Road to Istanbul: Steven Gerrard-inspired Reds write their names into Liverpool's European history

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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News, Soccer, Sports, Sports News

4.4 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

A date with destiny awaits the Reds, sound familiar? Back in December 2004, Liverpool headed into the final group game of their Champions League campaign needing a win against Olympiakos. What would follow would write Steven Gerrard's name into Liverpool folklore forever more, with more than notable contributions from Florent Sinama Pongolle and Neil Mellor. Join Guy Clarke and Kristian Walsh as they talk back through the game, it's significance in Liverpool's modern-day history and much more besides. 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.
0:08.0	A date with destiny waiting.
0:12.0	Liverpool back in the autumn of 2004 headed into their final Champions League group game
0:17.6	needing a result.
0:19.2	Sound familiar?
0:20.2	Well this is the road to Istanbul.
0:21.7	I'm Guy Clark and of course it's here on the
0:23.6	Bloodbread channel where we go through Liverpool's historic 2004-5
0:28.3	Champions League win in Istanbul, recounting the steps along the way.
0:33.0	Joining me for this episode to talk about the historic game
0:37.0	Under the Lights at Anfield against Olympia Arcos,
0:40.0	is Christian Morse.
0:41.0	Christian, thanks for joining me, and we got some game to talk over.
0:45.6	We do.
0:46.6	I think it's probably, so I'm 32 years of age, which I don't look I know. Answers on a postcard how old I do look.
0:55.0	But it's one of the first to finer moments of Anfield in terms of
0:59.0	as a, you know, someone from my generation,
1:02.0	it's the sort of game that everybody remembers people
1:04.8	south both since Etienne and and games like that where as olympi Arcos was very much one of the first
1:09.6	ones for our generation so I'm looking forward to this.
1:13.0	Yeah it's been a
1:15.0	a Champions League campaign that Dan who often is with me talks about
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