{"id":160128,"date":"2025-09-21T22:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T22:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/160128\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T22:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T22:15:08","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\/ca\/160128\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugo Ekitike has &#8220;felt&#8221; the power of Anfield and wants to &#8220;score every game&#8221; &#8211; Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ail=\"327756\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/hugo-ekitike\/\" title=\"Hugo Ekitike\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hugo Ekitike<\/a> was in bullish spirits after scoring in Liverpool\u2019s 2-1 win over <a data-ail=\"327756\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/everton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Everton<\/a>, saying he \u201cfelt\u201d the power of Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Ekitike scored clinically at home to <a data-ail=\"327756\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/everton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Everton<\/a> on Saturday, enjoying a dream Merseyside derby debut and helping Liverpool to victory.<\/p>\n<p><a data-mil=\"327756\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/2025\/09\/van-dijk-tussle-isak-celebration-5-things-spotted-from-liverpool-2-1-everton\/\" _blank=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2022 READ: Van Dijk tussle &amp; Isak celebration \u2013 5 things spotted from Liverpool 2-1 Everton<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolfc.com\/news\/hugo-ekitike-i-knew-how-important-derby-was-fans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Liverpoolfc.com<\/a> after the game, the Frenchman was in delighted spirits, discussing the influence of the Anfield crowd.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/P2025-09-20-Liverpool_Everton-35-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Saturday, September 20, 2025: Liverpool's Hugo Ekitike celebrates after scoring the second goal during the FA Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Everton FC at Anfield. The 247th Merseyside Derby. (Photo by David Rawcliffe\/Propaganda)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignnone size-medium wp-image-327686\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTop. Top, top,\u201d Ekitike said.<\/p>\n<p>\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<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a very proud feeling, happy feeling. We just have to keep going.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[It] was a good first half. When they came back, it was a bit difficult with the 2-1. <\/p>\n<p>\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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/P2025-09-20-Liverpool_Everton-36-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Saturday, September 20, 2025: Liverpool's Hugo Ekitike celebrates after scoring the second goal during the FA Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Everton FC at Anfield. The 247th Merseyside Derby. (Photo by David Rawcliffe\/Propaganda)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignnone size-medium wp-image-327688\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>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<p>\u201cI want to score every game, if you ask me,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\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<p>\u201cAt the end, the most important [thing] is the team and it\u2019s the three points today.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>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<p>While the arrival of <a data-ail=\"327756\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/alexander-isak\/\" title=\"Alexander Isak\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">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<p>Ekitike can also shine on the left wing, so he could also start alongside Isak and in place of <a data-ail=\"327756\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/cody-gakpo\/\" title=\"Cody Gakpo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cody Gakpo<\/a>, who isn\u2019t in the best form currently.<\/p>\n<p>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&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,15867,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-160128","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-hugo-ekitike","11":"tag-soccer","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}