James Pearce has provided Liverpool with significant boost ahead of Man City clash

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The Anfield crowd will be at their most vocal, no doubt feeling wronged about what has happened to Liverpool over the past decade or so, and Gary Neville has predicted a “brutal” afternoon for the visitors: “I think if they want an understanding of how angry the game [as a whole] is going to be, then Anfield will tell them a week on Sunday, like you would never believe. “I suspect there may be banners, there’ll certainly be chanting, there’ll be a reception like you have never seen for them at Anfield.

The players to be fair that are there will take the brunt of it, so will Maresca, the reality of it is on that day, but it will be a brutal day.” While the game will come too soon for Giovanni Leoni, The Athletic‘s Pearce has dropped some great news regarding his fitness, saying he will “return to full training in a fortnight.” He says that while the teenager “has spent a year on the sidelines and understandably endured some difficult days, he has never let his focus slip, adding that he “chose to complete his rehabilitation at the AXA Training Centre, unlike others who have returned to more comfortable surroundings when out for so long, “wanting to “build stronger relationships with staff.” Giovanni Leoni can become a future Liverpool great The severity of Leoni’s ACL injury means that patience will be required with him, with the Italian unlikely to be back to full sharpness for a while yet. But having him back in the fold feels significant for Liverpool, with the 19-year-old a player of immense potential, being hailed by the legendary Arrigo Sacchi in the past: “We’re dealing with a talent, there’s no doubt about that.

I appreciated his commanding attitude, because Leoni was a true commander in Parma’s defence last season: leadership is clearly in his DNA, and that’s another aspect to consider.” Leoni can become a future leader of Liverpool’s defence alongside Jeremy Jacquet, with the Reds genuinely having two of the best young centre-backs in world football in their ranks. Leoni has only played once for Liverpool, but in that one appearance he looked like a Rolls-Royce of a player, and he will receive a great reception when he eventually makes his comeback in front of the Anfield crowd.