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United to provide tough welcome for Morientes
1/15/2005
 

          LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters): Fernando Morientes will get an immediate introduction to what the Premier League is all about on Saturday when he is expected to make his Liverpool debut in their lunchtime game against Manchester United at Anfield.
Morientes, who completed his 6.3 million pounds ($11.85 million) move from Real Madrid after passing a medical on Thursday, is well used to high- octane occasions, having faced Barcelona and Atletico Madrid for Real, not to mention appearing in four European Cup finals, the World Cup and European Championship for Spain.
But the close confines of Anfield, where there will be a baying pack of Manchester United supporters anxious to spoil the welcome party, and the usually frenetic nature of the fixture will nonetheless be something of an eye opener for the experienced 28-year-old.
Liverpool coach Rafael Benitez says Morientes "has the mentality" to go into what is always one of the most keenly contested games in the Premier League programme.
Throughout the 1970s and 80s United did their utmost to deflate the ever- inflating Liverpool balloon as their north west rivals collected sackfuls of domestic and European trophies.
Since then the boot has been on the other foot and it is the Liverpool fans, starved of the league title for 15 years, who desperately want to spoil United's slender chance this term.
The arrival of Morientes will lift Liverpool, who have been over-reliant on their midfield for goals since Michael Owen moved in the opposite direction to Real at the start of the season.

 

 
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