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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Post-Game: Relentless Liverpool sweep aside Newcastle United to go six points clear at top as Manchester City lose again

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Reach Podcasts

News, Sports, Soccer, Sports News

4.41000 Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Eight straight Premier League wins and a six-point lead at the top makes for one very happy Post-Game podcast.Yes, Liverpool continued their relentless form with a routine 4-0 victory over Newcastle United on Boxing Day.But while the Reds are keeping their cool in the title race, it would appear the defending champions are losing theirs, after Manchester City went down 2-1 at Leicester City to make it three defeats in their last four league matches.But while the shock result at the King Power gets a mention, this podcast is all about the league leaders, and their comfortable win over Rafa Benitez's men.We hear from James Pearce, our Liverpool FC correspondent, every word Jurgen Klopp had to say in his press conference, and the verdict of the five Reds who phoned into the show. 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, Belated Merry Christmas and a very warm welcome to the post game podcast to look back on yet another

0:14.1

victory for the relentless Reds.

0:15.9

Yeah, some beaten record-breaking Liverpool won 4-0 at home to Newcastle this afternoon to make

0:20.7

it 8 straight Premier League wins and extend their lead at the top of the

0:23.8

table to six points over top them hot fair who are now up to second after

0:27.7

faltering Manchester City suffered a third defeat in their last four matches.

0:31.3

My name is Paul Wielock but you won't be hearing too much more from me.

0:35.0

Instead you'll get the thoughts of our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pierce.

0:38.0

Every single word Yurgen Clop had to say in his press conference, and then the verdict of the five Reds fans who have phoned into this show

0:45.4

Simon Donnelly, Alex Watts, Russ Strachan, Matt Whitti and Owen Thomas.

0:51.2

The Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo.

0:53.6

Well I think everything that was on Jorgon Club's Christmas wish list has been

1:00.6

ticked off. What a boxing day for Liverpool. Six points clear at the top of the

1:05.2

Premier League table. They made eight successive Premier League victories with an emphatic

1:10.0

four-nill mauling of Newcastle United United but just as significant was that news that

1:15.4

filtered through late on in the game that Leicester City had struck a late

1:19.6

winner against Manchester City who slip up yet again and that means Liverpool now have a

1:26.7

seven-point cushion over Pep Guadiolas side Tottenham leapfrogging city into second spot.

1:32.1

They're now six points adrift of the Reds and

1:35.8

from Liverpool's perspective it was another thoroughly impressive performance. It was

1:41.1

you know what we've come to expect from

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