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Martin Skrtel has lauded the Englishman’s contribution in training, praising his work-rate and clever movement.

Coming into this weekend’s fixture, both teams have endured identical results from their opening 4 games this season (WWDL).

Although Sakho missed some training sessions in the build up to the Stoke game due to the birth of his child, he is clearly now behind Martin Skrtel and Dejan Lovren in the pecking order.

A 16 man squad has flown to Finland for a friendly against Helsinki on Saturday, before a number of younger players- as well as those returning from injury lay-offs- take on Swindon Town at the County Ground, on Sunday.