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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Post-Game: Picking bones out of bad night in Europe as lacklustre Liverpool lose to Napoli

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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News, Sports, Soccer, Sports News

4.41000 Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Liverpool made the perfect start to their Champions League campaign with a thrilling 3-2 win over Paris Saint-Germain at Anfield two weeks ago.But what we witnessed this evening was night and day compared to that as the Reds were beaten 1-0 by Napoli.Jurgen Klopp's side were just moments away from picking up what would have been an excellent point on the road.But Lorenzo Insigne’s injury-time winner ultimately ensured they got exactly what they deserved.As our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce said in his verdict piece on the Echo’s website, Liverpool were vulnerable down the flanks, careless in midfield and toothless up front as they failed to register a single shot on target in Europe for the first time since 2012.Little wonder, then, that the tone of this podcast is different to the ones we have produced so far this season.It is a podcast that features the thoughts of James Pearce, along with six Reds supporters, Graham Agg, Alex Watt, Simon Donnelly, Matt Whitty, Mark Baker and Sam Planche, and which rounds off with audio from Klopp's press conference.Without giving the game away, he makes no excuses. And how could he? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/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

Hello, I'm Paul Wielock and welcome to the postgame podcast to reflect on what has been a bad night for

0:14.1

Liverpool in Europe. The Reds made the perfect start to their Champions League campaign

0:18.4

with a thrilling three-two win over Palestine to German at Anfield two weeks ago,

0:22.2

but what we witnessed this evening was night and day compared to that,

0:26.0

as Jurgen-Clopside would be eaten 1-0 by Napoli.

0:29.0

Liverpool was just moments away from picking up one would have been an excellent point on the road,

0:34.4

but Lorenzo and Sinier's injury time winner ultimately ensured they got exactly what they deserved.

0:40.4

As our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pierce says in his verdict piece on the Echo's website,

0:45.2

the Reds were vulnerable down the flanks, curless midfield, and toothless up front as they failed

0:50.7

to register a single shot on-target targeted Europe for the first time since 2012.

0:56.0

Little wonder then that the tone of this podcast is different to the ones we have produced so far

1:00.8

this season. It is a podcast that features the

1:03.5

thoughts of six Red supporters, Gray Mag, Alex Watt, Simon Donnelly,

1:08.6

Matt Whitti, Mark Baker and Sam Planche. You'll then hear press conference audio from Nieurgan Clop who confirmed

1:15.5

that Nabby Kator came off in the first half with a back injury.

1:19.2

Liverpool returned to Champions League action in three weeks time at home to Red Star Bell Grade.

1:23.4

But first up for the Red is a massive Premier League encounter at home to

1:27.1

Manchester City on Sunday. We'll be back with a post game podcast after that

1:31.5

match and here's hoping it's a happier one.

1:34.0

The Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo.

1:39.0

Well it proved to be a desperately disappointing night for Liverpool at Stadio San Paulo, beating 1-0 by Napoli in the Champions League.

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