Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Two defeats in two games. It seems almost unfathomable for Liverpool with the Treble hopes now gone after being eliminated from the FA Cup against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Sean Bradbury and Connor Dunn both look back on the recent showings following defeat to Watford, prior to the cup game with Chelsea. They discuss where things have just fallen off the high standards that had previously been s...

Goals either side of half-time from Willian – and of all players – Ross Barkley ensured Liverpool’s dream of winning The Treble came to and end as they were beaten 2-0 by Chelsea in the FA Cup at Stamford Bridge, which is exactly where we start this podcast with Paul Gorst's definitive verdict and Jurgen Klopp's post-match press conference in full. Then you'll hear from two of our regular fan call...

Join Connor Dunn, Ian Doyle, Joe Rimmer and Matt Addison as they reflect on the rarest of events: a Liverpool defeat in the Premier League. It was Nigel Pearson's Watford - second-bottom in the table heading into the weekend - who ended their 44-game unbeaten streak, and the panel analyse exactly where it went wrong. Dejan Lovren was the Reds man who took most of the criticism online, but he was f...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp speaks to the media ahead of his side’s FA Cup fifth-round tie at Premier League rivals Chelsea. As well as previewing the Stamford Bridge clash, Klopp gives a fitness update on Joe Gomez, James Milner, Naby Keita and Xherdan Shaqiri, and talks the impact of the loss captain Jordan Henderson. The Liverpool boss also responds to criticism of Dejan Lovren’s performance...

Liverpool Under-23s boss Neil Critchley has left the club to take over as manager of League One outfit Blackpool. The 41-year-old has spent more than six years with the Reds and will arguably be best remembered for leading the youngest team in the club’s history to a 1-0 FA Cup win over Shrewsbury Town when Jurgen Klopp and his first-team stars were on the Premier League’s winter break. Connor Dun...

Welcome to the first Post-Game podcast since January 3, 2019 that's reacting to a Premier League defeat for Liverpool. Yes, the Reds went down fair and square, 3-0 at Watford tonight, to see their 44-match unbeaten league run come to an end. It has to be placed in context. Jurgen Klopp’s side have been nothing short of magnificent this season and it's only a matter of time before they get their ha...

Liverpool this week released a summary of their annual accounts, which showed a record £533m turnover, and a pre-tax profit of £42m, despite the fact the club spent £223m on players. So armed with those headline figures, Paul Wheelock picks up the phone to leading football finance expert Kieran Maguire to see what this will mean for the Reds' summer transfer business, and whether it could bring an...

Liverpool’s eye-watering financial accounts and the competition for a midfield starting spot between Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are the big talking points of the Blood Red podcast. Paul Gorst, Ian Doyle, Theo Squires and host Joe Rimmer also talk the Reds video for Chaokoh coconut milk that went viral , Saturday’s trip to Watford, and the usual line-up and score predictions.  For infor...

Jurgen Klopp speaks to the media to preview Liverpool's trip to Watford on Saturday. Klopp was also asked about the fitness of captain Jordan Henderson, James Milner and Xherdan Shaqiri, whether there's a battle between Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for a midfield starting spot, and the precautions Liverpool are taking with the coronavirus. For information regarding your data privacy, vis...

The Allez Les Rouges podcast is back with host Peter Hooton joined by regular guest Ste Monaghan, singer Kieran Molyneux, and Brendan 'Jockey' Wyatt, owner of city-centre trainer shop Transalpino. They look back on the defeat to Atletico Madrid, and the performance of Diego Simeone, as well as the win over West Ham United, and the actions of the Anfield crowd before and after Liverpool fell behind...

Liverpool have announced a record £533m turnover after a stunning season that saw the club claim their sixth European Cup. The Reds have released their annual accounts for the year ending May 31 2019 – one day before the famous Champions League final win over Tottenham Hotspur in Madrid – which show turnover rose by £78m to £533m. That represents sustained growth across the club (the 2018 accounts...

Liverpool's unbeaten record in the Premier League remains in tact. West Ham United were the latest team to be dispatched by the Reds, though it was far from comfortable on the night. Join Josh Williams and David Hughes as they analyse that game in detail, with particular focus on one man: Naby Keita. The Guinean has been at Anfield for almost two years now, but he is still dividing opinion among s...

The Liverpool machine just keeps rolling on and on. And after their latest Premier League victory, which took the Reds to an incredible 26 wins from 27 this campaign, Paul Gorst, Connor Dunn, Caoimhe O'Neill and Theo Squires are here to discuss all things Anfield as the champions elect took another stride towards the title by beating West Ham United. On the agenda was Naby Keita's struggles, Jorda...

Not quite the resounding performance many were expecting, but Liverpool again showing another side to their game to come through and continue their winning run in the Premier League. West Ham seen off eventually 3-2 at Anfield, despite forcing the Reds to come from 2-1 behind to win. The victory takes the Reds level on 18 for the record of consecutive wins in the top flight whilst also making it 2...

Another weekend of Premier League action passes with VAR once again takes centre stage, time then on Blood Red to talk about the technology. There has been plenty of LiVARpool jibes thrown about throughout the course of the season, but with the Reds not in action until tonight, this weekend has allowed a chance to sit back and see how it has effected the rest of the league. With Chelsea's game wit...

Liverpool's U18s welcomed Man City's youngsters to Kirkby on Saturday for a shootout at the top of the table with both sides vying for the league title. Despite City running out 4-2 winners, the Academy Show is here with all the news out of Kirby. Guy Clarke and Matt Addison take you through how the youth sides have been getting on since their night under the lights in the FA Cup against Shrewsbur...

Neil Fitzmaurice is backing with the latest episode of Poetry in Motion, as we react to the midweek defeat in Madrid - that's right defeat for Liverpool, the audacity of it! After the 1-0 defeat in Madrid, Fitzy is joined by Caoimhe O'Neill and Matt Addison as we get stuck into the nature of the result, the play acting by Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid and the true villain of the piece, the refer...

After a week in which Liverpool suffered just their third defeat of the season, the Blood Red podcast is here to react. Join Sean Bradbury, Joe Rimmer, Ian Doyle and Connor Dunn as they take a look back on the defeat to Atletico Madrid and what might happen in the second leg where the Reds will be favourites to turn the tie back in their favour. As well as last Tuesday night's game being contempla...

Ahead of Liverpool welcoming David Moyes' West Ham United to Anfield on Monday night, Jurgen Klopp has been holding his regular pre-match press conference. After being brought off due to a hamstring injury on Tuesday night, during the Champions League defeat to Atletico Madrid, Klopp confirmed captain Jordan Henderson is set for a three week injury lay-off. As well as that, the German was asked ab...

Following his match-winning performance against Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League, Timo Werner has increased speculation around a move to Liverpool. The RB Leipzig forward scored the only goal in the game as the German side took the advantage in their knockout tie with Spurs. After the match, Werner was asked directly about rumours linking him to Anfield to which he responded the links mad...

Liverpool’s Champions League crown slipped on Tuesday evening as Atletico Madrid moved 1-0 ahead in the first leg of their knockout tie. Join Josh Williams and David Hughes as they look back on the defeat in the Wanda Metropolitano as the Reds returned to the scene of last June’s Champions League win. The guys look back through the statistical and analytical data to explain how the Reds fell to de...

Fresh from defeat at in Liverpool's Champions League last 16 first leg away to Atletico Madrid, Blood Red is here to react. Join Ian Doyle, Paul Gorst and Joel Rabinowitz as they look back on the game, shortly after the full-time whistle in Madrid. Following Saul Niguez's fourth-minute decider the guys discuss the importance of the goal, where the Reds now stand in the tie and how crucial a home s...

Liverpool's Champions League defence was dealt a blow in the first leg of their knockout tie with Atletico Madrid. Saul Niguez's fourth minute opener enough to see off Jurgen Klopp's champions on the stage they won the tournament last season. Join Guy Clarke as we bring you all the fallout from the Wanda Metropolitano. From out in Madrid we hear from the ECHO's Liverpool correspondent Paul Gorst a...

Time to head back 15 years, as we get back on the Road to Istanbul, here on Blood Red. As the Reds get ready to start their knockout phase of the Champions League away to Atletico Madrid, back in 2005, Liverpool welcomed German side Bayer Leverkusen to Anfield. Three years on from being eliminated by the German outfit in the quarter-final stage of the Champions League, Rafa Benitez's side were out...

Shortly after landing in Madrid, Jurgen Klopp and Trent Alexander-Arnold were whisked away to the Wanda Metropolitano, the scene of Liverpool's sixth European Cup, to preview Tuesday's Champions League last-16 first-leg clash with Atletico Madrid. And you can listen to what the Reds boss and Reds right-back had to say here. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn...