Hugo Ekitike on home debut: ‘Amazing – I can’t wait to play more at Anfield’ – Liverpool FC

‌Published 7 hours ago By Chris Shaw at AnfieldHugo Ekitike relished his first experience of Anfield and cannot wait for much more after becoming a Liverpool player.The French forward made his home debut in the second of the Reds’ pre-season friendlies against Athletic Club on Monday.Arne Slot oversaw back-to-back victories for the Premier League champions versus the La Liga side, with a 4-1 result followed by a 3-2 win.Ekitike, who joined the club from Eintracht Frankfurt last month, created the first goal of the latter game with an assist for Mohamed Salah.The No.22 spoke to Liverpoolfc.com post-match about his opening taste of Anfield, developing a connection with his teammates and anticipation for the campaign ahead.Read the Q&A below…On his first experience of Anfield…I enjoyed it a lot, it was such a good atmosphere for a first game for me. I feel proud and I just wish I will play so many games in this stadium because it is amazing.On enjoying playing with the rest of his teammates already…Yeah, obviously I am here now for more than one week so I’m still trying to find connections with the others in the last passes and even before. I enjoy playing with them, outside of the pitch they are good guys also. So, I take pleasure to play with them.We have some little things to fix to get better. Even me with the ball, I knew I could do better today. But I really enjoy playing with them and I’m sure we’re going to make really good things this season.‌On the excitement to build further on the potential in the team…It’s early, it’s the last friendly game before the [Community Shield]. I think that was important today to win, to go and play this game with confidence. But the real season starts I think on Sunday for the cup game and we’re looking forward to this.On Wembley next and how ready he and the squad feel for the campaign…We have a group of competitors, we want to win everything. We’re going to give 100 per cent I’m sure. I’m sure about this. And me also, I’m going to give 100 per cent to win because I’m here to win.Published 7 hours ago