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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Bolo Zenden speaks Liverpool/Chelsea rivalry, working with Rafa and how Gini Wijnaldum has become one of the Premier League’s best

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Reach Podcasts

Sports, Sports News, News, Soccer

4.4979 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Ahead of Liverpool’s trip to Stamford Bridge, here on the Blood Red channel we picked up the phone to get in touch with a man who’s turned out for both clubs. Remembered by the Kop for his penalty in the Champions League semi-final shootout in 2007, Zenden reflects on his time at both Anfield and Stamford Bridge, plus talking about his relationship with Rafa Benitez having played under him for Liverpool before being given the chance to join him as an assistant manager at Chelsea in November 2012. The Dutchman also has his say on the current Liverpool side as well as compatriots Virgil van Dijk and Gini Wijnaldum. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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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.

0:08.0

Having already seen off Arsenal this season, Liverpool faced their next test against a top six rival on

0:14.4

Sunday as the urban club side travelled to Chelsea. While historically rivals, the two sides

0:20.0

certainly head into the game with different aims as the Reds look to continue their march at the top of the table

0:25.3

while Frank Lampard's still getting his feet under the table at the bridge.

0:29.1

I'm Guy Clark and head off the Sunday showdown in the capital.

0:32.2

We have a Blood Red podcast special for you in conversation

0:35.2

with a man who turned out for both clubs during the height of their rivalry in the mid-Noughties.

0:40.1

Scoring the first in a Champions League semi-final penalty shootout in 2007.

0:44.8

Bolo Zenden helped the Reds to a second European Cup final in three seasons under Raffa

0:49.5

Benitez.

0:50.4

And while he departed Anfield that summer, his connection with Benitez wasn't to end there

0:55.2

as they reunited out of all places Stamford Bridge in 2012.

1:00.3

So sit back and relax over the course of the next half an hour as we chat through his time at

1:04.4

Anfield the Chelsea rivalry working with Benitez and what he makes of Liverpool's two current

1:10.0

Dutch masters Virgil Van Dyke and Jeannie Vine Aldum. Here is Blood Red in conversation with

1:15.6

Bolo Zenden.

1:16.6

The Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo.

1:19.6

Bolo, first of all, thanks a lot for joining us and first things first is how are you keeping?

1:26.4

I'm good thanks. As we speak I'm on my way to to our game I'm still involved in football I'm with the

1:34.7

PSV Eintoven and we have a sporting Lisbon tonight I work as an assistant

1:40.1

manager well you well nowadays you would call like a specialist trainer so I work with

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