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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Liverpool look to maintain blistering start by adding to Brighton’s away day woes

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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News, Soccer, Sports, Sports News

4.4979 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

With Liverpool unbeaten at Anfield in the Premier League since April 2017 and Brighton & Hove Albion having not picked up three points on their travels in nine months, surely the outcome of Saturday’s tea-time kick-off is a formality?That is the question we put to our two guests – plus many more – on our Preview Podcast.Our own James Pearce gives us the inside track from the Reds camp including why there is a real belief among Jurgen Klopp and his players that they are now better equipped to challenge defending champions Manchester City.Our Liverpool correspondent also talks man-of-the-moment Sadio Mane and his contract situation as well as one of Klopp’s greatest achievements since taking over the club – namely turning Anfield into a ground that no team wants to visit.The podcast’s other guest, Brian Owen from The Argus newspaper, admits to feeling a sense of trepidation ahead of the game in spite of the fact that Brighton impressed in beating a shambolic Manchester United at the Amex last time out.Seagulls boss Chris Hughton has so far kept faith with the vast majority of the players who helped keep the club up last season but, with injuries beginning to bite, some new faces should be on show on Saturday, including the Spanish star who once turned down the chance to sign for Liverpool.Brian also talks about the time the Seagulls tried to buy Virgil van Dijk, whose primary job on Saturday will be keeping quiet Glenn Murray, whose brilliant backstory is explained.And the podcast rounds off with audio from Klopp’s and Hughton’s press conferences.Enjoy the show – and stay tuned for our post-game podcast featuring views from the stands, the press box and the dugout. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is a Liverpool Echo podcast on Anfield Plus, the home of your daily

0:05.3

podcast bringing you the inside track from Liverpool FC.

0:08.8

Hello and welcome to the preview podcast. I'm your host Paul Wheeler and in today's show we'll be

0:14.0

looking ahead to Liverpool's game against Brighton on Saturday tea time. The

0:18.0

Reds will be big favorites to make it free wins from free and continue their

0:21.8

perfect start to the Premier League season.

0:24.4

But despite their awful away form, Bright improved last weekend what a decent side they are by

0:28.9

beating a shambolic Manchester night at the Amex.

0:31.9

So to get the low down on the seagulls I spoke to Brian Owen from the

0:35.4

Argus newspaper in Brighton. You'll then hear highlights from the manager press

0:39.2

conferences that took place at the end of the week but as ever will start our podcast preview by

0:44.1

talking to our man in the know and Anfield it's James Pierce. An Anfield

0:49.7

Plus podcast from the Liverpool Echo. Hi James, thanks for joining me to look ahead to the Brighton game

0:56.0

where Liverpool will look to make it three wins from free.

0:58.0

But before we talk about that match specifically,

1:01.0

what have you made of the first two wins of the season?

1:04.4

Very promising, yeah, I think, you know, I've not been surprised at how well Liverpool have

1:09.8

performed because I think all the pointers in pre-season suggested that they were primed and ready to go.

1:17.0

But you can never be 100% convinced just because there is a difference between friendlies and

1:24.3

getting into the into the real competitive stuff but yeah to to really

1:28.8

contrast in performances as well you know an absolute demolition of West Ham where Liverpool played, you know, brilliantly

1:35.6

in patches but didn't actually have to play that well to swat aside a very average Hammers team.

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