Eintracht Frankfurt manager Dino Toppmoller expects Hugo Ekitike to spearhead Liverpool\u2019s attack when the teams clash at Deutsche Bank Park on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The French forward impressed off the bench in Liverpool\u2019s recent draw with Manchester United, and Toppmoller\u2014who coached him for 18 months\u2014anticipates he will start.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve worked with several Liverpool players, including Szoboszlai, Konat\u00e9, Gravenberch, and of course Ekitike,\u201d Toppmoller told TNT Sports. \u201cWe had a close connection\u2014he fits in perfectly, scores goals, and makes a big impact. I expect him to start tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Liverpool boss Arne Slot has hinted at squad rotation for the game: \u201cWe\u2019ll rotate a lot of players tomorrow, as we did on Saturday. We have more than 11 starters, and we\u2019ve done this multiple times\u2014we might do it again tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Toppmoller dismissed suggestions that it\u2019s an opportune moment to face Liverpool during a dip in form: \u201cIt\u2019s not about timing. Look closely\u2014they\u2019ve been the better team in every match, creating the bigger chances, even at the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Frankfurt coach added with anticipation: \u201cWe\u2019re excited to see him in action, and hopefully, we\u2019ll come out as winners.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Eintracht Frankfurt manager Dino Toppmoller expects Hugo Ekitike to spearhead Liverpool\u2019s attack when the teams clash at Deutsche Bank Park on Wednesday. The French forward impressed off the bench in Liverpool\u2019s recent draw with Manchester United, and Toppmoller\u2014who coached him for 18 months\u2014anticipates he will start. \u201cI\u2019ve worked with several Liverpool players, including Szoboszlai, Konat\u00e9, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":52687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/f3d087aa-e8ee-492b-a8b0-ca2cb56af252.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52688,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52686\/revisions\/52688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/52687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}