RAUL MEIRELES today savoured the prospect of his first Liverpool showdown with Manchester United and declared: “These are the games I came here to play.”
The Portugal midfielder has made an encouraging start to his new life on Merseyside, adding a steady 90 minutes in Thursday’s 4-1 win over Steaua Bucharest to a lively cameo at Birmingham City last weekend.
With Liverpool needing all their big guns firing if they are going to win at Old Trafford, boss Roy Hodgson is considering playing Meireles, Steven Gerrard, Joe Cole and Fernando Torres in the same line-up for the first time.
But if he had any concerns about pitching Meireles into the heat of battle at Old Trafford, they will have been quickly assuaged by the fact the 27-year-old has reported himself to be fit and ready to be involved from the first whistle.
He is familiar with the atmosphere in Old Trafford, having played there in the Champions League with his old club FC Porto, and Meireles is hoping to make a contribution to a game that remains the biggest on the English calendar.
“I have played there before and we did very well,” said Meireles. “We drew 2-2 [in 2009] but I am too young to have played there in the Costinha game which (Jose) Mourinho won [in 2004].
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