‘It is a dream for me to play them in their stadium’: Thomas Partey relishing Atletico Madrid’s challenge of facing Liverpool at Anfield
- Thomas Partey and his Atletico Madrid side have 1-0 lead ahead of second leg
- They face tough task at Anfield where Liverpool are notoriously hard to beat
- Partey said: ‘We are prepared, it’s a dream for me to play them in their stadium’
Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey is relishing the challenge of facing Liverpool at Anfield.
The Spanish side have a 1-0 lead over the Premier League’s champions elect ahead of Wednesday’s second leg in the Champions League last-16 tie.
‘We are prepared. It is a dream for me to play against them in their stadium. I hope it stays forever in my career,’ Partey said.
Thomas Partey is relishing the challenge of playing Liverpool at Anfield on Wednesday night
‘They are doing well. We have to be focused one hundred percent. We know it will be difficult.’
Partey accepted that the atmosphere will be intense and Atletico have a huge task to keep the Red tide at bay.
But he thinks Diego Simeone’s side can focus on the task at hand and progress to the next round.
‘Klopp said not many of us had played at Anfield? For us as players it is important that the team-mates help each other. Sometimes opinions are opinions. We are here to do our job.’
The atmosphere at Anfield will be electric and Partey thinks his side are well prepared