Blood Red: The player key to Liverpool keeping their cool in the Premier League title race and the Champions League conundrum facing Jurgen

The hunter has become the hunted. Yes, Liverpool top the Premier League at long last after they brushed aside Bournemouth and Manchester City suffered their first defeat of the campaign. And in our first Blood Red podcast of the week, James Pearce joins Connor Dunn and host Joe Rimmer in reflecting on what hopefully could be a momentous weekend in the title race. James and Connor were both at the Vitality Stadium for the ECHO and they hail a number of Reds players while Joe picks out one who our Liverpool FC correspondent believes will be crucial, both on and off the field, as the club attempts to win its first league title since 1990. Jurgen Klopp’s ‘unpredictability’ is praised as is the options he now has at his disposal in the centre of the park given the emergence of Fabinho and Naby Keita. Talk then turns to Tuesday’s Champions League shoot-out at Anfield with Napoli and the tactical conundrum facing Reds boss Klopp. Joe Gomez’s new contract is discussed, with James making a claim that underlines just what a huge impact the young defender has made at Liverpool, while the lads also give their backing to Raheem Sterling after the former Reds winger was subject to alleged racist abuse while playing for City in their loss to Chelsea. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices