Ibrahima Konate has despatched an impassioned message to match-going Liverpool supporters within the wake of the Reds’ most up-to-date victory.
Anfield was rocking on Tuesday evening as Arne Slot’s workforce swept Bayer Leverkusen apart in a 4-0 Champions League rout, simply because it had been for the second half of the comeback win over Brighton within the Premier League three days beforehand.
The French defender has now implored the Merseyside trustworthy to take care of that ferocity from the stands, particularly as he believes visiting groups view getting a end in L4 as a major scalp.
Konate urges Liverpool followers to maintain the noise up
Chatting with liverpoolfc.com after the win over Leverkusen, Konate mentioned: “The ambiance was loopy in the present day and I hope the followers will maintain going like that till the top of the season.
“Actually, we want Anfield. Everybody, once they play towards Liverpool – it’s top-of-the-line golf equipment on the planet – particularly once they come right here, they simply need to win as a result of if you happen to win towards Liverpool, it’s a giant story for them.
“After they come right here, they’ve extra vitality and so they’re enjoying with 2,000% and we want the followers. If the followers are with us, it’s simply unbelievable how we will play.”
Anfield can definitely be Liverpool’s proverbial twelfth participant
Anfield has a long-standing fame as one of the atmospheric stadia in world soccer, and whereas it was abuzz for the wins over Brighton and Leverkusen in current days, that hasn’t all the time been the case this season.
A Nottingham Forest fan who attended their win away to Liverpool in September informed Jamie Carragher that he felt the stadium’s renown for its ambiance was a delusion, and lots of Reds followers who attended that match and the previous win over Brentford bemoaned the lack of noise from the stands on these afternoons.
There’s no denying that the quantity generated on the stadium may be largely dictated by cirumstance – for instance, it’s all the time likelier to be extra boisterous for an impressive efficiency in a floodlit fixture towards an elite opponent than a torpid wrestle in a lunchtime kick-off towards a workforce we’re anticipated to beat comprehensively.
It’s noteworthy that Konate has publicly referred to as for LFC supporters to maintain the noise ranges up, together with his feedback underlining simply how a lot of an affect the group could make on the workforce, who’ll hopefully proceed to present the Merseyside trustworthy loads of purpose to cheer because the season progresses.
