Blood Red: Jurgen Klopp's trust issues - and why Liverpool's strength is now a weakness

It's the post-Merseyside derby Blood Red podcast and, while Everton may have celebrated a draw in their 'World Cup final', the mood of our panel is downbeat. There's no suggesting that Liverpool have 'bottled' their title chances, but equally there is no doubting that James Pearce, Paul Gorst and Theo Squires, who join host Joe Rimmer for your Monday must-listen, think it was very much two points dropped at Goodison Park. The quartet also reckon Jurgen Klopp was proved right about Everton but wonder why his Reds side could not rise to the challenge, particularly in light of their storming midweek performance against Watford. James goes as far to say it felt like a defeat and, along with Theo, feels he has to sit on the fence when he is asked the big question by Joe. Gorsty, though, is remaining strong. Mohamed Salah was unable to do that in front of goal on Sunday and, while he is being judged by the ridiculously high standards he set himself last season, can what happened versus Everton be put down as a bad day at the office? Or is it something more than that? James, Gorsty and Theo discuss that before paying tribute to the majestic Virgil van Dijk. The Dutch defender's display against the Blues was absolutely spot-on. But what of Klopp's substitutions? And what does it say that the Reds boss refused to call on either Naby Keita or Xherdan Shaqiri from the bench? Factors beyond Liverpool's control are also debated before the podcast ends on a big positive. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices