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

Having headed to the season with his Liverpool future uncertain, not too many would have foreseen that Phillips ending the campaign is one of the red's most heralded players.

Given the extent of the injury crisis at the heart of the Yeogan Club's defence,

it was Phillips who stepped forward,

often putting his body on the line to get the

pull over the line in their race for Champions League qualification.

And with the season now over, that joined me for the O' Squires to look back on the

season how close he even came to leaving and ultimately what is next

for the young defender. Enjoy. The Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo.

Thanks for joining us. I'm sure you're enjoying your summer now, certainly a hard for well-earned break.

You've had a couple of weeks to reflect on the season.

How are you feeling about it all? Have you made top four and you a star and role?

I'm not sure I would say I was star enrolled but obviously delighted that we managed it and so once we got over the line and back into the dress room, what have you, it was just more like, obviously a bit of surprise that we finished third rather than fourth. I don't think anyone saw that coming. We were with the results but

yeah just sort of like relief and price that we'd managed to do it and achieve what we had set out to do once we realized

that we had to make a bit of a compromise with season with our aspirations.

And if you look back over your season, I think it was what, 20 appearances, 9 clean sheets, a goal and assist,

considering why you've been a year ago, it's remarkable growth from you. It shows like you've really stepped it up and kind of

come good for Liverpool and it's mattered most. Well I think that was it. It was like, obviously, with a situation we were in it felt like one of those situations where like everybody

had to step up no matter who you were and we all just had to group together and bring whatever we could to the side.

So I guess even though I was quite new to a team and new to that level,

there was probably, it felt to me anyway

like I still had a big responsibility amongst the team.

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