The iconic “This is Anfield” sign was installed in the new tunnel shortly before Thursday evening’s session.
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The Reds played their opening three Premier League fixtures on the road following redevelopment work being undertaken at Anfield, where a new Main Stand has seen attendance capacity improved by 8,500 people.
Loris Karius was also present after returning to full training this week following a broken hand. It’s a situation we have spoken about, and he didn’t play football for a long time. Maybe last season some players didn’t want to come, or didn’t choose Leicester.
“We did not isolate him [Balotelli]”, Klopp said.
“He is not just the target man who can stay there, he can go around and he also plays for his team-mates”. “Tuesday was the first time since the Chelsea game that I’d been to Anfield”.
The pacy forward had long proven a menace for Premier League defenders to handle and now Klopp can look ahead to the Senegalese terrorising opposition defences for Liverpool as he has slotted in seamlessly into Klopp’s starting eleven.
Leicester are defending their title this season, but will also have to navigate a Champions League campaign that begins next week away to Club Brugge.
It seems clear Mahrez shouldn’t be taking them and Ranieri has told us that he will consider a switch to Vardy taking penalties, but who should take on such a crucial job?
“Until now we had to find just the players with a not high target but a big future”, said Ranieri.
“When you stand in front of it, it’s really fantastic”.
Roberto Firmino is expected to lead the line up front with Daniel Sturridge and Divock Origi once again among the substitutes meaning I think we’ll see the same eleven that started at White Hart Lane two weeks ago. He missed out on the previous game against Spurs with a knee injury – went away with Estonia on the worldwide break and upon his return to Liverpool was found to have aggravated the same injury. I want to prove everyone wrong.
“We had a really good 30 minutes against Arsenal and it was a deserved win.
All good but for him it needs time”. He is ready, he played all the matches with Sporting Lisbon and he is ready to play with us.
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Liverpool narrowly edged past Leicester last Boxing Day, but since then the reds have faced two cup final defeats whilst the Leicester players accepted and passed the Premier League run-in challenge – suggesting our opponents have already displayed their mental strength.
