Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz. The Reds beat Leicester 3-1 last Thursday and played another tough one against West Ham on Sunday - just the 5 goals this time. We are at the top of the Premier League with a game in hand - 14 points clear of City, 9 from Arsenal (same games) and 10 from Chelsea. We’ll review those games and then talk about the upcoming Premier League game against Man United plus a look around the league. 

Part One - Leicester City at home - xG 1.91 vs 0.34

Part two - West Ham away - xG 3.09 to 0.32. 7 shots from West Ham, Sean Rogers tells us that title winning teams concede less than 10 on average.

Part three - elsewhere and look ahead

We will be back January 13th ish  with a review of United at home and the various cup games, looking ahead to 2 potentially season defining away games at Forest and Brentford. Thanks to Daz for joining me, Paul. And most of all, thank you dear listener for joining us. Wishing you all a Happy New Year

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We so enjoyed the conversation after the win at Spurs on Sunday, we came back to chat about the next few games:

Looking ahead:

We will be back in 2 weeks with a review of those four or five games, and maybe some previews. Thanks to Daz and Sean for joining me, Paul. And most of all, thank you dear listener for joining us.

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Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. Look out for the bonus episode coming soon previewing our upcoming games.

I’m Paul and I am joined by Sean and Daz. The Reds drew 2-2 with Fulham last weekend, beat Southampton 2-1 last Wednesday in the Carabao Cup and played a tough one against Spurs today - well OK, a game we dominated. We are at the top of the Premier League with a game in hand - 12 points clear of City, 6 from Arsenal and 4 from Chelsea. We’ll review those games and then talk about the upcoming Premier League games against Leicester, West Ham and Man United.

Part One - Reds drew at home Fulham - xG 2.13 versus 1.22

Losing Andy Robertson after 17 minutes was tough

The team looked like an 11 for the most part

The challenge on Gomez was huge. 2-1 up with 20 to go would have been great.

Szobo and Ryan were magnificent.

And Oh his name is Diogo!!

Part Two - a word on Southampton (xG 0.7 to 1.7) and then the Spurs game:

Southampton:

Actually a good performance by a much pared down squad - Nyoni, Morton, Endo, Elliott. Some decent performances in there.

Good goals by Darwin and Harvey.

Lots of CSI shit about the challenge by Quansah on Fernandes (cf with national reporting of the foul on Gomez in the Fulham game).

Spurs (xG 4.60 vs 1.25)

Lots of bad memories at this stadium. Even when we won, Bobby got poked in the eye

Apart from the vertigo suffering Madison’s goal, that first half was just about perfect

Diaz, Gakpo, Salah combination

That midfield - probably helped by the break that we had and they didn’t

Salah - 2 behind Henry, 5 behind Lampard in EPL goals. Just passed Billy Liddell, now 4th on the all time Liverpool list. Joint 10th on the EPL list of assists, about to pass David Beckham.

Concern about conceding 2 late goals?

We will be back in 2 weeks with a review of those four or five games, and maybe some previews. Thanks to Daz and Sean for joining me, Paul. And most of all, thank you dear listener for joining us.

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Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz. The Reds drew with Newcastle away 3-3 a week ago, had the Merseyside Derby postponed, and beat Girona 1-0 on Tuesday in the Champions league. Net result is we are 3 points clear at the top of the Champions League table and still the top of the Premier League with a game in hand - 8 points clear of City, 6 from Arsenal and 4 ahead of Chelsea. We’ll review those games and then talk about Fulham in the Premier League and maybe Southampton in the Carabao Cup. 

Part One - Reds drew at Newcastle. Not a great first half performance, but a lot of positives in the second half. xG 2.09 to 1.98 (first half 0.89 v 0.25). Second half 10 shots to 4 from inside the box.

Part Two: Girona away. Felt like we started rusty and eventually controlled the game. xG 1.84 to 1.21 for us (0.8 vs 0.73 in the first half):

Part Three: Fulham at home; Southampton away in the Carabao

We will be back next week with a review of the Fulham and Southampton games, and maybe some previews. Thanks to Daz for joining me, Paul. And most of all, thank you dear listener for joining us.

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Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Justin. The Reds beat Southampton 3-2 on Sunday and went 8 points clear at the top of the Premier League. Given the proximity of the Real Madrid and Man City games, we’ll focus on the last game and consider how we should be reacting to this lead after almost 32% of the season. Maybe a word more on contract chat.

Part One - Reds make hard work of beating the bottom team OR another game that we were always in control of (based on xG). Non penalty xG 0.49 to 2.36 (2H 0.26 vs 1.74)

Part Two - bigger picture 

We will be back next week with a review of the Real Madrid and Man City games, and maybe some previews. Thanks to Daz and Justin for joining me, Paul. And most of all, thank you dear listener for joining us.

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Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Sean. The Reds beat Aston Villa 2-0 last Saturday and went 5 points clear at the top of the Premier League. Given the international break, we will review the first part of the season, and look ahead to Southampton and Real Madrid .

Part One - Villa - xG (2.02 to 1.38 - Villa 0.73 set play xG in the first half). Villa 2 big chances in the second half?:

Part two - After Southampton, we have Real Madrid and Man City in the same week

Part Three - The Coote video and refereeing:

We will be back next week with a review of the Southampton game, may have to wait for a view of the Real Madrid game with it being Thanksgiving. Thanks to Daz and Sean for joining me, Paul. And most of all, thank you dear listener for joining us.

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Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz. The Reds had a win away at Brighton last week, followed by 2 very big wins. We will look ahead to Villa at home - the last game before the 3rd international break.

Part One - 2 games against Brighton:

Part Two - Leverkusen:

Part Three - Villa at home brings us to the end of this difficult spell:

We will be back next week with a review of the Villa game. Thanks to Daz. for joining me, Paul. And most of all, thank you dear listener for joining us.

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The Reds had a difficult away trip to the Emirates on Sunday, improving on last year’s performance with a draw against Arsenal. We will look ahead to Brighton at home (after we’ve played Brighton away) and Leverkusen in the Champions league. If we have time we will look at what else is happening in the footy world - including the sad departure of our favorite Man Utd manager (maybe even more than Olly). 

Part One - Arsenal 2, Liverpool 2:

Part Two - Brighton and Leverkusen - 2 home games

Also - Ibou, Jota and Sunday

Part 3 - elsewhere:

We will be back next week with a review of the Brighton and Leverkusen games. Thanks to Daz and Enrique for joining me, Paul. And most of all, thank you dear listener for joining us.

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The Reds just keep on winning and we are not getting tired of that. We will talk about the Chelsea and RB Leipzig wins and look ahead to the games we will face beyond the international break.. If we have time we will look at what else is happening in the footy world. 

Part One: 2 more wins

Chelsea home - 2-1; xG 1.94 to .99 (0.73 in the second half)

Lepizig away:

Part 2 looking ahead:

Part 3 - what else:

We will be back in a few days with a review of the Arsenal game. Thanks to Daz for joining me, Paul. Thank you dear listener for joining us.
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