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

Hello everybody and welcome to your Monday edition of the Blood Red podcast, brought to you by the Liverpool Echo.

I'm your host Theo Squires and it's mixed feelings here today at Echo HQ depending on whether your glass is half full or half empty.

Liverpool were nine unbeaten and three points clear in the top four. But a stoppage time rocket from Harrison Reed denied them victory at Fullam on Sunday. So joining me to run the rule over the red strip to Craven Cottage, we have our LFC correspondent, both home and away, Paul Gourst. Gorsley, you didn't get back until the early hours. You had to conquer wintering conditions.

You're really dedicated to recording blood red, aren't you?

Yeah, I'm the consumer professional.

Yeah, braving the elements to get home. It was particularly treacherous at Arndstoke as the snow was coming down.

But we got home, dropped oily off, and yeah, we are ready for another podcast where we sort of have a bit of a moment, really, I guess. Certainly I will. And Mark, I suppose you didn't really have to conquer the wintry conditions so much. Just on your sofa, hopefully. Lovely, nice and warm. Yeah, it was great. Didn't have to do it on a cold Sunday night and stuff. Just, yeah, got all with watching the game, which was a bit of a bit of a summed up in the season, wasn't it really, all of it in the end. Before we crack on, shout out to our sponsors, NordVPN. Their welcome offer is still an offer, so why not take advantage? to get the best discount off your NordVPN plan. Go to NordvPn.com forward slash blood red. Our link will also give you four extra months on the two-year plan. There's no risk with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee. The link, as always, is in the podcast episode description box. That offer's probably been on so long now that you've your two-year plan

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some i find themselves in the lead in stoppage time, only to throw it away. It feels like two points dropped. Yeah, yeah. I mean, I think most draws are two points dropped for a club the size of Liverpool. There's probably only a handful of games that you're happy to take a point going into it.

Ironically Thursday would probably be one of them against Arsenal away.

But yeah, it was, you know, they're so close to coming away from Craven Cottage with a hard toward victory.

And you say it's not a particularly great performance, but it's a victory and you move on.

But, you know, Harrison Reid with his first goal for nearly three years and what a goal it was,

potentially the goal of the season.

And, you know, did Liverpool deserve anything more than that?

Probably not.

You know, it's just more of the same for me, particularly first off.

They are so, you know, struggling so badly to piece together any sort of attacking

fluency. It's untrue. You know, what is this Liverpool team? What does it stand for? What are

its principles? You know, and I get the Isaac is out, Salas not there, Eckert TK was injured.

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