Talking forward of Bayer Leverkusen’s Champions League tie away at Liverpool on Tuesday night, midfielder Granit Xhaka has spoken on his experiences of taking part in in opposition to them.

Leverkusen will look to get again on monitor after drawing in opposition to Stuttgart on the weekend in addition to drawing in opposition to Brest of their final Champions League recreation. Xhaka has expertise taking part in Liverpool from his time at Arsenal, on the distinction between Liverpool and Stuttgart

“Liverpool is a special caliber, positively, particularly at Anfield. I do know what it’s wish to play there.”

Since successful the league and DFB Pokal, that is the primary nice workforce from exterior of Germany that Leverkusen will match up in opposition to. In pre-season, they misplaced to Arsenal, however now they face the Premier League leaders. On Liverpool Xahak mentioned:

“We clearly understand how a lot high quality our opponents have, however we don’t have to cover.”

Xhaka added:

“We are going to analyse Liverpool. In fact we all know the place their strengths lie. However I feel each workforce has a couple of weaknesses too. And you need to exploit them,” 

Of their efficiency in opposition to Stuttgart on Friday night, Leverkusen had been much more energetic than of their earlier video games however because of the efficiency of Alexander Nübel, they had been unable to return away with the three factors. To have the possibility of coming away from Anfield with a end result, Leverkusen must attain this degree as soon as once more and be at their very best, or they are going to encounter their second lack of the season. 

GGFN | Jack Meenan