And of course a challenge as well given what happened on Sunday and the recent run of form. Does that strengthen the desire to obviously get back to positive results?
Yeah, it should, but like I said before the United game, it should not matter if we win or lose a game of football for the next one. The aim if you play for Liverpool, if you wear this shirt, is to win every single game. So, if we win seven in a row, how we started the season, then we want to win the next three. We didn’t. Now we’ve lost the last four. So now, of course we want to see Liverpool winning again. But that is not different when you lost four in a row or you won four in a row – it is just what is expected of you if you play for Liverpool.
You mentioned Frankfurt and the atmosphere there. What do you expect from them as a team? They have had a good few seasons and were third in the Bundesliga last season…
Yeah, definitely. I don’t think they played regularly in the Champions League but last season they were there in the Europa League and came quite far. I remember they played Tottenham and it was a very equal 180 minutes, maybe even longer, I’m not too sure if it went to extra-time. I think it did actually. That tells you it’s a good team, it’s a strong team that has done very well in the Bundesliga and in Europe.
Even this season when they beat Galatasaray 5-1, we definitely need to be warned by that because, as we all know, we lost against Galatasaray 1-0. You never can compare results to each other but anyway it’s still a team that impressed in their first home game. Faced some difficulties away from home against Atletico Madrid [but] they are not the only team that faced difficulties if they played Atletico Madrid in their stadium. So, a good team, good individuals, well managed by a manager that is already there quite long. So, a nice game to look forward to.
And in particular for one of our players, Hugo Ekitike, who joined us from Frankfurt. A special night for him…
