Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Enrique. So the Reds went to Paris for the first time since 2022 and again one of the goalies had a man of the match performance that prevented the dominant team from winning - this time it went in our favor. We are going to review PSG away, and Southampton at home which left us 15 points ahead after this weekend and then look ahead to the return leg and then the Carabao Cup final. 3 finals Slot had said on Friday.

Part One - Paris Saint Germain away - this was a tough watch until the 87th minute:

• xG - 1.78 to 0.16 
• First half - the blanket was in the wrong place. Were they just so good (so much better than anyone we’ve played) or were we bad in tactics and performance?
• Lots of Konate and Kvaratskheilia, Napoli away vibes, Alisson Becker - wow
• Second half - created a better defensive platform - 0.42 xG. Best xG shot of the second half was 0.07 from Harvey Elliott. 
• Dembele's right foot shots from distance were a sign of frustration and tiredness. They tried to avoid attacking down the middle - no surprise there…
• ‘Lucky’ - Liverpool had an xG of 2.19 in the final against Real in 2022 but didn’t score, Real had an xG of 0.91 and did. Anyone remember the myriad articles after these games about Liverpool being robbed? No, me neither.

Part Two - Southampton at home - xG 4.12 to 0.36 - 1.44 to 0.25 first half, second half, just over 1 without the penalties. Tiredness, complacency?

• First half - rhythm broken by the head injury after 12 minutes
• Darwin red card - huh? 
• ‘Nunez endeavoring to answer the age-old question: “what would it look like if you gave Divock Origi a little bit of meth before each game?”’
• Their goal……..
• Second half - upped the levels but should we have done more to get the third earlier?
• Half time changes - Robbo, Alexis Mac Allister and Harvey
• Overall TAA and Virg looked very solid.
• Mo Salah moves up in the lists -
• Joint 5th PL list - 184, level with Aguero and 3 behind Andy Cole.
• 3rd alone in the all time LFC list with 243 - 42 behind Sir Roger Hunt
• Arsenal drawing at Old Trafford makes the result look perfect
• LFC Women also knocked Arsenal out of the FA Cup
• Arteta walked out on his SkySports interview - don’t blame him.
  

Part Three - looking ahead to a big week

• PSG second leg at Anfield - team, expectations, hopes and scores
• Darwin to press Marquinos?
• Often we talked in the Klopp years about the importance of having a lived experience - how much will that help here?
• Newcastle United at Wembley - they are without Gordon, Hall and Botman. Hopefully we will have almost everyone ready. They don’t appear to be playing with much confidence.
  

We will be back next week with a review of PSG at home and the Carabao Cup final. After that our next game Thanks to Enrique and Daz for joining me, Paul. And most of all, thank you dear listener for joining us. 

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