Steven Gerrard admits scheduling Al-Ettifaq training around watching Liverpool – even if it means late night sessions
STEVEN GERRARD has revealed he schedules Al-Ettifaq training around watching Liverpool games.
The Reds legend, 44, has been in charge of the Saudi Arabian club since July 2023.
Steven Gerrard has been scheduling Al-Ettifaq training around Liverpool gamesGetty
The Reds icon still has a keen interest in his boyhood clubPA:Press Association
They sit ninth in the league with three wins from their opening seven matches.
And Gerrard has admitted he has aggravated his own players by pushing training back until late in the evening so he can watch Liverpool.
Speaking to The Redmen TV, he said: “John [Achterberg, goalkeeping coach] and I have got more than one eye on it. We put all our schedule around the Liverpool games.
“The players are onto me now; we’ve been training at 9 or 10 at night.”
Local Saudi time is two hours ahead of Britain’s GMT time zone.
For example, this means 3pm kick-offs in the Premier League finish around 7pm in Saudi.
Arne Slot‘s Liverpool have made a sensational start to life after Jurgen Klopp.
They have won 11 of their 12 games in all competitions and sit top of the Premier League table.
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They also sit second in the Champions League league phase having won all three matches against AC Milan, Bologna and RB Leipzig.
But their biggest test of the season so far comes on Sunday when they travel to the Emirates to face Arsenal.
Three points would see Slot’s men open up a seven-point lead over the Gunners after just nine matches.
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