After being handed a mixed bag of results to start their Premier League campaign, Liverpool will be looking to get their season started in earnest when they host defending champions Leicester City on Saturday night in what will be the first match at a newly redeveloped Anfield. Coupled with the fact they have got the new stand, they’re going to want to win their first home game.
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“It’s really impressive what they have done there – an outstanding job”.
“When you stand in front of it, it’s really fantastic”.
They may be the champions, but Leicester are coming to Anfield as though they’re the underdogs.
29 year old Lucas cites home form as key for the Reds’ aspirations for the season, “Every year, the teams that have a very good record at home challenge for titles and the top four, so it’s very important that we do that this year – starting with the first game”. It’s another season. It’s our first home game with 8,000 more in the stadium. He is ready, he played all the matches with Sporting and he is ready to play with us.
An opening weekend victory at Arsenal was followed by defeat at Burnley before an entertaining 1-1 draw with Tottenham. We can not ignore it. “Nobody is playing at their best at this stage”.
Can is close to returning to full training after recovering from an ankle injury picked up last month.
“Jürgen Klopp is all about high energy”, King added.
“They are well organised and their one big strength is the counter-attack”. Their set-pieces are good. One of their biggest qualities is that they really stick to their plan. “But we know with the team we have, we can go there and cause an upset”.
Balotelli made a deadline day move to Ligue 1 Nice and the Italian’s agent Mino Raiola has since been particularly vocal in his criticism of Klopp for his treatment of the player. For him, no. Maybe he is more hungry – show me.
“We did not isolate him [Balotelli]”, Klopp said. I am not interested in these things.
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“That is part of the business I am not interested in. Was I upset? Obviously not”.
