With Mo Salah fit again, Liverpool are hoping for a fast start to gun down Napoli on Wednesday and put one foot in the Champions League knockout phase.
The Reds are hoping to avoid another dramatic finish after their 2-1 stoppage-time win over Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday.
And with victory for either side at Anfield this evening lifting them to the top of the Group E, coach Jurgen Klopp is urging his side to be oppit from the first whistle.
Ahead of the clash he says of Salah, who has been sidelined for six weeks because of an ankle injury: “Mo looks really good in training the day before yesterday especially. Yesterday he didn’t do too much so we will see.”
OPPIT: Liverpool boss, Jurgen Klopp wants his boys to perform from the start. Picture: Jon Super/AP.
Napoli, meanwhile, come to Merseyside having been fined £2.14m, from coach Carlo Ancelotti to the playing staff, by chairman Aurelio De Laurentiis for refusing to go on a training retreat.
And Klopp believes the Italians will be up for it.
%%%twitter https://twitter.com/ChampionsLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@championsleaguepreparation ahead of @sscnapoli👊 https://t.co/jAbbm1hpfu
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The Red's boss says: “We have to make sure from the first second this is a different place [tonight].
“We want to go as far as possible. Napoli are experienced, tactically strong, super players and speed. It’s a really difficult game for us.It’s same for Napoli. If they win they are through.”