The Liverpool Way Podcast

Liverpool 1 PSV Eindhoven 4 - Match Reaction

Wow. How bad can this get? As if a 3-0 loss at home to Forest at the weekend wasn't bad enough, the Reds followed it up with a humiliating 4-1 reversal against a vibrant PSV side who took full advantage of Arne Slot's shellshocked side.

Chris Smith is joined by Stu Montagu and TLW Editor Dave Usher to try to dissect this shocker.

Liverpool 0 Nottingham Forest 3 - Match Reaction

Another game another loss. Probably the worst one yet, 3-0 at Anfield to a team that went into the game in 19th place. An abject performance in all aspects of the game saw the Reds deservedly lose as the crisis for Arne Slot deepens.

Chris Smith is joined by Julian Richards and TLW Editor Dave Usher for this one.

Manchester City 3 Liverpool 0 - Match Reaction

A miserable afternoon at the Etihad as the Reds failed to build on the impressive midweek win against Real Madrid and instead produced arguably their worst display of the season. 

Defensively weak, insipid in attack and not helped by Michael Oliver doing Michael Oliver things on VAR, it was a depressing way to go into the international break and there's still lots of work to be done to turn this around.

TLW Editor Dave Usher is joined by Paul Natton and Dan Thomas to try and make sense of another dreadful display.

Liverpool 1 Real Madrid 0 - Match Reaction

Alexis Mac Allister's second half header finally broke the resistance of Thibault Courtois and secured an impressive win for the Reds in what was clearly their best performance of the season so far.

Chris Smith is joined by TLW Editor Dave Usher and Julian Richards to bask in the glow of a memorable night at Anfield in which Conor Bradley gave Vinicius Jr the Mbappe treatment, the midfield trio dominated and Florian Wirtz impressed on the left of the front three. 

Liverpool 2 Aston Villa 0 - Match Reaction

A much improved defensive showing laid the platform for a much needed win over Aston Villa at Anfield that ended a run of four straight league defeats and took the Reds back up into the top three.

TLW Editor Dave Usher is joined by John Gallagher and Terry McDonald to discuss a decent night's work at Anfield in which some key players returned to form just in time for a big week ahead. 

Liverpool 0 Crystal Palace 3 - Match Reaction

The Reds miserable run continued as Kryptonite Palace once again did their thing. A much weakened Liverpool line up never stood a chance against the FA Cup holders and the mix of bench players and kids were predictably and ruthlessly exposed by Oliver Glasner's side.

We let Arne Slot select our line up for this pod so everyone has the night off and some random kids have been thrown in at the deep end. Not really, we wouldn't do that to our listeners. Chris Smith and Dave Usher break down this one.

Brentford 3 Liverpool 2- Match Reaction

Another weekend another defeat. Four in a row now as the Reds are in complete freefall. A poor performance saw Arne Slot's side twice trail Brentford by two goals and although Mo Salah struck late on, it proved to be no more than a consolation goal on the latest miserable trip to London.

TLW Editor Dave Usher is joined by Ian Brown and Stu Montagu to talk through a number of big topics from tactics to mentality to Andy Robertson's comments about the lack of fight being shown.

Eintracht Frankfurt 1 Liverpool 5 - Match Reaction

Florian Wirtz dazzled on his return to the starting line up and Hugo Ekitike netted against his former club as the Reds came from a goal down to steamroller Eintracht 5-1 to end a four game losing streak.

Chris Smith is joined by John Brennan and TLW Editor Dave Usher to reflect on an impressive night's work from Arne Slot's men. 

Liverpool 1 Manchester United 2 - Match Reaction

A fourth defeat on the spin as once again the Reds got back into a game they were losing only to then throw it away at the death, this time allowing Harry fucking Maguire to win it for United.

The dust has settled and we recorded this over 24 hours after the game, in truth because none of us wanted to relive it on Sunday night. TLW Editor Dave Usher hosts this one and is joined by John Gallagher and Julian Richards.

Chelsea 2 Liverpool 1 - Match Reaction

Another last gasp winner conceded to round off a miserable seven days in which the Reds have been beaten three times. Cody Gakpo's equaliser looked like it would be the platform for yet another late comeback, but just like last week at Palace it was Arne Slot's men on the receiving end of the late drama.

TLW Editor Dave Usher was joined by Ian Brown and Paul Natton shortly after the final whistle to pick through the bones of this one and try to figure out just what the hell is going on with these passive performances and constant swapping and changing of players into unfamiliar positions.