'Let's make it third time lucky'
Rodolfo Borrell has backed Liverpool Reserves to bounce back from their Wolfsburg woe and produce a performance befitting of Anfield when they entertain Molde in the NextGen Series on Thursday night.
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The Reds have yet to win on home turf in the competition following a 3-0 defeat to Sporting Lisbon and a hard-fought draw with the Germans.
Borrell acknowledges that three points will be crucial if they are to maintain hopes of qualifying for the knockout stage and is calling for his youngsters to put on a show in front of their home support to make it third time lucky in L4.
Borrell told Liverpoolfc.tv: "We will do our best and look to play in the same way. We owe our fans and ourselves a good performance at Anfield. We have let ourselves down in our home matches so far and the people who are watching in the crowd or on the TV.
"This was especially the case in the first half of both games. We did better in the second half; against Sporting Lisbon it was not enough while the match with Wolfsburg saw us get a draw.
"We are looking for the right performance over a 90-minute period in front of our crowd and hopefully we will end up with the right result too."
He added: "My mind is focused on trying to produce a great performance. If we do that we will create chances to win the game. Then, if we win the game we can look at the final match against Sporting.
"Only then we will know whether we are one of the top two sides in this group. It is very tight. One team is clearly above the rest of us at this moment."
Last time out Liverpool's young guns went down to a 2-0 reversal in Wolfsburg.
The Reds dominated for long spells and created numerous chances, leaving Borrell stunned to come away from the clash with nothing.
He said: "It was unbelievable. We should have converted some of the chances we made. We are not just talking about two or three chances, we are talking about plenty of opportunities. It is difficult for me to recall a game that I was involved in where we created so much but didn't convert anything.
"We played a great game but if you don't score it can leave it open for the opponent and that's what happened."
Liverpool will attempt to get their NextGen hopes back on course at the expense of Molde. The Reds ran out comfortable 4-0 victors when the two sides locked horns in Norway but Borrell has warned his team against any form of complacency.
He said: "There have been plenty of situations where a team win away and then lose at home against the same opponent. We had a very good day in Molde and they had a bad one. At this level that makes the difference. We have to remember that Molde are only one point below us.
"If they beat us they will move above us. They beat Wolfsburg which is something that we could not manage in two games.
"I think they have a great 'keeper, good players and if we don't prepare in the right way we will have big problems."