Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk expects Liverpool to face a 'different' challenge from an Eden Hazard-less Chelsea when the two sides meet in the Uefa Super Cup.
Van Dijk believes Hazard's absence, combined with Frank Lampard's appointment as manager, makes Chelsea a different prospect to last season.
He said: “He is a quality player and he was important to them but I think they [have] plenty of quality players.
“I think they play a little bit different than they did last year. We will analyse them over the next couple of days and then we will be prepared.
“Nothing that happened last season will have any impact on what is going to happen. It is the next game. It is going to be a new game.
“They have a new situation at the club there but we want to do better than we did last year and we will see.”
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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Of course Chelsea will try to fight and maybe we can keep the scoreline respectable this time but generally it's their win especially with how they're even a better side than United and with all our key men out injured. Its sad really cos if our A team was available maybe people wouldnt be talking so much crap right now after the 1st of 38 games...
cristianray
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Its an young team new manager who knows the club better than anyone they will improve with the talents they have