Guus Hiddink has rubbished claims that he rested key players for the upcoming UEFA Europa League tie against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 and has backed Diarra to make a quick return
Guus Hiddink has warned Anzhi Makhachkala to work hard defensively if they are to claim all three points against Liverpool FC in the UEFA Europa League campaign after winning the latest round of Russian Premier League action against
Terek Grozny.
Hiddink’s men conceded a goal from the penalty spot during the second-half after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Christopher-Samba-c9212 sealed the win after scoring a late goal.
“We continue to play a very tight schedule, spending two games each week but I am very pleased with our current game. We confronted a great team, which has been claiming a lot of points this season. The match turned out to be good,
as we worked well in attack but made a stupid mistake to concede a penalty," the FA Cup winning manager was quoted as saying.
Anzhi look set to face the English Premier League giants at Dynamo stadium three days after their marvellous home win against the Chechens. However, things were a lot more different for Hiddink’s men barely a week ago.
The Makhachkala-based club suffered a 2-1 defeat in the league tie against Rubin Kazan on the away turf before recording their first European defeat against Brendon Rodgers men at Anfield.
Hiddink defended his side after a series of disappointing results, saying that the tight schedule of games played massive part in ruining their decent run both in domestic and European front.
The Dutch tactician expressed his satisfaction over his side’s performance, saying that they altered the situation after working hard. The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 manager urged Anzhi to take full advantage of their home stadium when they
host the European giants, Liverpool.
And while http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Odil-Ahmedov-c28307 is expected to start the crunch European tie after featuring in the league tie on Sunday, Hiddink has hinted at Lassana Diarra’s return.
Hiddink revealed that Diarra is making good progress, confirming that the French midfielder can return ahead of schedule.
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