Irish Daily Mirror

MOYESIE... MERSEY IS MY MISERY

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time I don’t I get challenged on it. West Ham went there two seasons ago and won. And we have had good results recently against some of the bigger teams... look at how we did against Tottenham at Wembley.

“We will have to call on all that determinat­ion and organisati­on to get another good result.”

While his defence is attempting to handle Mo Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane, Moyes hopes that Javier Hernandez and Marko Arnautovic (above, with Manuel Lanzini; Patrice

Evra training right) can pose as much of a challenge at the other end. “It’s tough for any club going to Anfield,” he said. “But I’m looking forward to it because we’re in a bit of form. We’ll do our best to contain the three you’ve mentioned but there will always be chances to score against them.” PREMIER LEAGUE titlewinne­r Robert Huth might have played his last game for Leicester, after paying the price for the form of Harry Maguire.

Huth has not played for the Foxes for nine months and is set to sit out today’s home game against his former club Stoke.

And manager Claude Puel admits he is struggling to find a place for the German (above) in his matchday squad.

Huth, 33, whose contract is up at the end of the season, has become the Foxes’ fifth-choice centreback – behind Wes Morgan, Aleksandar Dragovic,

Yohan Benalouane and Maguire himself – after missing the start of the season with an ankle injury.

“Robert is an experience­d player,” said Leicester manager Puel. “There is some frustratio­n perhaps, but he keeps a good attitude in training.

“He also gives good informatio­n and advice to the young players.

“He’s also a man with a lot of humour. I like this. I’d like to give him some more game time, but it’s about competitio­n and we need to respect this.

“He’s a good profession­al. He is fit and has good attributes.

“We have five strong centre-backs for two places. It’s difficult for some

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