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

Hello, it's Paul Wielock and welcome to the preview podcast on the Blood Red channel to get the low down on the team standing

in Liverpool's way of reopening a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League table.

Manchester City's win over Arsenal means the Reds' advantage has been cut to two points growing into tonight's

match at West Ham. But judging by West Ham's recent form and by the recent history

between the sides you would back Liverpool to come out on top tonight. The Hammers

were well beaten at Wolves in the week,

have lost each of their last three matches, have major injury problems, and have

conceded four goals in each of their last four games with the Reds. That said

there was still an improved atmosphere at the

London Stadium and they've shown already this season that they can beat

and be a match for the top six. So to learn more about Manuel Pelagrini's side I

spoke to Sam Incasol who covers his boyhood club for the Football

dot London website. I hope you like our chats and we'll be back after the match with the postgame

podcast. The Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo.

Well, hi Sam, thank you very much to joining me to look ahead to West Ham versus Liverpool at the London Stadium on Monday night. You okay, mate?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, all good. I'm not sure if I'm looking forward to the game

more Monday but yeah I'm not passionate. We will get into that in a second.

But as I said see before we started recording it doesn't seem like five minutes ago that we were

speaking before the game between the sides on the opening day of the season we all

know what happened that that afternoon at Anfield and who ran out easy winners

and West and to be fair looks very much like a team that had gone through a massive overhaul

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