Luis Suarez is coming back to Enfield. The Uruguayan striker will only be in Liverpool for 48 hours, as his Atletico Madrid are playing a Champions League match with the Reds. It will be a great opportunity for Suarez to bring back good memories from his time at Enfield. The Uruguayan was signed from Ajax in 2011 and sold to Barcelona three years later. During his stay in England, he played in 133 games for Liverpool in all competition, scored 82 and assisted for 47 goals. And the thing he remembers most is the magical crowd at Enfield.Africa’s finest: Best net-shakers across top-five European leaguesSpeaking for the official UEFA site ahead of crucial meeting in the Champions league against his former club, the Uruguayan went back in time and remembered his most enjoyable moments.„When I joined Liverpool, I remembered that this was a team I played with on the PlayStation. Any football player would want to play there – any child, any teenager. It was amazing to see the atmosphere at Anfield. Watching the Premier League games was incredible, as was the opportunity to make one of my dreams come true, to be there, to feel the people’s love from the very first minute. You can have a bad game, and another bad game after that, but they will never stop believing in you. They won’t let you walk alone, as they say. People won’t boo you if you lose a ball. They will keep believing in you because you are playing for Liverpool. And that confidence which people give you was huge. There have been players who have cost a lot. They haven’t had a lot of success, but when they went out on the pitch they felt that love from the people. It’s amazing, and it gives you confidence.“ recalls Suarez.(1.65) LIVERPOOL (3.80) ATLETICO MADRID (6.25)During his stay at Liverpool, he experienced the change of managers. In June 2012, Brendan Rodgers arrived at Enfield and Suarez had calls from other clubs but then his new boss called him.„I think I’d been at Liverpool for a year and a half when Brendan took charge in July 2012. Back then, I had opportunities to sign for other clubs who were getting in contact with me, but he phoned me when I was in Uruguay on holiday, to tell me that he had another way of thinking, that he wanted to change the club and its philosophy, that he wanted the club to get back in the Champions League and fight to win big trophies, that he was going to make the team play great football. He asked me to believe and trust him. I enjoyed that chat. I liked his conviction, the philosophy he wanted to implement at the club, so I talked to my agent and the club to say that I didn’t want to leave, that I wanted another opportunity to be successful at Liverpool“ said Suarez. Children of Egypt will learn about Salah in the primary schoolIt didn’t turned out to be like that in his first year, and Suarez wanted to play in the Champions League and was contemplating a move to Arsenal, when Steven Gerrard gave him an advice.„That year wasn’t as good as we wanted, but ideas were already pretty clear. So then the 2012/13 season goes by, and I wanted to sign for Arsenal, since Arsenal had played in the Champions League every season prior to that. I had some further discussions with the coach, as well as with Gerrard. He was the one that convinced me. I told him I wanted to keep being successful, that I wanted to play in the Champions League. So, he said to me, “If this year we keep improving as we have been, and you’re at the level you have to be, next year you’ll be able to play for Bayern München, Real Madrid, Barcelona, or whatever club you like. You’ll have the chance to choose, but stay for one more year.I remember that talk with Gerrard, and I remember everything the coach said to me. He texted me things like, “Stay for another year, just try it.” And, well, that was the year we were close to winning the Premier League. That’s thanks to the team efforts, obviously, but especially to the philosophy and conviction Brendan Rodgers conveyed to us as the coach.“ admitted Suarez.The 40 seconds conversation between Suarez and KoemanBut now, he is coming as an Atletico Madrid player, looking for a way to record a win at Enfield, after losing at home to Liverpool two weeks ago.„We know how good Liverpool are on the counterattack when they get the ball up to their pacy attackers. We know they have some weaknesses we could exploit in our favour and we should exploit them again in the next game. We have to pay attention because, besides using those strengths, they have an extra player, which is the Anfield crowd, and that makes things harder for us“ said Suarez.
