Blood Red: The Liverpool Fc Podcast

Liverpool's 2-1 win against Aston Villa thanks to Trent Alexander-Arnold's strike could be a vital one come the end of the season. Matt Addison hosts in the absence of Dan Morgan, and is joined by Joel Rabinowitz and Ollie Connolly, as well as Reds reporter David Lynch. They assess the race for the top four with only a handful of league matches remaining, before analysing the form of Sadio Mane and Alisson Becker. The podcast concludes with a look ahead to Wednesday night's clash with Real Madrid in the Champions League, where the lack of fans inside Anfield could prove decisive, though Jurgen Klopp and his players will be hoping not. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liverpool have outlined their Champions League hopes after Trent Alexander-Arnold starred in the late win over Aston Villa at Anfield. Host Guy Clarke is joined by the ECHO’s Liverpool correspondent Paul Gorst and Theo Squires to look back on the win for Jurgen Klopp’s men. Alexander-Arnold’s growing maturity, defensive ‘myth’ and importance are all discussed so too is VAR’s impact in the Premier League. Plus the panel preview Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final with Real Madrid including the usual team selector and match predictions. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liverpool have plenty of decisions to make ahead of the summer transfer window opening - but where should their priorities lie? Matt Addison joins Kai Delaney to talk through the different options that Liverpool have, and which positions they need to strengthen the most. Gini Wijnaldum looks set to be leaving on a free transfer, so how do Liverpool replace him - do they need to make a midfield signing, and what type of player should that be? In attack, Divock Origi, Xherdan Shaqiri and Takumi Minamino could all depart. Liverpool will aim for a Diogo Jota-type arrival for replacing one of those players - and Harvey Elliott, on loan for the season at Blackburn, should not be forgotten. There will not be wholesale changes made with the likes of Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez among those to return to the side next season after long-term injuries, but centre-back is a sure-fire area for a transfer deal to take place, with Ibrahima Konate in contention to fill that gap and Ozan Kabak's purchase option another thing

Trent Alexander-Arnold’s stoppage time winner got Liverpool back to winning ways at Anfield to keep alive the Reds’ hopes for a top four finish. Jurgen Klopp’s men had to do it the hard way coming from behind as Mohamed Salah cancelled out Ollie Watkins’ opener for the visitors. Join Guy Clarke for reaction from Klopp’s press conference, the ECHO’s Liverpool correspondent Paul Gorst and regular contributors Mike Holt, Owen Thomas and Mark Baker. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liverpool will be seeking to put right their 7-2 defeat to Aston Villa earlier this season when the sides meet again at Anfield in the race for the Champions League spots. Matt Addison picked up the phone to Birmingham Live's Aston Villa reporter Ashley Preece ahead of the game to get the lowdown on Dean Smith's men, who will be without star man Jack Grealish for the clash. Who are the players to watch out for without Grealish, and who could cause Liverpool problems? Certainly, £28m summer signing Ollie Watkins could be one of those, while Enri Konza at the back has proven to be an astute signing - he was being tentatively linked with a move to Anfield, in fact, before agreeing a new contract at Villa Park last week. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more

As Liverpool prepare to take on Aston Villa at Anfield the Blood Red podcast discuss a season-defining week for the Reds. With Champions League qualification still a possibility in the Premier League Jurgen Klopp’s side head into the game three points off West Ham United. Join Guy Clarke, Ian Doyle and David Lynch as they reflect on the Champions League quarter-final first leg defeat to Real Madrid and preview Aston Villa’s visit to Anfield. Plus the panel debate the form of Naby Keita and Sadio Mane before giving their team selections and match predictions. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jurgen Klopp has been holding his pre-match press conference ahead of Liverpool taking on Aston Villa at Anfield in the Premier League. Amongst the topics put to the manager, Klopp gave his explanation for replacing Naby Keita prior to half-time in Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg defeat. Having lost 7-2 at Villa Park back in October, Klopp was also asked about the first league meeting as well as January’s FA Cup tie with Villa, albeit against a very youthful side. Plus, the German gave an update on his plans for team selection ahead of the crucial second leg in the Champions League with Real Madrid. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Following a turbulent week for the Reds, after beating Arsenal only to fall to defeat to Real Madrid, Analysing Anfield look back on the two results. Josh Williams and David Hughes take a statistical and analytical view on the results. They discuss the Reds being back in the race for a top four finish before getting onto the defeat out in Spain and what it means for Liverpool’s Champions League chances - and debate, crucially, why Jurgen Klopp opted to substitute Naby Keita out in Madrid. Ahead of the second leg, the Reds prospects of progressing are analysed with Aston Villa visiting Anfield in the meanwhile. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fresh from Liverpool’s 3-1 first leg defeat in the Champions League quarter-final with Real Madrid, Neil Fitzmaurice is here with the latest Poetry in Motion podcast. Joined by Paul Gorst and Joe Rimmer, the guys look back on the first leg defeat to Madrid and question where things went wrong. From Jurgen Klopp’s tactical set-up to Naby Keita’s no-show and substitution before half-time, does he have a Liverpool future? Conversation then moves on Sadio Mane and his drop off in form before getting to the ‘dark arts’ and what is missing for the Reds without Jordan Henderson and Virgil van Dijk on the pitch. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liverpool have work to do in their Champions League quarter-final tie with Real Madrid after falling to a 3-1 defeat out in Spain. Mohamed Salah’s second half strike, halving the deficit following Vinicius Junior and Marco Asensio first half goals prior to Vinicius’ second on the night. Join Guy Clarke for reaction as we hear from Jurgen Klopp after the game after he brought off Naby Keita in the first half for tactical reasons. The ECHO’s Liverpool correspondent Paul Gorst shares his verdict while Steve Dawson, Lauren Black, Mike Holt and Mark Baker all have their say too. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Diogo Jota was the key man as Liverpool beat Arsenal over the weekend - and the Portuguese has put himself right in contention to start against Real Madrid. That means that Jurgen Klopp has a selection dilemma to make with Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino all available too. Could the German be tempted to field all four as he did against Manchester City earlier in the season? Or could Jota be used as an impact substitute once more as he was at the Emirates Stadium? Host Dan Morgan is joined by Ollie Connelly, Joel Rabinowitz and David Lynch to talk all that, discuss where Harvey Elliott fits into things, and look back on Liverpool’s win over Arsenal and preview the huge first-leg clash with Real Madrid in the Champions League.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/16565998479797

Listen to the full conference featuring Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp and man-of-the-moment Diogo Jota from the Spanish capital ahead of tomorrow's Champions League quarter-final first-leg clash with Real Madrid.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Liverpool moved to within just two points of the top four in the Premier League, ahead of the huge Champions League clash with Real Madrid, the Blood Red podcast discusses the importance of Fabinho and Diogo Jota. With both players back on top form and in their favoured roles, who have Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool missed most this season? Host Guy Clarke is joined by Ian Doyle and Joe Rimmer to look also back on the 3-0 win at Arsenal, which closed the gap on fourth-placed Chelsea, and highlight the key players, including Trent Alexander-Arnold. That’s before getting onto the Champions League quarter -final first leg in Madrid, outlining the threat of Karim Benzema, before the usual team selector and match predictions.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about

Ahead of Liverpool's Champions League quarter-final tie with Real Madrid we preview what threats the Spanish giants may pose in the latest Behind Enemy Lines podcast. Matt Addison checks in with Real Madrid TV presenter Phil Kitromilides to talk about Madrid's season so far, the key men in Zinedine Zidane's side including both Karim Benzema and Casemiro - as well as Sergio Ramos, of course! Phil also shares Real Madrid's respect for Liverpool and Anfield ahead of the two games and who else could cause Jurgen Klopp's Reds problems aside from the obvious threats. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fresh from Diogo Jota’s brilliant brace in last night’s 3-0 victory at Arsenal, Paul Gorst speaks to Vasco Seabra to get the inside story on how Liverpool’s newest superstar rose to prominence in his homeland. Seabra now manages Moreirense in Portugal’s Primeira Liga but he was previously a youth-team coach at Paços de Ferreira, where he first encountered a teenage Jota, and helped send the now 24-year-old on his journey to Anfield via Atletico Madrid, Porto and Wolves. It’s a fascinating listen with a man who knows Jota better than most. Enjoy. Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liverpool are back in the race for Champions League qualification in the Premier League following a domination at the Emirates to see off Arsenal 3-0. Diogo Jota off the bench with a brace either side of Mohamed Salah scoring against Mikel Arteta's side on a night both Fabinho and Trent Alexander-Arnold put in first class showings. Join Guy Clarke as we bring you reaction from the ECHO's chief LFC writer Ian Doyle Jurgen Klopp's press conference, as well as our regular contributors Steve Dawson, Ross Strachan, Alex Watt, Hannah Pinnock, Mike Holt and Mark Baker. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ahead of Liverpool's visit to the Emirates to take on Arsenal, we hear from a familiar voice in Guy Clarke. Speaking with Kai Delaney, our Blood Red podcast host and Gunners fan gives us the lowdown on how Arsenal's season has played out in what is Mikel Arteta's first full campaign in charge. What is the perception of Arteta's reign? What progress are Arsenal making? And how far is there still to go to get back to playing Champions League football? Plus, with Liverpool-linked Martin Odegaard performing well on loan from Real Madrid, we also find out what has been behind his good form and how likely he could be to leave Spain this summer. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ahead of Liverpool’s return to Premier League action, the Blood Red podcast assesses RedBird Capital’s £538m investment into FSG. Host Guy Clarke, Ian Doyle and David Lynch look at the impact the investment will have ahead of the summer transfer window. And with Liverpool back now after the international break, the panel debate and discuss their targets for the remainder of the campaign. Plus, our team selector and match predictions return as Liverpool head to the Emirates to take on Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has been speaking ahead of the visit to Arsenal in the return of Premier League action. Before getting to the game, the German talks about this week's investment into FSG and the impact it could have in the transfer market. On team news, Klopp confirms Roberto Firmino is set to return as well as giving updates on Virgil van Dijk and Jordan Henderson. Plus, he outlines his aims for the remainder of the season with Liverpool in the race for Champions League qualification as well as being in the quarter-finals against Real Madrid. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The international break is over! But to help you get you through the final days before proper football is back, Peter Hooton is back with his Allez Les Rouges podcast, featuring regular guests Ste Monaghan and Kieth Culvin, plus journalist and author Simon Hughes. The panel talk Liverpool’s impending return to action, at Arsenal on Saturday, and then the Champions League quarter-final first leg at Real Madrid on Tuesday. It looks like the Reds will need to win the club’s seventh European Cup after falling off the pace in the top-four race in the Premier League if they are to play Champions League football next season. So that leads to a discussion over whether FSG will regret moving so late in the January transfer window for centre-back reinforcements. With Ibrahima Konate a potential target, will Liverpool’s owners move faster to snap up targets in the summer? Simon gives his expert insight into that and into the major FSG investment deal with RedBird Capital Partners, which was confirmed just hours after th