Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

With Liverpool away in Dubai, and without a game to preview until the visit of Leicester City to Anfield a week on Wednesday, we picked the phone back up to Ahmad Yousef, an Egyptian football expert and editor of the King Fut.com website, who is close to the Mohamed Salah camp.
When we last had Ahmad on, in October, there were plenty of people outside of the red half of Merseyside questioning Salah, after he had, by his incredibly high standards, a slow start to the season.
But he has certainly answered his critics since, and his two goals against Crystal Palace on Saturday made him the outright top scorer in the Premier League, and also meant he has reached 50 Premier League goals faster than any other player.
But after the match a lot of the focus was on his alleged ‘diving’ - and he’s also had fans talking tonight with a rather cryptic post on Twitter.
Some say it’s to do with his rocky relationship with the Egyptian FA, which will come into question again later this year after Egypt won the right to host the Africa Cup of Nations.
Luckily for Liverpool, for the first time the tournament takes place in the summer, and not January, but that will mean Mo playing a full year of football for the second year running, which could well have an impact on Jurgen Klopp's summer transfer plans.But can you even buy a back-up?
Host Paul Wheelock speaks to Ahmad about all that, the title race, Salah's future ambitions, plus much more. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

He may have fired Liverpool to another win, and in the process raced to 50 Premier League goals in ridiculously fast fashion, but rather than his incredible scoring feats, the focus was on Mohamed Salah's alleged 'diving' following the 4-3 victory over Crystal Palace.
So did Salah blot his copybook on Saturday? Or was he right to go down having been denied clear-cut penalties in the past? And what constitutes 'diving' these days anyway?
It's one of the big talking points of the latest Blood Red podcast, hosted by Ian Doyle and featuring our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce as well as Joe Rimmer and Theo Squires.
The quartet also discuss the reactions of Virgil van Dijk and Roy Hodgson to the Palace success and ask what are your favourite 4-3 wins for Liverpool.
James Milner's sending off late has added to Jurgen Klopp's right-back problems. So should the Reds boss now turn to Rafa Camacho?
James also talks the training camp in Dubai, Pep Lijnders and Zeljko Buvac before making an early dart, leaving Ian, Joe and Theo to defend Jordan Henderson and wonder when Liverpool will see the real Naby Keita.
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He may have fired Liverpool to another win, and in the process raced to 50 Premier League goals in ridiculously fast fashion, but rather than his incredible scoring feats, the focus was on Mohamed Salah's alleged 'diving' following the 4-3 victory over Crystal Palace.
So did Salah blot his copybook on Saturday? Or was he right to go down having been denied clear-cut penalties in the past? And what constitutes 'diving' these days anyway?
It's one of the big talking points of the latest Blood Red podcast, hosted by Ian Doyle and featuring our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce as well as Joe Rimmer and Theo Squires.
The quartet also discuss the reactions of Virgil van Dijk and Roy Hodgson to the Palace success and ask what are your favourite 4-3 wins for Liverpool.
James Milner's sending off late has added to Jurgen Klopp's right-back problems. So should the Reds boss now turn to Rafa Camacho?
James also talks the training camp in Dubai, Pep Lijnders and Zeljko Buvac before making an early dart, leaving Ian, Joe and Theo to defend Jordan Henderson and wonder when Liverpool will see the real Naby Keita.
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Recovered yet?
As James Pearce brilliantly said in his written verdict for the ECHO, ‘much more of this and Liverpool will have to start issuing Valium with the match tickets’.
Well, we hear more from James in what is a bumper and jubilant Post-Game podcast after the Reds edged out Roy Hodgson’s Crystal Palace 4-3 at a nervy Anfield to move seven points clear at the top of the Premier League.
And what did Jurgen Klopp make of it all?
Well, you can hear every word the Reds boss had to say in his post-match press conference, after James kicks us off.
And then we hand over to the 10 Liverpool fans who phoned into the show – Simon Donnelly, Sam Planche, Matt Addison, Ross Strachan, Owen Thomas, Nathan Davidson, Alex Watt, Matt Whitty, Peter Lally and Mark Baker. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Recovered yet?
As James Pearce brilliantly said in his written verdict for the ECHO, ‘much more of this and Liverpool will have to start issuing Valium with the match tickets’.
Well, we hear more from James in what is a bumper and jubilant Post-Game podcast after the Reds edged out Roy Hodgson’s Crystal Palace 4-3 at a nervy Anfield to move seven points clear at the top of the Premier League.
And what did Jurgen Klopp make of it all?
Well, you can hear every word the Reds boss had to say in his post-match press conference, after James kicks us off.
And then we hand over to the 10 Liverpool fans who phoned into the show – Simon Donnelly, Sam Planche, Matt Addison, Ross Strachan, Owen Thomas, Nathan Davidson, Alex Watt, Matt Whitty, Peter Lally and Mark Baker. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

It’s not just Liverpool’s first team who are enjoying a fabulous season.
The Under-18s also top the table after they started the New Year in exactly the same fashion they finished the old one.
Barry Lewtas’ excellent young side won 1-0 at home to Sunderland to make it five wins on the spin and set themselves up perfectly for Monday’s (January 21) FA Youth Cup tie with Accrington Stanley in St Helens.
And it’s the U18s who dominate our latest Academy Show, hosted by Paul Wheelock and featuring our Post-Game and View from the Kop contributor Matt Addison, who is a regular down in Kirby.
They talk the win over Sunderland, the players who stood out and the exciting young winger who settled the contest.
You will then hear Reds boss Lewtas’ post-match verdict in full, which also includes his thoughts on Ki-Jana Hoever, who started the year by making a seriously impressive senior debut at the age of just 16 in the FA Cup tie versus Wolves before coming back down to earth with an incredibly harsh sending off in the U23s’ 1-1 draw at home to Brighton & Hove Albion.
Paul and Matt discuss that match, the Premier League Cup clash at home to West Brom today (January 20), before talk turns to Rafa Camacho, who also played against Wolves and was then on target for the U23s against Brighton, and Harry Wilson, whose season on-loan in the Championship with Frank Lampard’s Derby County continues to go from strength to strength. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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It’s not just Liverpool’s first team who are enjoying a fabulous season.
The Under-18s also top the table after they started the New Year in exactly the same fashion they finished the old one.
Barry Lewtas’ excellent young side won 1-0 at home to Sunderland to make it five wins on the spin and set themselves up perfectly for Monday’s (January 21) FA Youth Cup tie with Accrington Stanley in St Helens.
And it’s the U18s who dominate our latest Academy Show, hosted by Paul Wheelock and featuring our Post-Game and View from the Kop contributor Matt Addison, who is a regular down in Kirby.
They talk the win over Sunderland, the players who stood out and the exciting young winger who settled the contest.
You will then hear Reds boss Lewtas’ post-match verdict in full, which also includes his thoughts on Ki-Jana Hoever, who started the year by making a seriously impressive senior debut at the age of just 16 in the FA Cup tie versus Wolves before coming back down to earth with an incredibly harsh sending off in the U23s’ 1-1 draw at home to Brighton & Hove Albion.
Paul and Matt discuss that match, the Premier League Cup clash at home to West Brom today (January 20), before talk turns to Rafa Camacho, who also played against Wolves and was then on target for the U23s against Brighton, and Harry Wilson, whose season on-loan in the Championship with Frank Lampard’s Derby County continues to go from strength to strength. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

In the latest Blood Red podcast, Liverpool reporter and regular host Ian Doyle is joined by full-time Liverpool correspondent - both home and away - James Pearce and ECHO duo Joe Rimmer and Paul Gorst to discuss the last few days of all things Anfield. Top of the agenda is the latest fitness news coming out of Liverpool and what it all actually means - and whether it is something of concern. Harry Wilson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Rhian Brewster and Brexit all get a mention, while Joe gets on his high horse again,


Roy Hodgson is also discussed. Sorry about that. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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In the latest Blood Red podcast, Liverpool reporter and regular host Ian Doyle is joined by full-time Liverpool correspondent - both home and away - James Pearce and ECHO duo Joe Rimmer and Paul Gorst to discuss the last few days of all things Anfield. Top of the agenda is the latest fitness news coming out of Liverpool and what it all actually means - and whether it is something of concern. Harry Wilson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Rhian Brewster and Brexit all get a mention, while Joe gets on his high horse again,


Roy Hodgson is also discussed. Sorry about that. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Jurgen Klopp sat down in front of the media on Friday afternoon to preview Saturday's visit of Crystal Palace to Anfield - and you can listen to it in full here.
He delivered injury updates on Gini Wijnaldum, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dejan Lovren, Adam Lallana, Joe Gomez, Rhian Brewster and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain as well as reacting to the news that Andy Robertson has signed a new long-term contract with the club.
He also talked what the Reds plan to do with their 11-day break after the clash with 'proper team' Palace and gave his verdict on the departure of his good friend David Wagner from Huddersfield Town and, inevitably, 'Spygate'. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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