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New Tottenham Hotspur signing Toby Alderweireld has been impressed by the recruitment of Saturday’s opponents Stoke City but remains confident Spurs have too much quality for Mark Hughes’ men.

“He did the same at Bolton and Blackburn last season“.

The Italy worldwide has not featured for the club since April 28.

That would be at odds with manager Rodgers’ philosophy which is built upon incisive, possession-based football but the 29-year-old England worldwide says the players have to adapt to different styles of play.

A Stoke City fan collapsed and needed to be resuscitated by stadium paramedics when Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho scored a last-gasp wonder goal to pinch victory.

Stoke tried to sign Shaqiri from Bayern Munich in January, however the player opted to join Inter Milan instead, signing a a four-year deal at the San Siro.

The ECHO rated Phillipe Coutinho and Dejan Lovren as the Reds’ top performers on the opening day – both scoring an eight – but we wanted your views on this new look Liverpool.

Speaking to the Liverpool Echo, Werner explained that the owners preferred to take a “long-term view” when making their choices, and that FSG’s “track record show they focus on stability”. That was only a year earlier when he was awarded that compliment.

Meanwhile, Liverpool will kick-start the 2015/16 Premier League season with a trip to the Britannia Stadium as they face Stoke City on 9 August.

Liverpool have confirmed that striker Christian Benteke has been handed the club’s iconic No 9 shirt ahead of the new season. It resulted in an early chance and, where Firmino sharper, might even have ended up with a goal, but Liverpool reserve ‘keeper and Swindon...

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson insists that the club are motivated by the fact they return to the scene of their 6-1 hammering by Stoke for their first game of the 2015-16 season.