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Kop legend Graeme Souness believes Christian Benteke has the ability to become a “superstar” for Liverpool.

The Belgium international has scored once in four appearances for the Reds since his £32.5million move from Aston Villa this summer.

Benteke will lead the line against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday with Souness insisting the big frontman is pivotal to Liverpool’s hopes of success.

“He has the potential to be an absolute star,” Souness told Sky Sports.

“If he’s fully fired up and motivated, he could take the Premier League by storm and be a superstar at Liverpool.

“But if you have a Benteke who picks and chooses when he plays well then it might not be good enough. A lot of Liverpool’s success this season will rely on Benteke.

“For me this is still the biggest game in English football. You’re made aware of the rivalry between the two cities and not just the football clubs.

“Going back to when I was a player, we were the No 1 team but they always had very good players, nearly as good as what we had, but for some reason they could never gel as a team. That’s all changed in the last 26 or 27 years.

“My best game against them was my very first one. We were at Anfield and won 3-1, and I scored my first goal for Liverpool that day. We never had an easy game against them, even if we were top of the league and they were fifth or sixth, it was never straightforward.”