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

A very good afternoon and welcome to this Monday edition of the Blood Red podcast coming to you as ever from the Liverpool Echo's officers in the heart of Liverpool City Centre.

Well, yesterday the Reds were invited to Everton's housewarming party on the banks of the River Mersey,

and they gave them the perfect gift in the form of a 100th minute winner for the Reds

that secures their position in the Premier League table.

They now have a seven-point gap on Chelsea Chelsea to discuss that matter today. I'm delighted to welcome back. I feel like I've not seen them for a while. Tall Paul Ghost, how are you doing? I'm good, yeah. I just realised that, as you were saying that, I haven't seen you since you went to Japan. How was Japan? You heard it have been. Don't you. Give me the cliff notes.

Yeah, well, the viewers know all about it, but I'm happy to enlighten you very briefly.

It was very good.

20,000 steps a day.

Got in all the sites.

I got a pair of 300 quid Mizzunos for 128, which are completely wasted the amount of my talent, but they look good. You and Rivaldo, yeah. Me and Rivaldo, yeah, good friends. Yeah, it was very good, and obviously I'm delighted to be back. Of course, yeah. Why wouldn't you be? Of course. I'm also joined by a painter and decorator extraordinaire, Mark Jones. Hello. How we doing? Good. I once played in the same team as Rivaldo. You once played in the same team as Rivaldo? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on, let's hear a bit more. You can't stop there? Can I mean, we've got things to talk about. It's just been a Derby, but I don't want to anything else. No, no, not on the more important. It is something. Come on. On the Barcelona training ground about, God, eight years ago, something like that. Did you have a trial? Nine. Yeah, failed. It. Yeah, it was on trial, I think. On trial, yeah. Felt with trial. and now I'm living the dream with you lot. Brilliant. Well, I feel like you've not told us the full story there. No, I mean, yeah, it's a long story. Was he good? He was all right, yeah, it was Andy. He did, I did set him up and he missed that one. I remember Rivaldo coming to Anfield with Barcelona. Oh yeah. With you wait for Cuff, was0 McAllister and I think like the first minute he had a shot from about 40 yards that just raffed over the bar and I went right for Olympiarchos as well weren't it? The Jared one he's got that free kick and that as well. He was the most expensive play in the world at one point, wasn't it? 16 million. Yeah. Which is a snip nowadays. It is, and he's done well to hijack this. Yes. Very well. Merseyside, Darby review, but fair play to crack and play. He's been at Anfield a few times. I think he lost them both. Okay, well, interesting game yesterday.

Well, you were there, Gorsdy, so let's get your take on it first.

As latest to come in terms of winners, Liverpool has been on the wrong end of an awful late winners this season for anyone to stomach,

but they managed to get one back, and who better to do against than Everton I mean you say that but the people have actually scored the most winners in Stoppage

time this season you've scored eight which I was I was surprised at yeah and another statistic

was they've scored the most after 75 minutes by you know by a couple now so clearly they are

I mean but you know for all the sort of positivity around that,

it's been to the Achilles heel as well, hasn't it?

So maybe just don't leave Liverpool games early as the general mantra, isn't it?

But, yeah, it was, I mean, it's fine margins, isn't it?

You know, if Jacob Ryan just strays, you know, the times run a bit better than gets that cross in and ever can go one-null-up, Liverpool probably collapsed and just sort of fold in, but they got away with that. And normally when Liverpool had been given a wake-up call, they haven't listened to it. But they did on this occasion, and they responded really well, get the goal. and then I thought they were quite good, really, up until the goal that they conceded,

which was a bit sort of, you know, a bit naive of Canarses get dragged out wide.

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