Kostas Tsimikas knows Liverpool will have to be '100 per cent ready' as they look to start 2023 on a high with tonight's trip to Brentford.
The Reds ended a rollercoaster 2022 with a typically wild Anfield night, Wout Faes' two own-goals handing Jurgen Klopp's side a 2-1 win against Leicester City. That was Liverpool's fourth Premier League win in a row and took them to within four points of Manchester United in the final Champions League place, and victory tonight can take them to just one point of their old rivals - albeit, Erik ten Hag's side will have a game in hand.
Tsimikas made his 50th Liverpool appearance on that Friday evening, replacing Andy Robertson after he suffered a dead leg, and with the Scotland international still reeling from the effects of that knock, appearance number 51 could be from the start. But the 26-year-old is under no illusions about the size of the task in facing an in-form Brentford - especially at the end of such a congested festive schedule.
