Lucas relishing new look Anfield for visit of Leicester

Liverpool’s Brazilian midfielder Lucas Leiva can’t wait to see the new, extended capacity Anfield when Liverpool face champions Leicester City on Saturday lunchtime. The Reds have played their first three matches of the season away from home to allow time to finish the new Main Stand, which sees 8,500 seats added to the iconic stadium. […]
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2016-09-08 21:32:00

Liverpool’s Brazilian midfielder Lucas Leiva can’t wait to see the new, extended capacity Anfield when Liverpool face champions Leicester City on Saturday lunchtime. The Reds have played their first three matches of the season away from home to allow time to finish the new Main Stand, which sees 8,500 seats added to the iconic stadium.

Lucas believes the extra atmosphere generated will be a real boon for Liverpool, "I’m excited to see the new Anfield. I think the fans are really looking forward to it and the atmosphere will be the same as always – very good, but with many more thousands it’ll probably be louder," the midfielder told Liverpoolfc.com.

"I’m really looking forward to it and hopefully it’ll be the beginning of a good journey in the new stadium."

Lucas knows Liverpool are in for a tough time against the defending champions, "Leicester were a big surprise for many, but they really deserved to win the title. This year of course is different – they have many more games with the Champions League and other teams have strengthened a lot – but we expect a very difficult game as always, like it was at home last season and away.

"They kept most of their players and signed some very good ones [in the summer transfer window], so it’s going to be very tough but I think we’ve shown in the first three games that we’re capable of beating good teams and hopefully it will be a good win for us in our first home game."

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 [beating Leicester] would give us confidence to go away from home against Chelsea and try to get the three points. We just need to focus and work hard and with the quality we have, I think we can do it."

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