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 at Liverpool Blood Red podcast with me Paul Gorse.

Jo Reimer so you're stuck with me in the hosting seat.

But I am delighted to say that joining us is our Liverpool correspondent,

Home and Away, James,

Hello James, Paul.

And also Connor Dunn.

Hello, Paul.

Right, okay, so Yeagen-Clop's first press conference

of the new primary league season was down at Melwood

earlier on this afternoon. James he was talking Rocky Balboa and Yvonne Drago.

What was it all about? He was on very good form. Yeah he you know of course there was a lot of talk about the expectation and the pressure

that obviously comes with with being Liverpool at this stage of the season.

Obviously, you know, there's been a real buzz around

the club throughout pre-season and rightly so I think you know on the on the back of how

they finished last season and the ambition we've seen in the transfer market

in the last few months so yeah clop I mean he's he's

kind of name check rocky a few times over the last few years I think he's a big

fan of it doesn't he yeah he loves his boxing films I think before his first trip to Goodison he said

in his only knowledge a Goodison was was watching Creed so yeah I think he was I think

is it obviously his point was that you know he still sees Man City as Ivan Drago the

the Soviet fighting machine has got all the all the tools that everyone else is trying to live up to.

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