Welcome to the latest episode of this, the 7th season - after Liverpool finally overcame a shitball team away from home - after the low of the City match, the boys in Red rallied to produce a really solid away performance at Sunderland. I’m Paul, joined by Daz and Alex. 

Part One - Sunderland away (xG 0.63 to 2.53)

• Solid in the first half, aside from 1st minute foul throw

• Less control in the second half

• ‘Carbon copy of the City game’ - some really solid defending and control from out boys here - Gomez, Jones and Chiesa subs all seem to help

• Virgil, Florian, Konate

• More penalty nonsense - what does a handball for us look like?

• Endo - foot injury

Part Two - Brighton, Forest:

• FA Cup - 4th round, how much do we commit to this?

• Forest away after a week break. Can we give these bastards what they deserve?

• No Dyche, Victor Perreira

• 12 matches left… 

We will be back after the 22nd with a review of the Forest game, maybe do some bits in between assessing where the team is and what we can hope for. Thanks to Alex and Daz for joining me, Paul. And most of all, thank you dear listener for joining us.

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