LONDON: Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has urged fans to treat their Europa League group-stage match against LASK at Anfield on Thursday as a “special night” as his side look to seal qualification for the knockout rounds.
Liverpool top Group E with nine points from four games, two ahead of Toulouse, after being beaten 3-2 by the Ligue 1 side earlier this month. Union Saint Gilloise are third with four points, one more than bottom side LASK.
A win against LASK would ensure Liverpool’s progress to the last 16 and put them in pole position to finish top of the group.
“We are in the beginning of the most intense period of the whole season. We play now Thursday-Sunday, it’s super tough,” Klopp told reporters on Wednesday. “… what we have to have tomorrow is an atmosphere.
“We have to make sure that this is a European night and that is what I expect us to do – a proper European night at Anfield, really going for it. I will line up a team with fresh legs who want to go for it, enjoy the game and will really fight for a result. (Reuters)
