This is the Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo giving you the inside track on all the big talking points from Anfield.

Hello and welcome to your latest Liverpool Blood Red Podcast with me Paul Gorsst. There's no Ian Doyle today or

Joe Rimmer so unfortunately he's stuck on me and hosting duties. But to make up for that I've got

with me our full-time Liverpool reporter both home and away as I feel obliged to say James

it's of course James Pierce hello. Hi Paul how are you? Yeah yeah not bad Friday afternoon

and all that we're cracking on on me and to my left or fight across from me is the latest signing to the

echops sports desk at Sean Bradway how are you? There you are mate you okay?

Yeah not bad not bad. Only one place to start really I suppose, Alex O'Leary Chamberlain.

Firstly, a pool appearance for 11 months today down at Darby County.

He lasted 41 minutes of what was meant to be 45, brought off as a bit of a precaution James.

What's the latest on him?

Yeah, Liverpool don't seem particularly concerned.

I think he felt some tightness in his hamstring towards the end of that first half so you know they I think

common sense prevailed and straight away they made the change so rather than

playing the entire first half he came off about four minutes before half time at Derby's training ground.

But yeah, nothing to do with his knee.

You know, I think it's to be expected, isn't it?

I think when you haven't played for that amount of time regardless of the intensity of the game I think

you know it's it's so different than a normal training session so yeah a little bit of tightness in the muscle I'm sure you'll have a scan over

the weekend just to check that there is nothing to worry about too much with his

hamstring but yeah just you know I don't think it takes away from the fact it was just

fantastic to see him back out there in a Liverpool shirt and, you know, I think you could tell he was kind of playing

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