With Saturday's clash with Manchester United edging closer, one legendary former Reds striker today pinpointed our new hit-man as the potential key player against the Champions.
Robbie Keane has yet to find the net since joining the club in the summer transfer window from Tottenham Hotspur, but Ian St John is hoping he will be on fire against the League champions.
"This game is really set up for Keane - it's all there for him to get his first goal for Liverpool against Manchester United and help us win the game," St John told Liverpoolfc.tv.
"We're all expecting a lot from him, and it's always difficult coming to a new club and trying to settle in with the players. But I think if you are a new player, this is the kind of game you will be really desperate to get a goal in."
St John predicts the match with Alex Ferguson's men will be another tense affair and wants total commitment from the players. "I'm expecting the usual fraught type of game - my fingernails will be getting bitten away," added the Scot, who scored 118 goals in 426 appearances for The Reds in an illustrious ten-year spell at Anfield during Bill Shankly's reign as manager.
"I'm sure it will be an exciting game and I want to see total commitment from the players. Everybody should be fired up for this one and really going for it. The fans want a victory against United so much and the players have really got to turn it on for them. The players have to come off that pitch on Saturday and be able to say: 'I couldn't have given any more'."
Robbie Keane has yet to find the net since joining the club in the summer transfer window from Tottenham Hotspur, but Ian St John is hoping he will be on fire against the League champions.
"This game is really set up for Keane - it's all there for him to get his first goal for Liverpool against Manchester United and help us win the game," St John told Liverpoolfc.tv.
"We're all expecting a lot from him, and it's always difficult coming to a new club and trying to settle in with the players. But I think if you are a new player, this is the kind of game you will be really desperate to get a goal in."
St John predicts the match with Alex Ferguson's men will be another tense affair and wants total commitment from the players. "I'm expecting the usual fraught type of game - my fingernails will be getting bitten away," added the Scot, who scored 118 goals in 426 appearances for The Reds in an illustrious ten-year spell at Anfield during Bill Shankly's reign as manager.
"I'm sure it will be an exciting game and I want to see total commitment from the players. Everybody should be fired up for this one and really going for it. The fans want a victory against United so much and the players have really got to turn it on for them. The players have to come off that pitch on Saturday and be able to say: 'I couldn't have given any more'."
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