REDS CAN PLAY IT COOL

NOBODY has scored more goals away from home in the Champions League this season than Liverpool and their 15. So although tonight’s tie is at Anfield, Klopp’s side can afford to be patient. There’s no need for a gung-ho, must-score-several approach. They can feel safe in the knowledge that there isn’t a club out there better at silencing an opposition crowd than them. Liverpool may be favourites on paper but Villarreal should not be seen as pushovers. They are such an organised side and, as we all know, knockout football specialists under Unai Emery. I’m sure Emery will have an inner desire to prove a point on his return to England. He was criticised when in the Premier League, and sometimes ridiculed, but now he has the chance to go to the home of Liverpool and thwart their plans of a Quadruple. The stage is set for a great first leg.