Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

No Boxing Day football this year for the Reds, but the Post-Game podcast is still here! Guy Clarke is joined by two of our regular contributors in Ross Strachan and Mark Baker to look back on 2020. From the win over Manchester United at Anfield back in January to the suspension of football, Liverpool winning their first Premier League title and everything in between. The guys talk through their emotions when football was put on the back burner and how they felt when the Reds finally got their hands on the silverware they craved the most. Plus, looking to this season, they talk through how the Reds have dealt with their lengthy injury list to still top the Premier League table and where Jurgen Klopp should look to strengthen in January. Enjoy.Like our podcasts and videos? Then we'd love you to take part in our Blood Red census. It takes no time at all and can be completed on the link below:https://data.reachplc.com/203554478398974 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With the rumour mill including Mohamed Salah’s name recently, Blood Red debate the Egyptian’s impact at Liverpool amid Barcelona and Real Madrid ‘interest’. Join us for our Christmas special, ahead of Sunday’s visit of West Brom, as Paul Gorst, Connor Dunn and Dan Kay look ahead to the game with Guy Clarke. The panel also look back on 2020, before touching on the brilliance of Salah and the influence he’s had since arriving at Anfield. There’s also the latest on the team news with Thiago Alcantara unlikely to feature though Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is pushing for a return. Enjoy.Like our podcasts and videos? Then we'd love you to take part in our Blood Red census. It takes no time at all and can be completed on the link below:https://data.reachplc.com/203554478398974 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jurgen Klopp confirms Thiago Alcantara will miss Sunday's visit of West Bromwich Albion to Anfield while speaking with the media ahead of the game. The Liverpool boss reveals the former Bayern Munich midfielder still has work to go to get up to full fitness after a lengthy spell on the sidelines. There is more encouraging news on James Milner, Xherdan Shaqiri and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, while Klopp is also asked about both Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah, as well as discussing the difference in preparation given that West Brom have only just appointed Sam Allardyce, the last visiting manager to win a Premier League game at Anfield. Enjoy.Like our podcasts and videos? Then we'd love you to take part in our Blood Red census. It takes no time at all and can be completed on the link below:https://data.reachplc.com/203554478398974 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Takumi Minamino signed for Liverpool just over a year ago, and he marked the anniversary with his first Premier League goal in the 7-0 win at Crystal Palace last weekend. So, after 12 months on Merseyside, how will the Japanese look back on his time at Liverpool so far, and what do the next few months of the season hold for him?Matt Addison is joined by Joe Rimmer to discuss exactly that - plus what the year 2021 will look like for the versatile attacker who arrived for a fee of £7.25m from Red Bull Salzburg last January.Like our podcasts and videos? Then we'd love you to take part in our Blood Red census. It takes no time at all and can be completed on the link below:https://data.reachplc.com/203554478398974 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As 2020 comes to an end, Poetry in Motion and Allez Les Rouges join forces for the annual Christmas special. Neil Fitzmaurice is in the chair with Peter Hooton, Kieth Culvin, John Nicolson and Ste Monaghan alongside to look back on a 12 months never to be forgotten. As Liverpool secured their first league championship in 30 years, the panel remember the title win, and crucially the role of Jurgen Klopp as manager in taking the Reds back to the top, as well as paying credit to captain Jordan Henderson. They also assess how well the youngsters who have been blooded into the first team this season during the Reds' title defence have done, and discuss the upcoming January transfer window and whether or not defensive reinforcements are needed following the injuries to the likes of Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez. Enjoy.Like our podcasts and videos? Then we'd love you to take part in our Blood Red census. It takes no time at all and can be completed on the link below:https://data.reachplc.com/203554478398974 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich star Xabi Alonso is doing a superb job in charge of third-tier Spanish side Real Sociedad B. The 39-year-old worked under Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho, Rafa Benitez and more during his playing career, and is now proving to be a top coach in his own right, with bits of each of them evident, at the club where he started his career. Matt Addison speaks to Spanish football experts Alan Feehely and Colin Millar to get the lowdown on Alonso's season-and-a-bit as a coach - finding out exactly how his team are playing, and why he has been so successful to date. What's the long-term plan for Alonso in management? And could he one day end up in the dugout at Anfield? At the very least, his style, tactics and development of players makes the topic of Alonso as Reds boss something that will inevitably come up on the agenda at some point in the future.Like our podcasts and videos? Then we'd love you to take part in our Blood Red census. It takes no time at all and can be completed on the link below: https://data.reachplc.com/203554478398974 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After Liverpool destroyed Crystal Palace over the weekend, there was more good news this morning as Virgil van Dijk was seen back training with a ball as his rehab continues. Matt Addison is joined by Ian Doyle, Paul Gorst and Theo Squires to discuss the Dutchman and the 7-0 win at Selhurst Park, as well as what the imminent return of Thiago Alcantara, Xherdan Shaqiri and James Milner, who could all be back in team training this week, could mean for the Reds. Also on the agenda is Mohamed Salah, who today was voted the inaugural Fans' Footballer of the Year, while Liverpool were last night well-represented at the Sports Personality of the Year, with Jurgen Klopp winning the coach's award and Jordan Henderson placed second in the main award to Lewis Hamilton. Roberto Firmino, Naby Keita, Sadio Mane and Fabinho also get a mention after an excellent few days for the Premier League leaders.Like our podcasts and videos? Then we'd love you to take part in our Blood Red census. It takes no time at all and can be completed on the link below: https://data.reachplc.com/203554478398974 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kristian Walsh is joined by Paul Gorst and Matt Addison to announce the winner of the inaugural Fans’ Footballer of the Year... Liverpool superstar Mohamed Salah. Football journalists from across Reach PLC – the company behind Blood Red and the Liverpool ECHO – recently picked their top Premier League players of 2020. And after counting the votes, the shortlist was whittled down to seven players – four of which play for the champions, Liverpool. Salah was joined on the shortlist by team-mates Jordan Henderson, Sadio Mane and Virgil van Dijk, plus Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne, Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish and Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford. Supporters have then spent the past 10 days voting for the winner, which today can be revealed as Salah. And which, in this special Blood Red podcast, gives Kristian, Gorsty and Matt the chance to look back on a quite incredible year for Anfield’s Egyptian King. Enjoy.To see the final results of the 2020 Fans' Footballer of the Year awards visit: http://www.fansfootballeroftheyear.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liverpool capped off an excellent few days with an emphatic 7-0 win over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday, with Mohamed Salah coming off the bench to score twice and provide an assist for Roberto Firmino's second. Earlier in the day, though, there were quotes that emerged from Spanish outlet AS, who spoke exclusively with Salah earlier this week. In that interview, the Reds superstar spoke about wanting to break records with Liverpool, but also didn’t rule out a possible move to Real Madrid and Barcelona in the future. "We never know what is going to happen in the future,” he said. “I think Madrid and Barcelona are top clubs.” Dan Kay joins host Matt Addison to talk through those comments - and explain why moving away from Anfield would make no sense for Liverpool's Egyptian King.Like our podcasts and videos? Then we'd love you to take part in our Blood Red census. It takes no time at all and can be completed on the link below: https://data.reachplc.com/203554478398974 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to the Post-Game podcast to react to Crystal Palace 0 Liverpool 7 (SEVEN). The victory was the biggest the Reds have ever recorded in the Premier League; It moved them six points clear of Tottenham Hotspur, who are now actually third after Everton beat Arsenal in the early evening game, and it showed, without a shadow of a doubt, why Jurgen Klopp's men are once again the team to beat this season. You will hear plenty of plaudits across the course of this podcast from our regular fan callers, but we start at Selhurst Park, with Klopp's post-match press conference in full, and firstly, the verdict of the Liverpool ECHO’s chief LFC writer, Ian Doyle.Like our podcasts and videos? Then we'd love you to take part in our Blood Red census. It takes no time at all and can be completed on the link below: https://data.reachplc.com/203554478398974 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices