Episode 3179: Liverpool’s Score Draws, The Darwin Awards, Marvellous Mbappé, LOI V FAI

Liverpool don’t lose many league games but against Man Utd, Newcastle, Everton and now Villa, they are getting a lot of draws and looking increasingly reliant on Mo Salah.

Are these results part of the ebb and flow of a normal league campaign, or is this a worrying wobble, or is it the start of something worse… a Kevin Keegan style collapse? We chat to Dion Fanning and John Brewin about Darwin’s latest miss, Slot’s response, and how big the Man City game is now given Liverpool will be expected to beat Pep’s sorry looking troops.

We have a war of words with Dion about the war of words between Stephen Bradley – aka the League of Ireland – and the FAI suits over Colin Healy’s departure from the women’s set up. Are outsiders always a good thing, or should they come bearing gifts and good ideas?

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Plus there’s tidy Villa, marvellous Mbappé and Inter Miami bringing Ken Early to his knees.

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We look ahead to tonight's Real Madrid-Man City second leg and we've a brand new slot:

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