Curtis Davies says when Liverpool are at their most dangerous

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The Hull City captain faced the media ahead of Hull City’s trip to Liverpool this weekend.

Curtis Davies has been brilliant for Hull City this season

Liverpool play host to Hull City this weekend, and the Tigers captain Curtis Davies spoke to the press along with current caretaker manager Mike Phelan today. Davies was quizzed on Hull’s midweek EFL Cup triumph, tiredness and facing a Liverpool team that is firing on all cylinders.

Both teams have enjoyed positive starts to the season. Liverpool sit in sixth place, having won away at Chelsea and Arsenal, as well as putting 4 past the champions Leicester at home. Hull City, meanwhile, who were widely tipped for a disastrous campaign, are currently 12th, with 7 points from 5 games.

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Davies said of the Merseyside outfit, “They’ve scored four against Arsenal this season and four against the champions [Leicester], obviously [they] beat Chelsea last time out; so they look a very potent threat in attack.”

“Obviously people have spoken about their defensive frailties, but you need to have the ball and you need to get in their final third to actually create any problems, so I think that’s all been made a bit much of because they were good against Chelsea.”

Davies went on to state that the Tigers should look to replicate the job Burnley did on Liverpool, looking to stay in the game for as long as possible and get on the scoresheet when an opportunity presents itself.

Burnley beat Liverpool 2-0 earlier this season

Asked about whether Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool’s high pressing game would alter the way in which Hull City approached the game, Davies said he and his defence may drop a little deeper, and also stated when he felt Liverpool were at their most dangerous.

“Regardless of their pressing game, it’s when they’ve got the ball that you need to make sure you’re on point, because that’s when the likes of the Origi’s, the Lallana’s, the Mane’s, the Sturridge’s, the Coutinho’s, the Firmino’s, they’re all crossing over, going into different spaces, and that’s when you need to be very alert, because that’s when they’re most dangerous.”

The former England under-21 international went on to joke that he celebrated Markus Henriksen’s injury time winner in the EFL Cup on Wednesday night more because it meant the game didn’t go to extra time than the joy of progressing to the next round.

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