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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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🗓️ 31 December 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Hear from Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp ahead of his side's clash with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.The LFC Boss provides an update on the latest absences to be expected for his side's first Premier League match of the year, and gives an injury update on Thiago Alcantara.#LFC #CHELIV #JurgenKlopp00:00 - Thiago & Minamino injury update / 3 new covid cases for players 02:10 - Brief Chelsea preview and a look back at Leicester 03:50 - The reaction from Leicester ‘we lost rhythm’ 05:10 - Chelsea form and how injuries have impacted them07:40 - ‘City have a lead, but we have to try’ - Klopp on the title race 09:35 - Curtis Jones coming back into the squad and his important role10:30 - How Liverpool will prepare for January without SalahGet exclusive podcasts and video content direct to your inbox every week for FREE by joining the Blood Red Club. Sign up at http://www.bloodredpodcast.co.ukListen to our Blood Red podcasts: https://podfollow.com/1109064476/viewJoin our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fcDownload our Liverpool FC app for free:Apple - https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/lfc-echo/id1255495425Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mirror.liverpoolfcFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoLFCFollow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoLFC/Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloodred_lfc/Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bloodred_lfcSubscribe to us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bloodredliverpoolfc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/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.
0:08.0	Hi, Jörgen and all the best ahead of the new year.
0:13.0	Hi Winnie and for you.
0:15.0	Thank you.
0:16.0	Just to start with team news really, first of all, is Tiago fit to return?
0:19.0	How's Min Amino as well?
0:21.0	No and no. I would say Taki is probably closer.
0:30.0	Taki is running outside.
0:33.3	Chagos not yet.
0:35.2	Means for him it might take a little longer.
0:38.3	It's a hip issue, which we actually don't have an idea
0:41.4	where it's coming from.
0:42.6	So we have to be a little bit patient with that.
0:45.8	On top of that, we have three new COVID cases
1:01.2	in the team and a few more in the stuff so it's not so cool in the moment. Yeah, but that's it.
1:05.0	Are you able to tell us who's affected by COVID at the moment?
1:10.0	I'm not because we still have to make the whole process is then getting a proper PCR and all these kind of things and but you will see it to day after tomorrow on the team sheet. It's pretty clear then who is affected or infected so.
1:27.8	Are you getting anywhere near close to having to ask for the game to be postponed?
1:35.0	Not yet, but we don't know. We don't have, we never had this kind of proper outbreak where 10, 15, 20 players had it.
1:42.0	For us, it's more every day, another one.
1:45.4	Stuff happens now more often, more and more often.
1:48.8	So I said last, before, it's a little bit, it feels like a lottery in in the morning when you stand there and you wait for the result.
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