Liam Kelly faces Ibrox side Glasgow Rangers this afternoon.
Liam Kelly has told Herald Scotland that he has been warning his Livingston team-mates about the free-kick ability of Rangers star James Tavernier.
In-form Rangers visit the Almondvale Stadium this afternoon.
Steven Gerrard’s side thumped St Johnstone 5-1 at Ibrox last weekend, with Tavernier opening the scoring after nine minutes with a wonderful free kick.
Kelly knows a thing or two about the Englishman’s dead-ball prowess, having once been his team-mate in Glasgow, and the 22-year-old goalkeeper concedes that he is worried about Tavernier replicating what he used to do on the training ground.
He told Herald Scotland: “I spoke to James last Sunday. I was the training goalkeeper last year, so I was out on the pitch with him doing shooting, free-kicks and penalties, so it will be interesting if those situations arise.
“We will have a good bit of banter leading up to the game and then the serious heads will go on for the match.
“Some of them you can’t do anything about because James has that ability. I’ll be warning the lads not to give away any silly free-kicks around the box because he has the quality to punish you as we saw last weekend.”
The Gers can move second in the Premiership table with a victory, leapfrogging Celtic, Kilmarnock and Hibernian in the process.
Kelly, who left Rangers in June, will be determined to prove a point against his former employers, but Gerrard’s troops have netted 15 league goals this season – more than any other side – so the young Scot certainly has his work cut out for him.
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