{"id":160548,"date":"2025-09-22T07:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T07:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/160548\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T07:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T07:34:08","slug":"hugo-ekitike-has-felt-the-power-of-anfield-and-wants-to-score-every-game-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/160548\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugo Ekitike has “felt” the power of Anfield and wants to “score every game” – Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hugo Ekitike<\/a> was in bullish spirits after scoring in Liverpool\u2019s 2-1 win over Everton<\/a>, saying he \u201cfelt\u201d the power of Anfield.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old has made a promising start to life with the Reds, netting four times in seven appearances and impressing in his all-round game.<\/p>\n

Ekitike scored clinically at home to Everton<\/a> on Saturday, enjoying a dream Merseyside derby debut and helping Liverpool to victory.<\/p>\n

\u2022 READ: Van Dijk tussle & Isak celebration \u2013 5 things spotted from Liverpool 2-1 Everton<\/a> <\/p>\n

Speaking to Liverpoolfc.com<\/a> after the game, the Frenchman was in delighted spirits, discussing the influence of the Anfield crowd.<\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

\u201cTop. Top, top,\u201d Ekitike said.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously I knew that game was really important for the fans, so a win today was important. I felt the stadium and the crowd was very loud today.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a very proud feeling, happy feeling. We just have to keep going.<\/p>\n

\u201c[It] was a good first half. When they came back, it was a bit difficult with the 2-1. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut we just kept the right mentality until the end and I think that\u2019s what made the difference at the end.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

Ekitike also showed the hunger he possesses when it comes to being a relentless goalscorer, saying he is driven to find the net every week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to score every game, if you ask me,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last game I didn\u2019t score but I always try to find a way to make the difference. It can be a goal, an assist, a run to create space for another player. It\u2019s good.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end, the most important [thing] is the team and it\u2019s the three points today.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

It has been such an impressive opening few months in a Liverpool shirt for Ekitike, who has shone so much leading the line, from good finishing to clever link-up play.<\/p>\n

While the arrival of Alexander Isak<\/a> threatens to limit his playing time, he is still going to get many minutes, with the Reds playing in four separate competitions this season.<\/p>\n

Ekitike can also shine on the left wing, so he could also start alongside Isak and in place of Cody Gakpo<\/a>, who isn\u2019t in the best form currently.<\/p>\n

At 23, there is so much more to come from the France striker, and the early signs are nothing but encouraging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hugo Ekitike was in bullish spirits after scoring in Liverpool\u2019s 2-1 win over Everton, saying he \u201cfelt\u201d the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160549,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,1615,85],"class_list":["post-160548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-hugo-ekitike","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}