Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Liverpool are through to the last eight in the Champions League for the third time in four season after beating RB Leipzig 2-0 in the second leg out in Budapest to make it 4-0 on aggregate. Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane once again the scorers for Jurgen Klopp's side as the Post-Game podcast reacts to the result. Join Guy Clarke as we hear from Klopp's press conference, the ECHO's Liverpool correspo...

Ahead of the Champions League last-16 second-leg tie against RB Leipzig on Wednesday, we get the lowdown on a player who Liverpool will be up against in Budapest, and who, if reports are to be believed, is a possible summer transfer target for Jurgen Klopp. Ibrahima Konate is thought to have a release clause similar - €40m - to fellow Leipzig centre-back Dayot Upamecano, who is moving to Bayern Mu...

After Liverpool lost to Chelsea and then Fulham, what do the numbers say about their current slump? Well, the pattern is interesting, if not particularly encouraging for the rest of the 2020/21 season. Join Josh Williams and David Hughes as they talk through the numbers, statistics and underlying metrics and question whether a change of tactics from Jurgen Klopp could be the answer - or even if it...

Jurgen Klopp and Gini Wijnaldum have been speaking with the media ahead of Liverpool's Champions League round of 16 second leg with RB Leipzig. On the day the German FA confirmed Joachim Low will stand down after Euro 2020 in the summer, Klopp's press conference was dominated by links to the upcoming vacancy. Meanwhile, Wijnaldum spoke about the impact of no fans at Anfield on the Reds' current ru...

Blood Red was invited to speak with RB Leipzig left-back Angelino ahead of the Bundesliga side's Champions League last-16 second-leg clash with Liverpool on Wednesday (March 10). The former Manchester City defender has faced Liverpool at their best before and says it is only a matter of time before the Reds get back to that level, while he was also scathing in his criticism of former manager at th...

As Liverpool fell to a sixth straight defeat at Anfield their Champions League qualification hopes have been left in the balance. Join Guy Clarke, Ian Doyle, Matt Addison and Marcus Banks to look back on the loss to Fulham before previewing Wednesday’s Champions League tie with RB Leipzig. Sadio Mane’s lack of form, the Reds’ shot-shy approach at Anfield and prioritising the Champions League are a...

Liverpool fell to a sixth straight home defeat and extended the wait for a goal in open play following defeat to Fulham. Mario Lemina's first half strike separated the two sides to left Jurgen Klopp's side's Champions League qualification hopes hanging in the balance. Join Guy Clarke for the Post-Game podcast as we hear from the ECHO's Liverpool correspondent Paul Gorst from Anfield, Jurgen Klopp'...

Following the passing of Ian St John, Allez Les Rouges is here to pay tribute to a Anfield icon, before getting onto Liverpool’s current run of form. Host Peter Hooton is joined by regulars Ste Monaghan, Kieth Culvin and John Nicolson as well as author and journalist Brian Reade. The panel reminisce about St John, his role in Bill Shankly’s famous side and winning the Reds’ first-ever FA Cup in 19...

Join Paul Gorst, Ian Doyle, David Lynch and host Guy Clarke for the Blood Red podcast as they talk Jurgen Klopp, Mohamed Salah and Liverpool’s continued fall from grace. The Reds lost 1-0 to Chelsea on Thursday night to put their Champions League hopes in jeopardy with Klopp’s call to take Salah off raising eyebrows – most notably with the Egyptian forward’s agent. Liverpool have not been helped b...

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp reveals that Ozan Kabak is the latest centre-back to be injured, at his press conference to preview Sunday's visit of Fulham to Anfield. Klopp also expands on his decision to take off the Premier League's leading goalscorer Mohamed Salah just past the hour-mark in last night's damaging 1-0 home defeat to Chelsea. You can listen to the press conference in full here. Watc...

Liverpool fell to a fifth consecutive home loss for the first time in the club's history following a 1-0 defeat to Chelsea in the Premier League. Mason Mount's first-half goal was all that separated the sides in the key game for Champions League qualification. Join Guy Clarke for reaction from Jurgen Klopp's post-match press conference, the Liverpool ECHO's LFC correspondent Paul Gorst at Anfield,...

As Liverpool face a challenge to qualify for Champions League football next season, the Liverpool.com podcast takes a look at their most important players. From Mohamed Salah to Sadio Mane, Thiago Alcantara, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Diogo Jota, Fabinho and Ozan Kabak, there is plenty of debate to be had. Host Dan Morgan is joined by Ollie Connolly and Mark Wakefield to pick out who are the men who...

Jurgen Klopp has been facing the media ahead of Chelsea's visit to Anfield in a crunch game in the bid for Champions League qualification in the Premier League. Firstly, Klopp was asked about his personal memories of Liverpool's legendary forward Ian St John following his passing at the age of 82. Ahead of the Chelsea match, Klopp then revealed both Alisson Becker and Fabinho are back in training...

Liverpool vs Chelsea in the Premier League on Thursday night is shaping up to be a huge clash in the race for the Champions League spots - and it's loaded full of sub-plots. New Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel is a disciple of Jurgen Klopp, having followed the Liverpool boss in managing Mainz and then Borussia Dortmund, while Timo Werner was, for a long time, someone Klopp thought about bringing to...

As Liverpool prepare to welcome Chelsea to Anfield for a key Premier League showdown in the fight for Champions League qualification, the Analysing Anfield podcast is back. Josh Williams and David Hughes delve into the data and analytical information ahead of the game, whilst also looking at how the Reds got back to winning ways against Sheffield United. What difference has Thomas Tuchel made at C...

Liverpool are mourning the loss of a genuine Reds legend today after the passing of Ian St John at the age of 82. St John joined Liverpool from Motherwell in 1961 and went on to play 425 games for Bill Shankly's side, scoring 118 goals across a decade of service during one of the great Anfield eras. As well as winning two top-flight league titles, St John scored the decisive goal in Liverpool’s fi...

New signings to be excited about, a title race and a last-gasp Merseyside derby win: Liverpool's youth teams are providing plenty of talking points at the start of 2021. Guy Clarke and Matt Addison have the latest news from Kirkby, where Kaide Gordon, Mateusz Musialowski and Paul Glatzel are all on the agenda as the exciting conveyor belt of talent coming through continues. There is also the lates...

Curtis Jones’ breakthrough against Sheffield United helped Liverpool end a four-game Premier League losing streak ahead of Chelsea’s visit to Anfield on Thursday night. Join the Blood Red podcast for reaction to the win at Bramall Lane as Ian Doyle, Connor Dunn and Theo Squires join Guy Clarke. Jones’ growing stature in Jurgen Klopp’s side is up for discussion plus the performances of Roberto Firm...

Join Paul Wheelock for the Post-Game podcast as we react to Liverpool's morale-boosting 2-0 win at Sheffield United. Starting with the verdict of the Liverpool ECHO's chief LFC writer Ian Doyle, continuing with Reds boss Jurgen Klopp's press conference in full, in which he drops some very positive team news ahead of Thursday's huge Anfield showdown with Chelsea, and ending with the thoughts of sup...

Join Guy Clarke and Dan Kay for our latest instalment of Houllier’s Treble-Winners, our monthly podcast-series looking back on Liverpool’s incredible 2000-01 campaign. After almost six years of waiting, the Reds ended their trophy drought, 20 years ago this month, getting their hands on the Worthington Cup. So Guy and Dan reflect on the first leg of the historic treble, from Robbie Fowler’s role i...

How do clubs choose which players to move for? How do they know how much to pay? And why are some clubs so much better at it than others? Matt Addison is joined by Five Yards co-founder Guy Rogers, who is an expert in all things scouting, analytics and transfers, to talk about a growing sector of the football market. With reference to Liverpool, of course, there is no better example to centre the...

Paul Gorst, Joe Rimmer and David Lynch join Matt Addison for the Blood Red podcast as they look ahead to Liverpool facing Sheffield United in the Premier League on Sunday and discuss the latest injury news on Jordan Henderson, Diogo Jota, Fabinho and James Milner. Captain Henderson has been ruled out for at least a month, but Diogo Jota could return against the Blades, and while there's also good...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has given the latest update on the club’s injury list at his pre-match press conference to preview Sunday’s match with Sheffield United. Jordan Henderson has undergone surgery on the groin injury he sustained in the Merseyside derby while Diogo Jota has returned to training for the first time since injuring his knee against FC Midtjylland in the Champions League. Klo...

With the causes for concern piling up for Liverpool, Neil Fitzmaurice is here with the latest Poetry in Motion podcast. From Roberto Firmino's drop in form to FSG's unwillingness to support Jurgen Klopp in the transfer market until deadline day, to why the goals have dried up, all bases are covered. The ECHO's Liverpool correspondent Paul Gorst and Sean Bradbury join Fitzy to get into the big LFC...

Dan Morgan is joined by Liverpool.com colleague Joel Rabinowitz and Blood Red’s Matt Addison to present their roadmap for Liverpool to get out of their current crisis – and back to some kind of normality. Asking whether Jurgen Klopp needs to revert to set-ups he enjoyed success with in previous seasons, examining the role of Thiago Alcantara, and wondering whether Sadio Mane’s form is as concernin...