto Firmino, and how Curtis Jones ranks in terms of young midfielders across Europe. And, in what is a bumper episode, our hosts also...

As Liverpool face Watford at the weekend, the Liverpool.com podcast assesses the Reds' model and analyses whether there are any lessons that FSG could learn from other clubs. Claudio Ranieri will take charge of Watford for the first time on Saturday, becoming the latest in a long line of Hornets managers, while Liverpool's weekend opponents signed 11 players this summer. Host James Martin is joine...

Steven Gerrard is one of the leading contenders for the Newcastle United job if, as reported, Steve Bruce will soon be sacked. But should the Anfield great make the move from Rangers, where he has done an incredible job, if he was offered the position? And would it help or hinder his chances of potentially taking over from Jurgen Klopp at his beloved Liverpool? It’s one of the big talking points o...

For our latest podcast Paul Wheelock picks up the phone to Nathan Hemmingham, who is the Sheffield United reporter for the Liverpool ECHO’s sister website, Yorkshire Live. They talk about how Ben Davies is getting on, after he joined the Blades in the summer on loan from Liverpool, and discuss what the defender’s plans are for the future. And also about Rhian Brewster, who made the permanent move...

Neil Fitzmaurice is back with the Poetry in Motion podcast. Joined by Joe Rimmer and Hannah Pinnock, they back over the draws with Brentford, and particularly, with Manchester City, and where it leaves Liverpool going into the second international break. Mohamed Salah’s magical goal was the highlight of that latter match, and it only underlined the need for Liverpool to tie up his new contract as...

On the day Jurgen Klopp celebrates his sixth anniversary as Liverpool manager, Theo Squires and Dan Kay join Guy Clarke for the Blood Red podcast. Looking back at Klopp’s glorious reign, and what the future looks like, with and without him at the helm, the panel also talk a new professional contract for Kaide Gordon, Divock Origi links to Barcelona, and the takeover of Newcastle United. Order the...

Dave Powell joins Paul Wheelock for the latest edition of The Bottom Line football finances podcast to talk Mohamed Salah and his Liverpool contract situation. Why isn’t it as easy as just paying Salah what he wants? What did Reds owners FSG do when faced with a comparable situation at the Boston Red Sox last year? Who could afford the Egyptian King if the unthinkable happened and he did Anfield?...

Josh Williams and David Hughes are back with another Q & A special, diving into listener and viewer questions after analysing Liverpool’s thrilling 2-2 draw with Manchester City. Who will replace Jurgen Klopp if he leaves Liverpool in 2024? Which potential free agent should Klopp sign next summer? What’s happening with Jordan Henderson’s position? And just how important is Alisson Becker? All thos...

It has been quite the start to the new season for 18-year-old Germany and Bayer Leverkusen starlet, Florian Wirtz. Wirtz is averaging a goal or assist every 41 minutes in all competitions, with six goals and five assists in eight games across both the Bundesliga and the Europa League. So for this week's exclusive offering to Blood Red Club members, Matt Addison is joined by BILD's Christian Falk,...

Liverpool proved without a shadow of a doubt in the 2-2 draw with Manchester City that they have a starting XI to compete with the best. But do they have have the depth to beat City and Chelsea to the title? After much discussion across the summer over the strength of the Reds’ squad, we now have seven Premier League games to answer whether they do or not. And that’s the basis for the latest Liver...