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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Blood Red: The tricky Champions League final dynamic - and how Liverpool could make Pep and City even angrier

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Reach Podcasts

News, Sports, Soccer, Sports News

4.41000 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Our podcast build-up to Madrid starts today with our first Blood Red of the week - and there's a lot for host Ian Doyle and guests James Pearce and Paul Gorst to get stuck into. Jurgen Klopp's side have jetted off to a warm-weather training camp in Marbella buoyed by a major injury boost, which James reveals before joining Ian and Paul in discussing the prolonged break between the final Premier League game of the season and the Champions League final in the Spanish capital - and just what it means for Liverpool and their opponents Tottenham Hotspur. Naby Keita has been named in the Reds' 26-man squad for Marbella so does that mean the midfielder has a chance of being fit to face Spurs? That leads to a debate about Klopp's midfield dilemma for the final, Tottenham's bigger selections headaches, and whether it would actually be better for Liverpool if Harry Kane recovers in time to play. Next up are comments made by Dejan Lovren, and what they say about the magic of Klopp's man-management, before talk turns to the the team who will not be appearing in Madrid on Saturday week - Manchester City. City may have won an unprecedented domestic treble but neither they nor their manager Pep Guardiola look too happy. Paul calls Guardiola's men the 'angriest' treble winners of all time while James explains why their annoyance toward the Reds could be about to get even greater. Oh, and he also rubbishes those Matthijs de Ligt rumours. It's one not to be missed. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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

0:09.0

Hello everybody, I'm welcome to the latest Liverpool Blood Red podcast with me Ian Doyle

0:13.2

joining me today is our full-time Liverpool correspondent both Home and away.

0:16.6

James Pierce, are you Jay?

0:17.8

Hello Ian, how are you?

0:18.8

I am very, very tired.

0:20.8

I'm feeling right.

0:21.8

Feeling good. Yeah, refreshed. You don't really look it to be fair. You look a little

0:24.8

dishevelled if you don't have me saying so. I do mind you saying so. Anyway, also joining us on this lovely, what

0:32.4

day is it?

0:33.0

Tuesday is the tallest member of the sports desk,

0:36.0

even though I've been told not to say that anymore.

0:37.6

It's poor Gorse, hi poor.

0:38.8

All are we?

0:39.8

It wasn't me you told you that, was it?

0:41.2

It was not, you know, it was was somebody else but I just ignored them as

0:44.4

I tend to what a rebel I know yeah rebel rebel right that was a shout out for

0:48.6

for David Prentiss there he'll understand that reference now, we have got about less than two weeks now to the

0:55.4

Champions League file between Liverpool and Tottenham to be playing in Madrid on June the first.

1:00.1

Liverpool's players jetted out to Mar Bayer for their training camp that they went

1:04.9

yesterday afternoon I think I'm right and saying that and there's been a little bit of an update

1:09.1

already on the fitness of Roberto Fimino. Yeah good news that Fermino was able to play a part with his teammates in the first session

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