Blood Red: The Liverpool Fc Podcast

Jurgen Klopp was back in front of the media at Melwood on Friday afternoon. But sadly, the first question did not concern Sunday's massive match, but the racist chanting directed toward Mohamed Salah by what is claimed to be Chelsea supporters ahead of their side's Europa League match in Prague on Thursday night. The Liverpool manager speaks strongly and passionately on the subject before talk turns to football and the visit of Chelsea. Klopp is happy to talk about the current Chelsea team, but understandably, has no interest in going over what happened almost five years to that fateful day when the two teams met at Anfield. Klopp is also questioned on the dilemmas he has over Jordan Henderson, and at centre-back now that Joe Gomez is fit, while he lavishes praise on the Reds fanbase. He also gives a great answer when asked how do you defend against Eden Hazard, before the press conference rounds off with his thoughts on the form of Naby Keita. Enjoy - and we'll be back later with the Blood Red podcast. For

So this is the calm before the storm. Liverpool resume their Premier League title challenge on Sunday when they welcome Chelsea to Anfield in what could be a match that makes or breaks their chances of pipping Manchester City to top spot. But according to the latest Allez Les Rouges podcast panel, there is no need for concern. Host Peter Hooton is joined by Accrington Stanley manager – and big Red – John Coleman, regular guest Kieth Culvin and the ‘James Milner’ of our podcasts, Dan Kay, and all four are confident Jurgen Klopp’s side can get the job done. John, who knows a thing or too, believes that Liverpool are now in the ‘zone’ that all players and teams aspire to get into, which was best summed up by the nature of the win at Southampton. That game is discussed, as is the more straightforward Champions League quarter-final first-leg victory over Porto, as talk turns to a possible dream double, before it turns back to the showdown with Chelsea. In a quirk of fate, given what happened almost exactly five ye

It's episode seven of Analysing Anfield after a busy week for Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp. After a nail-biter on the South Coast, host Kristian Walsh and tactics expert Josh Williams look at what went right and wrong at Southampton - and why any criticism of the midfield that night should be put into context. Indeed, the midfield is a big focus on the show, with Jordan Henderson's new role and Naby Keita's old RB Leipzig form being discussed. The Guinean is hailed as a unique player, while there is a fair bit of love for Henderson's change of role. The win over Porto is also assessed as the pitfalls of the second leg are considered, while there is also a huge Eden Hazard warning ahead of Sunday's Anfield clash with Chelsea. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the morning after the night before and Ian Doyle, James Pearce and Theo Squires have overcome tiredness - and in our Liverpool FC correspondent's case, illness, despite his mid-season break - to record a mini Blood Red podcast to reflect on the 2-0 win over Porto. James believes the build-up to the match, and the match itself, underlines just how far the Reds have come under Jurgen Klopp while Ian and Theo agree the Portuguese champions were better than some pundits gave them credit for. But can Porto turn it around in the second leg? Our panel have their doubts, but they have no doubts about the improvement of Naby Keita, who set Liverpool on their way to victory with his second goal in as many matches. There's also words of praise for the captain, Jordan Henderson, and Roberto Firmino, while there is a discussion about whether Andy Robertson was missed, before James explain Klopp's rationale behind selecting Dejan Lovren. And, in a must-listen podcast, there's also VAR talk and whether Mohamed Salah go

There is just no stopping Liverpool right now. While Jurgen Klopp's double-chasing side weren't at their brilliant best, they still managed to beat Porto 2-0 at Anfield on Tuesday in their Champions League quarter-final first-leg tie. James Pearce was there to report on the action for the ECHO and our Liverpool FC correspondent kicks off this podcast with his big-match verdict. Then we’ll hear every word of what Reds boss Klopp had to say in his press conference after the game. Before we get the view from the stands with messages left on our Blood Red Podcast Facebook page (click HERE to join) and the thoughts of four supporters who phoned into this show - Simon Donnelly, Sam Planche, Alex Watt and Mark Baker. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the greatest respect in the world to Porto, they were the team most Liverpool fans wanted in the last eight. But as Pep Lijnders has said on the eve of tonight's Champions League quarter-final first leg at Anfield, what happened between the sides last season does mean the the Portuguese champions will be out for revenge. And given Porto knocked Roma out of the last round, and were the most impressive team in the group stages, do the Reds have reason to be wary? To find out, Paul Wheelock speaks to Portuguese football expert Alex Goncalves, who is the creator of the TugaScout.com website. He gives us the inside track on Porto, their strengths, their weaknesses, and why like Liverpool with Andy Robertson, they could also be without their influential left-back, as well as two other big players. And Alex also gives hhis opinion on the Portuguese wonderkid who has been linked with the Reds – along with most of the leading clubs in Europe. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy L

After a long drive from Southampton, and an even longer weekend, our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce is back on the Blood Red podcast, hosted as ever by Ian Doyle and also featuring Connor Dunn. The trio discuss Jurgen Klopp's pre-Porto press conference that took place earlier in the day, where the Reds manager cut a positively upbeat figure. However, the interest from the worldwide media was not as great as it had been for Bayern Munich in the last round of the Champions League. Why was that? Our panel debate that before turning their attention to Liverpool's full-back positions. There's also plenty of praise for Roberto Firmino and expectation surrounding Mohamed Salah after the Reds' top scorer ended his goal drought. The off-the-field factor driving Liverpool's bid for the top two trophies in the game is also discussed, as is James' nightmare trip home from Southampton, before another must-listen podcast rounds off with the usual and team and score predictions. Enjoy. For information regarding yo

The big games just keep coming for Liverpool. On Tuesday night Jurgen Klopp’s double-chasing side welcome Porto to Anfield for a Champions League quarter-final first-leg tie. And to preview the clash, Reds boss Klopp and his star defender Virgil van Dijk staged a press conference at Anfield. An upbeat Klopp was up first, and he spoke about what all these late crucial goals mean, Liverpool’s development as a European force under his watch, Mohamed Salah, last season’s showdown with Porto, and the latest on the fitness of Joe Gomez and Adam Lallana, among other things. Then it was the turn of van Dijk to face the media with the player-of-the-year contender discussing whether the Reds can win both the Premier League and Champions League, the response to being favourites on Tuesday night, how much the suspended Andy Robertson will be missed, and his thoughts on the next star-in-the-making to roll off the Porto production line.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about

Everything is golden at Liverpool right now.The Reds came through another tough test with three points with victory at Southampton.Jurgen Klopp's men showed their heart once again as they recovered from conceding an early goal to triumph 3-1 and move back to the top of the Premier League.And because we're feeling generous, we decided to record a mini pod to discuss the victory at St Mary's.Joe Rimmer takes the hosting duties alongside Ian Doyle and Connor Dunn to talk Jordan Henderson, Mohamed Salah and Naby Keita - all goalscorers at St Mary's.We also ask whether Liverpool are lucky and what Man City will now be thinking/The lads then reveal whether they are really starting to believe..Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wow. This Liverpool team do not know how to do it the easy way. But as is becoming increasingly clear, as the weeks and months pass by in this incredible season, they sure know how to get the job done. Yes, Jurgen Klopp’s side left it late again at St Mary’s on Friday to run out 3-1 winners over Southampton and move back to the top of the Premier League. And we’ve got all angles covered in the Post-Game podcast with the view from the press box with our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce, the view from the dugout with Jurgen Klopp’s post-match press conference in full, and the view from the stands with six Reds fans who have called into the show and a whole load more who have left messages on our Blood Red podcast Facebook page (click HERE to join).  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s game day as Liverpool look to go back to the top with victory at Southampton. And given the Saints are fifth from bottom and still in danger of being relegated, you would not back against the relentless Reds from doing just that. But the Saints have been transformed under their new manager – and Jurgen Klopp’s big friend – Ralph Hasenhuttl and they will go into tonight’s game as one of the top-five performing Premier League teams in the calendar year. And, if that wasn’t warning enough, the special guest of this podcast explains why Southampton will be particularly fired up this evening. Adam Leitch is the chief sports writer for the Southern Daily Echo and he speaks to Paul Wheelock about the Hasenhuttl revolution, the Austrian’s similarities with Klopp, the fitness and form of Danny Ings, the return of Sadio Mane and Virgil van Dijk to St Mary's, and where the game could be won and lost. Enjoy – and fingers crossed. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about

With Liverpool playing on Friday night, we've brought our Blood Red podcast forward a day, which means there's no place in the starting line-up for our Reds reporter James Pearce, who is busy enjoying himself at the first day of the Grand National. However, we still have Ian Doyle, Paul Gorst, Sean Bradbury and Caoimhe O'Neill to discuss the latest big Liverpool talking points, including Jurgen Klopp's pre-Southampton press conference where the Reds boss confirmed that Virgil van Dijk is fit and that he has every faith in Mohamed Salah. The panel discuss both topics along with Klopp's words on the performance of the Anfield crowd in the win over Tottenham, which moved his side back top until Manchester City swept aside Cardiff. Pep Guardiola's men are moving serenely along but are they ready for what's about to hit them? Our writers discuss that, as well as the staggering amount Liverpool have paid agents and the future of Rhian Brewster, before talk turns to the match with Southampton, which brings about som

After filming in London, Neil Fitzmaurice was back at the ECHO today to record his latest Poetry in Motion podcast, joined by Paul Gorst and Caoimhe O'Neill. And, after the host's phone goes off not once, but twice, the trio get down to talking about Liverpool's nail-biting victory over Tottenham. Fitzy wasn't convinced by the starting line-up beforehand, and while the Reds did manage to get the job done, Caoimhe wonders whether we will be seeing what Paul calls Jurgen Klopp's 'go-to midfield' as much in the future, particularly given the growing influence of Fabinho. But where does Naby Keita fit in? That leads Paul to explain why the Reds may have moved past the need for a 'number 10'. Fitzy, though, still firmly believes the front three need more service, although the panel are all confident Mohamed Salah will now kick on after his part in the last-gasp winner over Spurs. They are also confident that the Champions League will be anything but a distraction in the quest for a first league title since 1990. I

Jurgen Klopp has just finished speaking to the media at Melwood ahead of Friday's next big Premier League match, away to Southampton. The Liverpool manager started by giving a positive injury update before going on to talk Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah and the returning Rhian Brewster. He also answers whether he'll watch Manchester City's game in hand tonight, and previews the trip to Southampton and comments on the job Ralph Hasenhuttl is doing. Enjoy - and we'll be back in a bit with the Poetry in Motion podcast. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the sixth episode of Analysing Anfield as Kristian Walsh and Josh Williams try to make some sense over what happened on Sunday afternoon, as a last-gasp victory over Tottenham sent Liverpool back to the top of the Premier League. The midfield trio is once more under the spotlight with explanations offered over why Jurgen Klopp likes it so much. There is a doting love letter to Virgil van Dijk and how he kept Moussa Sissoko quiet, while the team also try to quantify if the Reds are feeling the 'nerves' of a title race. Friday night's trip to Southampton is laced with caution and danger too as the Liverpool manager meets 'the Alpine Klopp', Ralph Hassenhuttl; the Austrian's style is assessed, as is the dead-ball ability of James Ward-Prowse, with a surprise midfield three named as best to deal with the Saints' intense pressing game. A must-listen! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recovered yet? James Pearce, Ian Doyle, Joe Rimmer and Connor Dunn have – well, just about – to record the latest edition of the brilliant Blood Red podcast which, unsurprisingly, focuses on Liverpool’s last-gasp 2-1 win over Tottenham and all the big talking points from a dramatic afternoon at Anfield. It was a win that moved the Reds back to the top of the Premier League and James, in particular, believes it was much more than just three points. The own-goal winner – which resulted in Joe jumping on Paul Gorst in the ECHO office and us reporting it late on the site – was undoubtedly lucky, and it’s not the first time this season that fortune has smiled on Jurgen Klopp’s side. But what does it say about this group of players that they keep getting the rub of the green? The panel discuss that before lavishing praise on Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson and explaining why Klopp started Fabinho on the bench – and how that decision came so close to backfiring on the Liverpool boss. There’s also talk of the Reds

And breathe. Liverpool moved back to the top of the Premier League table today with a dramatic late 2-1 victory at home to Tottenham Hotspur to put the pressure firmly back on Manchester City in this gripping two-horse race for the title. And to reflect on what was a huge win, we get the definitive verdict of our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce and the thoughts of Jurgen Klopp with every word of the Reds manager’s post-match press conference. Then we hear from the supporters, with host Paul Wheelock reading out messages left on our Blood Red podcast Facebook page (click HERE to join) before handing the show over to four of our Post-Game phone-in regulars, Ross Strachan, Matt Whitty, Owen Thomas and Sam Planche. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you go back a month Tottenham would have moved within two points of Liverpool and Manchester City at the top of the Premier League table with a win at Burnley. But that defeat at Turf Moor sparked a drastic drop in form, which means they go into Sunday’s massive match at Anfield 16 points behind City, and 15 behind the Reds, who will go back top with victory. However, the game is viewed by many, including our own James Pearce, as Liverpool’s toughest remaining test. But after a week in which the focus has been on their impressive new stadium, will Tottenham have their mind on the job? And are now they prioritising their Champions League quarter-final with Manchester City? To get the answers to those questions, and also talk the future of Mauricio Pochettino, and what should be a brilliant battle between Virgil van Dijk and Harry Kane, Paul Wheelock picks up the phone to Alasdair Gold, who covers Spurs home and away for the Football.London website. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.c

Liverpool are back - and so is James Pearce with our full-time Reds correspondent returning after a 10-day break working on his garden and his fitness ahead of ECHO FC's big match on Monday. He's joined by Joe Rimmer, Theo Squires and host Ian Doyle and they start another must-listen episode of the Blood Red podcast by discussing Jurgen Klopp's press conference, which took place earlier in the day, and the Liverpool manager's comments on Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in particular. Talk then turns to Mohamed Salah, who has been given two weeks to rest up and recover for the big run-in, and those Sadio Mane-Real Madrid rumours. A big section of the pod is dedicated to the club's decision to freeze season-ticket prices once more. A welcome move, no doubt, but should more be done? The panel have their say on that before focusing on Sunday's clash with Tottenham, in which we find out exactly why Ian dislikes the north London outfit. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more

Jurgen Klopp was back in front of the media at Melwood this afternoon - and the Liverpool boss cut a relaxed and upbeat figure. Little wonder, with his side top of the Premier League going into this Sunday's visit of Tottenham to Anfield. But his mood could also be down to the positive team news he delivers here on Trent Alexander-Arnold, Xherdan Shaqiri and Joe Gomez. For now, however, he says he plans to keep Alex Oxalde-Chamberlain in the 'shadows'. The Reds boss also speaks passionately and eloquently on the issue of racism following the abuse suffered by England players in their match in Montenegro before talks turn to the Spurs test, the respect he has for his opposite number Mauricio Pochettino, and just how important the win at Wembley in the reverse fixture earlier in the campaign truly was. Klopp is also asked how he and his players are feeling going into the final seven games of what could be an historic league season. Enjoy - and we'll be back later with the Blood Red podcast For information rega