Walk On: The Athletic FC's Liverpool show

James Pearce and Simon Hughes are alongside Tony Evans to reflect on the Reds' Champions League elimination to Paris Saint-Germain before looking ahead to Sunday's Carabao Cup Final. After Tuesday's 1-0 defeat at Anfield to PSG, Arne Slot's side were eventually dumped out of Europe on penalties with the panel discussing the nature of the loss, as well as answering a listener question around Alisso...

Tony Evans is joined by Simon Hughes and James Pearce, the discuss the nearly perfect weekend which saw Liverpool stretch their lead at the top of the Premier League to 15 points. The trio discuss the 3-1 win over Southampton, briefly, and the continued brilliance of Salah - including James' experience of watching his penalties alongside Jan Molby . They look ahead to the second leg against PSG in...

Tony Evans and Simon Hughes are joined by James Pearce, from his Roland Garros-themed hotel in Paris, the morning after THAT 1-0 win in the French capital to give the Reds the advantage in their Champions League last 16 tie with Paris Saint-Germain. There's plenty of praise for 'The Holy Goalie' after Alisson's heroics in the Parc des Princes making nine saves for the Reds to deny Luis Enrique's s...

James Pearce and Oli Kay are alongside Tony Evans as we look ahead to the start of Liverpool's Champions League knockout journey with Wednesday's visit to Paris Saint-Germain. Almost three years on from Liverpool's harrowing visit to the French capital for the 2022 Champions League Final both James and Oli recount their memories from the trip. Plus, there's discussion around the Reds' financial re...

Tony Evans is joined by James Pearce and Andy Jones as the Reds roar 13 points clear at the top of the Premier League, which begs the question: is the title race done? The panel get stuck into the win over Newcastle United at Anfield as well as the outstanding contribution of Dominik Szoboszlai. There's also a discussion around the defining period of games Arne Slot's side have come through, picki...

James Pearce and Simon Hughes are alongside Tony Evans to react to a decisive weekend in the Premier League as the Reds moved 11 points clear at the top! Liverpool's routine 2-0 win away at Man City, coupled with Arsenal's defeat at home to West Ham on Saturday leaves Arne Slot's side with commanding lead with 11 to play. The panel get into the manner of the win, the style and control exerted by S...

James Pearce and Simon Hughes are alongside Tony Evans reacting to the Reds' visit to Villa Park before looking ahead to Sunday's visit to Man City. Darwin Nunez, having had a torrid cameo off the bench on Wednesday, is centre to the analysis from Villa Park with the Uruguayan missing a guilt-edged chance to give Arne Slot's side what would have been a crucial three points. With eight points dropp...

Simon Hughes and James Pearce are alongside Tony Evans to react to Liverpool's nervy win against Wolves on Sunday. The panel discuss the key themes from the win at Anfield, but not before James shares his own story of how the title race nerves have begun to get to him! After moving on from analysis of the win over Wolves, the conversation moves onto Liverpool's attacking options with Luis Diaz mov...

James Pearce and Simon Hughes are alongside Tony Evans to react to an action-packed, final Merseyside derby at Goodison Park. Having led 2-1, James Tarkowski grabbed a late equaliser for the hosts before tempers boiled over at full-time with red cards shown for Curtis Jones, Arne Slot and assistant head coach Sipke Hulshoff. The panel look back over the occasion of the final Goodison derby, where...

James Pearce and Simon Hughes are alongside Tony Evans as we bring you the first of our two shows to come each week for the rest of the season! Following defeat to Plymouth Argyle in the FA Cup Fourth Round the panel discuss the merits of exiting the competition with focus switching to the Premier League ahead of Wednesday night's Merseyside derby at Goodison Park. That kicks-off a run of five gam...

Join James Pearce fresh from Anfield as Liverpool thrashed Tottenham 4-0 to book their place at in the Carabao Cup Final at Wembley. With work to do to overturn a first leg deficit, the Reds made light work of booking their place at a second successive League Cup Final. Cody Gakpo's first half strike was added to in the second by Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai and captain Virgil van Dijk as Liv...

James Pearce and Simon Hughes are alongside Tony Evans for this week's Walk On podcast, fresh from the 2-0 win over Bournemouth. As well as Mohamed Salah's continuing goalscoring greatness, the panel also discuss the importance and future of goalkeeper Alisson Becker with Valencia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili set to arrive in the summer. There's a recap of the transfer window, with Liverpool ha...

James Pearce brings you reaction from the Vitality Stadium after Liverpool swept Bournemouth aside 2-0 on the south coast, thanks to a Mohamed Salah double. The Egyptian King grabbed his 20th and 21st Premier League goals of the campaign to open up a nine-point gap over second-placed Arsenal ahead of their game with Manchester City to come on Sunday. Listen in for analysis from the Vitality as wel...

James Pearce and Simon Hughes are alongside Tony Evans for the latest fix of weekly Liverpool FC news. This week there's plenty for the guys to get through from the 4-1 win over Ipswich at Anfield to Mohamed Salah surpassing Thierry Henry on the Premier League's list of all-time top scorers and Virgil van Dijk's record-setting numbers following his 300th appearance for the club. There's also a dis...

Join James Pearce for reaction to Liverpool's latest Premier League win, after seeing off Ipswich Town 4-1 at Anfield. Dominik Szoboszlai, Mohamed Salah and a double for Cody Gakpo were enough to see off the relegation-threatened visitors. As well as analysis from Anfield, listen in to hear the best from Arne Slot's post-match press conference and The Athletic's Andy Jones also drops by to discuss...

James Pearce and Andy Jones are alongside Tony Evans to reflect on back-to-back wins in both the Premier League and Champions League for the Reds! Saturday's dramatic late show at Brentford was followed up on Tuesday night as Lille were seen off 2-1 at Anfield to continue Liverpool's 100% record in this season's Champions League. As well as reflect on the wins, the panel discuss the squad depth av...

Join James Pearce for reaction from the Gtech Community Stadium as Darwin Nunez struck twice in stoppage time to secure a 2-0 win over Brentford. The No.9 came off the bench to strike to earn the Reds a first Premier League win in three games following the recent draws with both Manchester United and Nottingham Forest. As well as reaction the Uruguayan's double, there's also the best from Arne Slo...

Tony Evans, James Pearce and Simon Hughes are here to react following Liverpool's 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest on Tuesday night. After falling behind, Diogo Jota and Kostas Tsimikas combined just 22 seconds after coming off the bench to salvage a point in the Premier League title race. The panel assess what it means for the title race, as well as the importance of Diogo Jota's fitness before ca...

James Pearce and Simon Hughes are alongside Tony Evans to look back on the weekend's events at Anfield, most eye-catching of which was the performance of Trent Alexander-Arnold. The panel assess, amid transfer interest from Real Madrid, what led to such a poor showing for Alexander-Arnold before assessing the rest of the display with the Reds unable to overcome an out of sorts Manchester United. T...

Simon Hughes and James Pearce are alongside Tony Evans as we return for the first podcast of 2025 - and there's plenty to get into! The panel get into the latest on the future of Trent Alexander-Arnold after Real Madrid made an enquiry to Liverpool over his availability in January. On the pitch, Arne Slot's Liverpool picked up maximum points over the festive period, with Mohamed Salah once again l...

James Pearce and Andy Jones are alongside Tony Evans after Liverpool's eventful 6-3 away win over Tottenham Hotspur. The panel react to the Reds six-goal showing, Mohamed Salah's latest exploits and much more before looking at the state of the title race following another helping hand from Everton, taking points off Chelsea at Goodison Park. As ever, there's Contract Weekly - the final one before...

Tony Evans and James Pearce are joined by Andy Jones following Liverpool's 2-2 draw with Fulham at Anfield. The panel look back on the pulsating game which twice saw the Reds have to come from behind to take a point after Andy Robertson had also been sent-off for Arne Slot's side. There's also a look at the wider title race with Chelsea winning, Arsenal drawing and Man City losing (again). Plus, w...

Tony Evans is joined by James Pearce and Simon Hughes for a busy show! Liverpool made it six wins out of six in the Champions League last night. The Reds are sitting pretty in top spot after getting the job done in Girona last night, thanks to another goal from Mo Salah and some goalkeeping heroics from Alisson. We look back on the match and discuss the latest contract news. Are the trio of Salah,...

James Pearce and Simon Hughes are back for a bonus episode alongside Tony Evans following Liverpool's pulsating 3-3 draw with Newcastle United. The panel react to more brilliance from Mohamed Salah, Caoimhin Kelleher rare error and Liverpool not winning a game before moving onto the latest around Virgil van Dijk's contract. Plus there's a trip down memory lane ahead of the final visit across Stanl...

James Pearce and Simon Hughes are alongside Tony Evans reacting to an eventful week for the Reds! First Real Madrid and then Manchester City swept aside at Anfield as Liverpool maintain their 100% record in the Champions League before moving nine-points clear at the top of the Premier League. There's reaction to Sunday's win over Man City, including Pep Guardiola's antics after being taunted by th...