Walk On: The Athletic FC's Liverpool show

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 dropped from the last eight Premier League games, the panel also analyse the state of the title race with Liverpool moving eight points clear at the top of the league, despite dropping two points on Wednesday night.Plus, there's a look ahead to Sunday's trip to the Etihad as the Reds look to pile on the misery for Pep Guardiola's side following their own humbling in Madrid.Host: Tony EvansWith: James Pearce and Simon HughesProducer: Nick Thomson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 moving back to the left wing, and assess what it could mean ahead of what looks set to be a busy summer transfer window ahead.Plus, ahead of Wednesday night's visit to Villa Park, Gregg Evans drops by to preview the game ahead of a crucial period in the Reds' title chances.Host: Tony EvansWith: James Pearce, Simon Hughes and Gregg EvansProducer: Guy Clarke Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 it leaves the state of the title race with Liverpool moving seven points clear before getting onto the contribution of Mohamed Salah.Plus, there's a look ahead to Wolves' visit to Anfield on Sunday as well as Si's take on the manner of stewarding at Goodison Park!Host: Tony EvansWith: James Pearce and Simon HughesProducer: Nick Thomson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 games in 15 days for Arne Slot's Reds as we also analyse how the Dutchman has managed to keep his squad so fresh this season before having a deeper look at Wednesday night's trip across Stanley Park.Host: Tony EvansWith: James Pearce and Simon HughesProducer: Guy Clarke Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Liverpool secured a safe passage through to the first cup final of the Arne Slot era.Listen in for analysis from Anfield as well as the best from Slot's press conference with The Athletic's Andy Jones also dropping by with his thoughts.Host: James PearceWith: Andy JonesProducer: Guy Clarke Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 having kept their powder dry as well as an analysis of Arne Slot's midfield engine room with Liverpool reaping the rewards of their summer spending in 2023 in the form of Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai and Ryan Gravenberch.Plus, a look ahead to Thursday night's Carabao Cup semi-final second leg with Tottenham!Host: Tony EvansWith: James Pearce and Simon HughesProducer: Guy Clarke Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 well as the best from Arne Slot's press conference - including the latest on Trent Alexander-Arnold who was forced off due to injury. Plus, The Athletic's Mark Carey drops by with his tactical take having also been watching on as the Reds ran out winners!Host: James PearceWith: Mark CareyProducer: Guy Clarke Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 discussion around the contract scenario as we head towards February with still no news of extensions being agreed for the likes of Salah, van Dijk or Trent Alexander-Arnold.Plus, we preview Wednesday night's Champions League action with PSV Eindhoven and Saturday's visit to AFC Bournemouth.Host: Tony EvansWith: Simon Hughes and James PearceProducer: Guy Clarke Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 the role of Ibrahima Konate in the Reds' opening goal.Host: James PearceWith: Andy JonesProducer: Guy Clarke Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 available to Arne Slot with the likes of Darwin Nunez, Harvey Elliott, Federico Chiesa and Jarrell Quansah all playing their part in the last two outings.Plus, there's a look ahead to the rest of the January transfer window and a preview of Ipswich's trip to Anfield on Saturday.Host: Tony EvansWith: James Pearce and Andy JonesProducer: Guy Clarke Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.