Preview'It's about momentum' - Hugo Ekitike's mindset ahead of Wolves double-header
Hugo Ekitike wants Liverpool to harness the momentum gathered from recent victories as they tackle a double-header at Wolverhampton Wanderers this week.
The Reds made it four wins in a row across all competitions with a 5-2 success over West Ham United at Anfield on Saturday.
Arne Slot's side now face two trips to take on Wolves, with the first meeting coming this evening in the Premier League (8.15pm GMT kick-off).
Friday's contest, meanwhile, sees the two clubs pitted against each other at Molineux again in the Emirates FA Cup.
Ekitike spoke to Liverpoolfc.com to preview tonight's fixture and more - read the Q&A below…
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Watch on YouTubeOn a quick turnaround to the first Wolves game...
Obviously we have two good games this week, important games, so we can enjoy [the West Ham win] a little bit, but we have to get back to work and be ready for those games because it's going to be really important for the team, for the club, the fans and everybody.
On using the 'momentum' from the victory against West Ham moving forward...
It's not even about the team that we face, it's about the momentum. It's the second part of the season where the games are important, when you can set everything to reach your goals. It's going to be an exciting moment for us but that's why we play football. That's for that kind of reason. And honestly, I'm just excited and I think my teammates are excited as well. We want to win so we're going to do everything to make the club, the fans and everybody happy.
On playing Wolves twice this week...
Yeah, I think it's good. Wolves away, it's not going to be easy. They showed also at the game at home that it was a good team so we're going to have to be consistent, ready to go through those games, but we're going do it.
On how important it is to have a 'confident' dressing room...
That's the best thing, feeling confident when you go into games. That's what we've been looking for this season; to find consistency, because I think we have the quality to do it. It's good that it comes now and we just have to keep it like this because that's the most important part. We make our season now, so we need to be consistent and just stick together. Even if it's going to be ups and downs, you have to stick together and go through every game. Even [if] we play badly, like [at Nottingham Forest], it was not our best performance, but we were able to win and that's what we need to do.
On whether it could still be a 'special' season for Liverpool...
Of course. That's on us. We can make the season special. We need to keep working. I would say it's always the same thing: keep working, stick together and just be focused on what's our goals. But we can do it. We have definitely the quality in this team.