Joao Moutinho has described Anfield as “special” and said the Reds’ home has “one of the best environments” he has ever played in.
The 36-year-old travels to L4 on Saturday as part of Bruno Lage’s Wolves squad, who will believe now is a good time to face Jurgen Klopp’s side after they suffered a shock 4-1 loss against Napoli on Wednesday.
Molineux’s side sit 14th in the Premier League table at the moment and have only won one of their first six league games – the Portuguese international is expecting a “tough” game on Merseyside.
“Anfield is one of the best environments I have ever played in, maybe even the best. It is true. I said it in the first year, second year, third year and fourth year, because Liverpool fans love the game, as do fans of other clubs, but Anfield is special,” Moutinho said (quoted by the Liverpool Echo).
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“They support the team from the first minute to the final whistle and the result doesn’t matter and we’re going to have a tough game. We already know that they have a very good team, a very good coach, and they try to win the game.
“We are training every day to improve, to give our best and go to the games to try our chances and score and win the games. And that is what we will try to do in Liverpool.”
Klopp claimed after our defeat in Napoli that Bruno Lage’s team would have been laughing at how we played and it’s hard to argue against them.
However, the West Midlands outfit will now wait for a reaction and will still be aware that they need to be at the top of their game to get anything out of the clash.
In terms of Liverpool, it will not be difficult to improve our performance against the Italians, but that is exactly what we must do.
Despite our poor form and far from convincing displays, we are just six points behind league leaders Arsenal and just five behind many-favourite Manchester City.
Let’s hope Anfield is rocking at the weekend to help the lads to three huge points.
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