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 the latest blood-red podcast from the Liverpool Echo.

I'm your host Matt Addison with Joe Rimmer and Theo Squires alongside me for a look back

at the disappointing defeat to West Ham United on Sunday and a look at the reports linking

Stephen Gerard with a move to Aston Villa after Dean Smith was relieved of his

duties over the weekend. Thea well come to you first you were down at the

London Stadium on Sunday it It wasn't a pretty sight in the most part. We will, of course,

dissect that in detail very shortly. But I suppose the first thing to say, it was a huge opportunity missed given what had happened on

Saturday with Chelsea is that kind of the overriding emotion do you think coming out

with this game? Yeah it is very much so you think two weeks ago, it felt like Lofpour unstoppable.

The Thrush Manchester United at Old Trafford, they sent out this big message to the rest of the

Premier League that they are these big title contenders that if you want to win the league you have to finish above them and now West

Town have just overtaken them by beating them in their own turf if Arsenal turn them over in the first game after the international break

they'll leapfrog them as well.

I think there is still work to do in this Liverpool team.

They never really got going against West Ham.

It was one where as soon as the early goal went in, he felt,

oh, what's happening here?

I think, I know the open clock came out

and said in this post-match press conference,

he felt the floor and control of the game,

but they never looked like really clawing it back. It's something that's been lacking in the last year,

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