Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Listen to Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp's pre-Crystal Palace press conference in full.

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Liverpool went top of the Premier League with a win over Tottenham Hotspur in midweek, and face Roy Hodgson's Crystal Palace next. Jurgen Klopp confirmed on Friday morning that Thiago Alcantara, Xherdan Shaqiri and James Milner were all edging closer to a return to action after injury, though none will feature against Palace on Saturday lunchtime. Join Matt Addison, David Lynch and Theo Squires as they talk through the impact of those timely returns, plus discuss the future of Divock Origi, who is being linked with a transfer move away from Anfield. The panel also react to the news that Premier League clubs have once again voted against implementing a five-subs rule, but will have nine players permitted on the bench from now on, as well as naming their teams and predictions for the trip to Selhurst Park.

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What a way to start your Friday as Neil Fitzmaurice is joined by Joe Rimmer and Matt Addison for the latest edition of his superb Poetry in Motion podcast. After a heartfelt tribute to Gerard Houllier, the much-loved Reds manager who passed away aged 73 this week, the trio get stuck into the draw with Fulham and the win over Tottenham Hotspur that took Jurgen Klopp’s champions back to the top of the table. There is a discussion about the progression of Rhys Williams and, in particular, Curtis Jones, as well as praise for Roberto Firmino, who made Tim Sherwood look silly when he gloriously headed in the winner against Spurs. And the merits of signing another centre-back is also brought up, especially when it is framed around real fears Fitzy and Joe have if Liverpool do not defend their title this season. Enjoy.

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