Georginio Wijnaldum: We’re taking one game at a time

Georginio Wijnaldum insists Liverpool are taking it one game at a time as they prepare for another huge week of their busy schedule.

The Reds play Napoli tomorrow evening at Stadio San Paolo in the Champions League Group Stage before a tasty top of the table affair against Manchester City on Sunday evening.

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LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – AUGUST 07: Georginio Wijnaldum of Liverpool celebrates his goal with team mates during the pre-season friendly match between Liverpool and Torino at Anfield on August 7, 2018 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Georginio Wijnaldum

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Speaking at the pre-match press conference, he said: “To be fair, we’re now only busy with the game against Napoli and then after that, we will look at the game against Manchester City.

“We can just manage one game at a time, we can only control our performance against Napoli now, so I think it’s better to concentrate on the game against Napoli and then we’ll look at Manchester City.

“Of course it’s a really important week, but I think the period after the international break we already knew that it was going to be really important because we’re going to play against top opponents.

“But like I just said, I think it’s better to keep your head on one game and when that one is done you will think about the other one.”

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The Dutch midfielder also insisted that he doesn’t expect a similar result to the one Jurgen Klopp’s side achieved against Carlo Ancelotti’s side in August – Liverpool beat Napoli 5-0 in a pre-season friendly at Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

“I think they have a really good team. We played them in pre-season, that worked well for us and not really well for them but I think the circumstances were different.

“Now it is Champions League, we play for something, they play at home, so it’s going to be different. They have a lot of good players we have to be aware of, so it’s going to be a difficult game.

“Every team has its weaknesses and it is not good to tell it in the press conference because then they know what you want to do! Every team has their weaknesses and we will try to use it to win this game.

“But to come back to the question ‘are we going to play for a draw or a win?’ – we always play games to win and not to draw, so also tomorrow we’re going to play to win it.”

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