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

You can obviously have your traditional rivalry with Manchester United, the local rivalry with Eberton, so where does this developing rivalry with Manchester City sit in terms of magnitude now?

From a sports point of view, it's getting more bigger and bigger, that's how it is is I'm not sure and I'm here for four

years so what can I say about traditions if you speak about 56 years ago and then

could have been probably completely different. I don't know exactly, but it's so important.

So we live in, we live now and obviously, Man City is a pretty good football team and that means of course

there's a rivalry thank God there's a rivalry means we are not in a bad place as

well and so that's it. Obviously, city, have to take care of your front three and there's plenty in the city side as well to look out for.

But I'm just looking at Rahim Sterling in particular because his stature that he scored what doubled the amount of goals he had at this time last season.

So is he more dangerous? Is he a bigger threat than he's ever been now? It was always a big threat.

What the judges, to be honest, looks like improving and improving and improving.

That's how it is.

Good for my city, good for England.

This morning I saw Goldie's call against Man City when he was

for playing. This was a nice one as well.

So obviously it was at that time already a big talent.

And yeah, a fantastic football player if I can say absolutely nothing bad about him.

I don't think anything bad about him is...

Yeah. think anything bad about him is outstanding just and yes

improving in the last couple of years I heard Pep saying once when he said okay if

he starts finishing off all the situation

yes, then it will be really,

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