7 things we spotted from Liverpool training with Virgil van Dijk and friends hungry for some Spurs revenge
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Revenge is a dish best served cold - and it looks very chilly on a Friday evening in Liverpool.
Luckily Liverpool are in the mood to make amends this season. After being trounced 5-0 by Manchester City in September they repaid the favour by ending Pep Guardiola's unbeaten run with a 4-3 reverse back at Anfield.
And now for the next opportunity to right a wrong.
After being trounced 4-1 by Spurs at Wembley - a game Dejan Lovren would like to forget - they now have a chance to make things better against the North Londonders at Anfield on Sunday afternoon.
While some Premier League training grounds were a hive of activity on transfer deadline day, at Liverpool it was very much business as usual.
With no new arrivals it's left to the current squad to make amends.
And from the looks of these training pictures, they're hungry to do just that.
Which leads us to our first point...
1. Wish you were as fat as Virgil van Dijk?
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It's Jamie Carragher's job as a pundit to show us mere footballing mortals something we might not have noticed.
In this case, Virgil van Dijk's a little on the porky side.
And while Carra knows a little something about being a centre-half, Jurgen Klopp certainly disagrees his new Dutchman is carrying the pounds.
He may wearing a loose fitting training top, but it hardly looks like the former Southampton man is too heavy.
While the camera may be slimming, he's doing his best to stretch it all out at Melwood.
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2. Lovren looks hungry for some revenge
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Okay, maybe not as hungry as Virgil van Dijk (the food-based analogies end here).
But Lovren was given a torrid time against Harry Kane at Wembley.
At the time the Croatian was guilty of wanting to dominant the man rather that carrying out the basics of defending.
He's the defender most under threat from the arrival of Van Dijk, and he'd love to put things right against tormentor-in-chief Kane.
3. Firmino's the joker in the pack - again
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Another day training - another picture of Firmino with a smile on his face.
The Brazilian is infectious - and in a good way. Here he and Lovren share a smile, and we reckon it's probably not the big Croat reminding him of his Spurs performance last time around.
But why shouldn't he be smiling?
He netted his 19th of the season against Huddersfield at is vital to how the Reds play at the moment. The first name on the team-sheet with the smile to prove it.
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4. Can's a picture of (solitary) concentration
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It's a well-known secret that Emre Can is heading for the door.
However he's still a key part of the Anfield engine room before his likely move to Juventus. However he wasn't laughing and a joking a la Bobby Firmino in this training session.
In all the snaps we saw the German looked a picture of concentration.
Solitary concentration.
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5. What, me jealous?
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Sadio Mane certainly strutted his stuff at this training session.
The season may not have been vintage from the Senegalese - with some suggesting he's a little jealous of Mo Salah.
Sadio, jealous? Look at the strong pose, the serious demeanour, he's the Mane man.
He's so confident, he even has time to spend a little time with the cameraman. Let's hope that guy didn't say: "Oi, Sadio, get me Salah's autograph please."
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6. Skills to pay the bills
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What haven't we said about Mo Salah this season?
Sometimes you just have to let the football to the talking. Look at these training pics.
Grace, skill, poise, power - the Egyptian's got the lot.
We've no idea where this shot ended up - but due to the fact that he simply can't miss this season, let's just say it nestled in the bottom corner of the net.
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7. Woodburn's ready to answer the call
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We've already alluded to a lack of transfer incomings at Anfield over the window.
Van Dijk apart, it was better summed up by who left. And all that may play into the hands of this man.
Liverpool's youngest ever scorer Ben Woodburn has been patiently waiting his chance - not being allowed to leave on loan to link up with his former Wales boss Chris Coleman at Sunderland.
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And with Phillipe Coutinho and Daniel Sturridge now departed, Woodburn could get the call he's craving to continue his Anfield developement.
He certainly showing he's got the concentration for it here.
Look, not a flicker of frivolity on the young man's face.