Liverpool newcomer, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Gomel-c39117 on Thursday.
The Italian International, signed by the Merseyside club in July from AS http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Glen-Johnson-c15050 were the other goal scorers, as the Reds ran riot to claim
the tie 4-0 on aggregate.
The win is expected to serve as a huge confidence booster for a new look http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 side, who will still be l*****g their wounds, following their catastrophic previous campaign.
Nevertheless, Borini let out his delight upon getting his Anfield career off to a good start. He indicated that the entire team were desperate to prove a point in their first competitive home game of the season, and felt that they had completely outplayed
their opponents in all departments of the game.
While talking to reporters, he said: “It was very important for me to start the game well at Anfield, in front of our own supporters, we had a great game since the start - press high, high intensity and that's what the manager wants and what we wanted and
we enjoy this football.”
Following their win on Thursday, the men in red will play one last pre-season friendly against Leverkusen on Sunday, before kicking off their league campaign against West Bromwich Albion six days later at the Hawthorns.
Borini, who has played under Rodgers’ supervision at Swansea City and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786, was also all praise for the Northern Irishman for his exemplary passion, and cool approach towards the game. He pointed out that everyone in the squad was excited about coming
to grips with the brand of football that he is trying to introduce at Anfield, and insisted that he had become the benchmark of modern day coaching techniques.
“Passion of his game and the mentality he's got is a little bit different from English football and that's what he changes, and that's the way we want to play football and show our football as well,” he added.
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