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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

View from the Kop: van Dijk the transformer, the Salah and Suarez difference, and why Liverpool are better off without Coutinho

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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News, Sports, Soccer, Sports News

4.41000 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

We're at the end of April and Liverpool are very much in the running for an incredible double. Little wonder, then, that the mood is positively upbeat for your latest View from the Kop fans' podcast, featuring Paul Philbin and Matt Addison and hosted by Paul Wheelock. All eyes are on Wendesday's Champions League semi-final first leg in Barcelona, but the trio start by discussing the gripping race for the Premier League title. Are Philbo and Matt even watching City's matches? And can Brendan Rodgers do his former club a favour next Monday night? Speaking of Leicester, season-ticket holder Philbo was strong in his criticism of the Anfield crowd in the View from the Kop podcast recorded after the 1-1 draw with the Foxes earlier in the season. But he has noticed a marked difference since that nervy night, which should have a lot to with the Reds' astonishing unbeaten home league run, and the form of the newly-crowned PFA Player of the Year Virgil van Dijk, both of which are discussed here before talk turns to that Barcelona match. The La Liga champions may have Lionel Messi in their ranks but Matt and Philbo are confident. And why wouldn't they be given Klopp's magnificent record in Europe since taking over Liverpool? The Nou Camp clash, will of course, pit the Reds against their former stars Luis Suarez and Philippe Coutinho, and the panel have a go at comparing the former with the superb Mohamed Salah, and argue why Liverpool are better off without the latter. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/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

Hello and welcome to the View from the Cop, Liverpool FC Fans podcast.

0:12.0

I'm your host Paul Wielock and I'm delighted to be

0:13.8

joined by two of our regulars Paul Philbin.

0:15.9

Hello and Matt Addison.

0:17.4

Hello. And at the last time we recorded this podcast at the end of last month,

0:20.9

it was at the end of last month and since then Liverpool have won a further seven games on the

0:25.2

run to remain very much in the running for an incredible Premier League and Champions League

0:29.4

double. We'll start with the Premier League lads, you know, we're recording this a day after Man City won at Burnley to go 1 point clear at the top

0:35.9

You know there's never been a title later race like this so poor Matt what are your feelings going into these fans who games of this season?

0:43.2

I don't know. It's weird because for me the Tottenham game felt like a huge blow when

0:51.2

City beat them and then a week later we beat Cardiff and then I'm starting to believe again.

0:58.0

Then they beat United. I didn't expect anything yesterday but the longer it goes on the less likely it looks

1:04.6

up you win the title but potentially does crazy things that's the only thing we've got

1:08.8

to hope for now and if we don't win it, it'll be ridiculous, but it also, even not, everyone just wanted to see us go forward.

1:18.5

The season we've done that and we're not going anywhere next season, they'll be exactly the same again. It's a shame that now you need a

1:25.6

hundred points to win the title and it's going to be like that as long as Guadi

1:29.0

all as a man city that is the

1:33.7

the season we can't have any complaints if Liverpool comes second to a

1:37.2

fantastic Manchester City team they couldn't really have done a lot more and to

1:41.0

make up I think it was a 25-ish point gap to Manchester City last season.

1:46.0

To even get close is a fantastic achievement and as much as it will be disappointing if

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