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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Road to Istanbul: Stephen Warnock reflects on breaking through at Anfield, Rafa's man management and how his disappointment in Champions Lea

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Reach Podcasts

News, Soccer, Sports, Sports News

4.4979 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

With Liverpool in Champions League glory once more tonight, Blood Red rewind for our now regular Champions League-themed pod, the Road to Istanbul. Celebrating and reflecting on Liverpool's historic fifth European Cup triumph, we retrace the steps as Rafa Benitez's side made their way to the 2005 Champions League Final in Istanbul. In this episode, ahead of the fourth Champions League group game away to Deportivo La Coruna, Guy Clarke catches up with Stephen Warnock to talk through the role he played. Having featured in every matchday squad up until the final, he talks about the disappointment he still feels having missed out on a place in the squad for the final. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/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.

0:10.0

The bonfire night may be upon us and Yergen Klop's men may well be capable of providing yet more fireworks

0:15.6

in the Champions League.

0:17.2

But time here on Blood Red to hit the rewind button for the latest installment of the Road to

0:22.0

Istanbul.

0:23.2

I'm Guy Clark and here on Blood Red, this is our now regular Champions League themed pod

0:28.1

where if you haven't been with us before we reminisce on the Red's victorious fifth European Cup triumph in Istanbul back in 2005.

0:36.7

Of course this summer Jörgen-Clop will be hoping to lead the Reds back to Istanbul

0:40.9

15 years on from when Raffa Benitez's Liverpool provided the greatest comeback in

0:45.8

European Cup final history ahead of the fourth Champions League game back in the autumn of 2004

0:52.1

as Liverpool prepared to visit Deportivo Lakerunya.

0:55.4

They sat on four points from three games with the latest result having been a

0:59.4

goalless draw at Anfield with the Spanish side.

1:02.3

Usually alongside me here for the road to

1:04.6

Istanbul is our resident red Dan K. But unfortunately this time out I'm flying

1:08.9

solo but I am joined in the studio by a special guest for this episode and that is Stephen

1:14.5

Warnock. Stephen thanks a lot for your time and thanks for coming in. First

1:18.7

things first, how are you? I'm good, not too bad at all all fresh off the nice result last night

1:24.2

Liverpool Arsenal game and a highly entertaining game of football so yeah things are good at the

1:28.9

moment and that was obviously an opportunity for a number of young players and I suppose looking back to this

1:34.1

2004-5 season it was your chance as a young player to break in at Liverpool.

1:39.3

Yeah it was I'd just come back off the back of a loan move to from Coventry where I'd spent the season.

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