James Milner will be sidelined until mid-November with the hamstring injury sustained on Sunday, but Naby Keita suffered only bruising in the challenge from Paul Pogba which saw the United midfielder sent off. That’s the only way to become consistent in a season.” Going game by game, session by session focusing on the small things, being ready and show our fans away at Preston our hunger, our desire and our way. “You see that in the hunger in the sessions and as long as that’s the case, that the day before the game the session is so intense and quick and difficult for the starters, we are really confident to attack the next game. “What I like about us is that we don’t prepare differently if we go away to Preston or we go away to Man United and you see that in the mentality of our players. “If you want to achieve big things you have to focus on the small things, which means we have to do the session after the game right, the recovery process right and we have to prepare the team and the players who are going to play against Preston.Īssistant manager Pep Lijnders (left) says the side will prepare to face Preston in the same way they did to take on Manchester United (Nick Potts/PA) “We are trained to do this, we are used to playing every three or four days,” Lijnders said. Long may it continue.”Īlthough Old Trafford hat-trick hero Mohamed Salah and fellow forwards Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino are unlikely to be included in the squad at Deepdale, Lijnders believes there will be no change in attitude from the players in the last-16 tie. “You have to respect the process of recovery, not only between the games but also between the seasons. After emotional periods, after lots of finals, a lot of intense seasons it’s good for them to have a break. “We always want to improve but sometimes improving is just going back to basics and that’s what we did in pre-season. They are lethal and that’s what we want of course. “And then the quality of our front three, we said they look like raptors in Jurassic Park. “You can never judge scoring just by the goals scored it’s how we move the ball from the back, it’s how we are protected, it’s the whole package that creates our front players getting in constantly good positions to score. “I think it has to do with how the team is playing,” he said. Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah (left) completes his hat-trick in the 5-0 win over Manchester United (Martin Rickett/PA) Speaking ahead of the Carabao Cup tie at Preston on Wednesday, Lijnders believes a “back to basics” approach and giving the players as much time off as possible has been key to the goal rush.
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