Blood Red: The Liverpool Fc Podcast

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has committed his long-term future to the Reds having signed a new contract through to 2024. Join Kristian Walsh and the ECHO's Liverpool correspondent Paul Gorst as they explain the significance of the breaking news. Having delivered Champions League success to Anfield last summer they explain the importance of the German to Liverpool's ambitions and much more! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Liverpool set to make a signing, Analysing Anfield is here with the lowdown and insight you need as the Reds close in on Red Bull Salzburg's Takumi Minamino. Join Josh Williams and David Hughes as they explain the impact the Japan international could have at Anfield and the kind of role he could be likely to fulfil. Away from the transfer talk, the guys look back on the Reds' recent outings against Bournemouth and Red Bull Salzburg. They discuss the Premier League title race with Liverpool eight points clear of Leicester City and 14 ahead of Man City. Ahead of the weekend's game there's a preview of Watford's visit to Anfield as well as a brief discussion on who Liverpool could face in the last 16 of the Champions League. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liverpool are ready to sign Red Bull Salzburg star Takumi Minamino for a bargain £7.25m. The Japan international attacker caught the eye for Salzburg in their Champions League group-stage matches against Liverpool this season. And it is understood the 24-year-old impressed Jurgen Klopp sufficiently enough for the Reds boss to sanction a January transfer window move. In this snap podcast, the Liverpool ECHO's Joe Rimmer and Caoimhe O'Neill discus the move for Minamino, who has a release clause of just £7.25m. That has alerted a string of Europe’s top clubs including Liverpool’s bitter rivals Manchester United. But it is the Champions League holders, and not United, who are set to win the race for Minamino’s signature. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Following on from Liverpool's 2-0 win away to Red Bull Salzburg, the Agenda is here to react to the Reds' Champions League progression. After Naby Keita's second goal in two games, Sean Bradbury and Theo Squires discuss the importance of the last two outings for the former RB Leipzig midfielder as well as touching on Mohamed Salah's performance. With Liverpool getting the job done and getting through the group stage, the significance of the away win also comes into the conversation as well as who the Reds could face in the next round of competition. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The pressure was on - and the champions of Europe delivered. Yes, if Liverpool didn't already know they were in for a game at Red Bull Salzburg, then they certainly realised that by half-time. But once the Reds emerged for the second half, they showed why they are the holders as they produced arguably their performance of the season to win 2-0 thanks to goals in as many minutes from Naby Keita and Mohamed Salah. The victory ensured Jurgen Klopp's side topped Group E and booked their place in the knock-out stages. There’ll be plenty more talk about the draw for the last-16 in the coming days on the Blood Red channel. But this podcast is all about what happened at the Red Bull Arena. And we start, as ever, by getting the verdict of our full-time Liverpool FC correspondent Paul Gorst, before we hear every word of Klopp’s press conference after the match (*heads up, there is a translator), and then the thoughts of five of our regular fan callers. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/priva

A date with destiny awaits the Reds, sound familiar? Back in December 2004, Liverpool headed into the final group game of their Champions League campaign needing a win against Olympiakos. What would follow would write Steven Gerrard's name into Liverpool folklore forever more, with more than notable contributions from Florent Sinama Pongolle and Neil Mellor. Join Guy Clarke and Kristian Walsh as they talk back through the game, it's significance in Liverpool's modern-day history and much more besides. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ahead of Tuesday evening's Champions League decider against Red Bull Salzburg both Jurgen Klopp and captain Jordan Henderson have been speaking to the media. On the topic of questioning for the pair is the importance of the game with the Austrian side as Liverpool aim to qualify for the knockout stages, the form of Sadio Mane who played earlier in his career for Salzburg as well as Liverpool's hunger to qualify and go deep into the tournament having reached the final in each of the last two seasons. Henderson is also asked for his views on racism within football, while Klopp reveals how the Reds aim to deal with Erling Haaland. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our Liverpool FC reporting duo of Paul Gorst and Ian Doyle are joined by Chris Bascombe, the Merseyside football reporter for The Telegraph, and Carl Markham, of PA Media, for a special edition of the Blood Red podcast, recorded at Frankfurt Airport, before they head to Austria for Tuesday’s Champions League decider against Red Bull Salzburg. But before the quartet get stuck into that match, there is the little matter of the 3-0 win over Bournemouth to recap, including the performance of Naby Keita. The win maintained Liverpool’s 11-point lead at the top of the Premier League. But has the club’s pursuit of the Holy Grail ensured the Champions League has been become a distraction for both players and supporters? Our panel discuss that before giving their usual team and score predictions. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liverpool continue to lead the way in the Premier League following Saturday's 3-0 away win over Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium. Join Guy Clarke and Joel Rabinowitz as they look back on what could prove to be a crucial day in Liverpool's bid to end their wait for a Premier League title. The manner of the win, with the Reds keeping their first clean sheet since September whilst scoring three, is discussed so too is the individual showing from Naby Keita. With Man City dropping points in the Manchester derby, Jurgen Klopp's side now hold a 14-point lead over Pep Guardiola's side with just 16 games played. Plenty to enjoy, so tuck in! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liverpool made it 15 wins from 16 Premier League wins as they saw off Bournemouth 3-0 at the Vitality Stadium. Naby Keita, one of seven changes made by Jurgen Klopp from Wednesday night's 5-2 win over Everton took his chance grabbing the Reds' second goal after Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain opened the scoring. Keita then turned provider to set up Mohamed Salah in the second half as the Reds continue their march towards an elusive first Premier League title. Join Guy Clarke as we bring you all the reaction you need, from the ECHO's chief LFC writer Ian Doyle, Jurgen Klopp's press conference and a selection of our regular LFC contributors. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some perfect pre-match listening, Reds? Then we’ve got just the thing as John Nicolson, Steph Jones and Gerard Miles join Peter Hooton for the latest episode of the must-listen Allez Les Rouges podcast. Understandably, most of the focus centres on the Merseyside derby demolition, Klopp’s team selection for it, and the tactics he used to destroy Everton. Also on the agenda, before talk turns to Bournemouth and Red Bull Salzburg, is the blistering form of Sadio Mane, and the challenges posed by Leicester City and Manchester City. And there’s also an interesting debate around the FIFA Club World Cup. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Friday's Blood Red is here - with plenty to get through. Join Joe Rimmer, Paul Gorst, Theo Squires and Dan Kay as they look through the biggest Liverpool talking points. Looking back on Jurgen Klopp's press conference ahead of the visit to Bournemouth, Divock Origi's importance to the club in underlined following his derby double, but touching on Naby Keita's Liverpool future. Without a start since the Champions League outing against Genk, the former Red Bull Leipzig man's time at Anfield is assessed ahead of talking about how well Harry Wilson has been getting on at Bournemouth prior to our usual team selections and predictions. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jurgen Klopp has been holding his regular pre-match press conference ahead of the Reds' visit to Bournemouth on Saturday. On the agenda for the manager to talk about was the sacking of Marco Silva at Everton, how he plans to rotate his squad through December as well as the prospect of being top of the Premier League on Christmas Day. Klopp was also asked about Divock Origi and Xherdan Shaqiri who came into the starting XI against Everton on Wednesday and also spoke about Lionel Messi's praise for Sadio Mane. With the FIFA Club World Cup on the horizon Klopp speaks about the squad named for the trip to Qatar and also on Harry Wilson's progress at Bournemouth. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Still buzzing after the derby? Well, join our football scouting experts Josh Williams and David Alexander Hughes to dissect exactly how Jurgen Klopp’s much-changed side destroyed Everton 5-2. Marco Silva’s kamikaze tactics, Liverpool’s unusual targeting of one side of the pitch, and another Anfield nightmare for Jordan Pickford are all addressed. And so are the performances of the superb Sadio Mane and the revitalised Dejan Lovren before talk turns to Saturday’s visit to Bournemouth, and why Eddie Howe may not be all he’s cracked up to be, and then Tuesday’s Champions League decider at Red Bull Salzburg, and why another thrilling night could be in store. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is there any stopping Jurgen Klopp's side right now? Divock Origi and Xherdan Shaqiri coming into a side that saw five changes from the weekend's win over Brighton and Liverpool see off Everton 5-2 at Anfield. Two fantastic goals for Origi with Shaqiri, Sadio Mane and Gini Wijnaldum also in on the scoring to keep Liverpool eight points clear of Leicester City at the top of the Premier League table. Join Guy Clarke as we bring you all the reaction you need from the 234th Merseyside Derby. Hear the thoughts of the ECHO's Liverpool correspondent Paul Gorst, Jurgen Klopp's press conference as well as our selection of regular contributors. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Derby Day is here. Nervousness or excitement, it’s a day where emotions certainly go into overdrive. Join Guy Clarke as he catches up with the ECHO’s Everton Reporter Adam Jones to get the lowdown on the Blues. We find out just why things have gone so wrong for the Blues ahead of the derby, with them sitting just two points above the Premier League’s bottom three. The guys also discuss the future of Marco Silva, who remains under mounting pressure in the Goodison Park hotseat and they also touch on Everton’s poor derby record having not won an Anfield derby in over 20 years. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liverpool remain top of the table, after Virgil van Dijk’s double saw off Brighton and Hove Albion at Anfield. Following the latest 2-1 win, Analysing Anfield is here to look back on the win. Josh Williams and David Hughes talk through the numbers behind the win, including delving into Liverpool’s set-piece numbers after another two goals came from them. The Reds’ clean sheet record is also examined following Alisson Becker’s sending off and there’s a theory into just why Liverpool are conceding so many goals later in matches. All of that, plus a look ahead to the derby, what to expect from Everton and why breaking them down may prove harder than the league table would suggest. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jurgen Klopp has been holding his regular pre-match press conference ahead of Liverpool playing Everton in the Merseyside derby at Anfield. Klopp spoke about Lionel Messi winning the Ballon d’Or with Virgil van Dijk coming second ahead of looking ahead to the game. With opposite number Marco Silva under pressure at Goodison Park, Klopp gave his support to the Portuguese before talking about any potential January transfer plans. The German also gave his reaction to drawing Everton in the FA Cup Third Round and an injury update ahead of Wednesday night’s Premier League meeting. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liverpool’s lead over champions Man City extended to 11 points on Saturday courtesy of the Reds 2-0 win over Brighton and Jonjo Shelvey earning Newcastle a point at home to City. Join Sean Bradbury, Paul Gorst and Caoimhe O’Neill as they react to Jurgen Klopp side’s latest win. Up for discussion is the manner of the win, with Alisson Becker being sent-off meaning Adrian was called from the bench, but also whether or not Liverpool’s eight-point lead over Leicester is already decisive before getting onto Wednesday’s derby at Anfield. Everton travel to Anfield without a win there in 20 years, so what do the Reds have to fear. All of that and more up for discussion. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tomorrow evening sees the Ballon d'Or award handed out, the award which recognises the best individual talent in world football. Seven Liverpool players are shortlisted for the award with Virgil van Dijk joined on the list by Alisson Becker, Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Gini Wijnaldum, Roberto Firmino and Trent Alexander-Arnold. Join Dan Austin and Joel Rabinowitz as they talk through and give their arguments for which Reds player deserves to win the individual award. Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices