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

I can't in the club for inviting me here today.

It's a great example of the length the club is going to to support the city's response in promoting the message of this pandemic is not over.

On behalf of Mayor Jo Anderson, Councillor Wendy Simon and the rest of the City Council, I want to thank

Yergen and the club with a great leadership they have shown both on and off the pitch.

We are lucky as a city to have them.

Despite last night's results,

Liverpool are the English champions, the European champions

and the world champions, truly the greatest team in the world today.

Liverpool and Merseys has been badly hit by coronavirus.

We've had almost 600 deaths in Liverpool and over 1,600 deaths across Merseys.

I want to express the city's condolences to all those affected, not just those that have lost their lives, but also to their families and friends.

This weekend, the NHS celebrated 72nd birthday.

Thank you to the NHS, the care services and to wider support services for everything they've done to get us through this pandemic.

Thankfully, rates of the virus and mergeside are currently relatively low, but we know that the virus

is still circulating in our communities and there are signs of some small increases

in some areas and we've also seen outbreaks elsewhere in the country. So now is not the time for any of us to be complacent.

I want to thank the overwhelming majority of fans and residents of this great city who have

listened to our public health messages over the last three to four months

and can I remind everybody that those messages still stand,

wash your hands, practice good hand hygiene at all times.

Keep your distance.

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