Henderson: No fear over Stoke trip

Spinning the situation positively, Henderson said: “There couldn’t be a better place for us to start and put what happened there last season to bed once and for all”.

The Telegraph claims that Brendan Rodgers has been impressed by the teenager and will allow him to start away at Stoke on the opening day of the new season.

Reds’ new skipper Henderson, however, is keen to return to Stoke and make up for the mistakes last time out.

The 24 year-old has 42 goals in 89 Premier League games suggesting he could make a real impact should he click in Rodgers’ side.

“We have been performing well during preseason and have got great quality in the team”. Despite a few calls for his exit following the disappointing end to last season, the club’s owners have yet again backed their manager’s lavish spending spree.

‘We have a determination to do better and to improve as a team. “They are a good team but so are we”.

Joe Gomez is likely to start at left-back for Liverpool in their opening Premier League game at Stoke City on Sunday, according to reports on Monday night.

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He told the Liverpool Echo, “It was nice to get selected against Helsinki but there’s still a long way to go and a lot of work to be done between now and Stoke”. We know what to expect. We just want to focus on the positives and move forward. “I think the quality we have added will make a big difference”, the former Sunderland man added. But the England global is sure that he won’t need to motivate the players who were there that day.

Although the England global is ready to consider reminding his team-mates of the pain they felt after their previous game there, he does not necessarily feel such a mental jolt will be required. “We know what happened in May but this is a new season”. The club has the personnel to make the necessary improvements, but Stoke are capable of catching Liverpool cold in the very first game of 2015/16.