Pre-match

A respected club

It's fair to say there's a whole lot of admiration within the Liverpool camp for Bournemouth and the job Eddie Howe has done at the Vitality Stadium.

It’s a sentiment Jürgen Klopp has continued in his notes in the official matchday programme.

He writes: “I don’t watch, listen or read too much opinion on football outside of what I need to do the job, but when I do see things it feels to me that the work done by Eddie and his guys at Bournemouth is almost taken for granted now.

“These guys are benchmark coaches and leaders in the English game and what they have done at their club and how they continue to do it should be held up as an example of excellence.

“I love that Eddie has the courage to stick to his principles at all times and what is evident when you analyse them is that most importantly his team buys into it completely.

“I also know a number of their team, having worked with them here, and I’m sure they’ll all receive a warm welcome back to Anfield, because when they were here they served the club really well.”