Brendan Rodgers insists his side cannot become too focused on stopping Cristiano Ronaldo in the Champions League tomorrow night as Real Madrid have enough quality to hurt them elsewhere.
Real's other flying forward Gareth Bale is unlikely to feature because of an injury which kept him out of the weekend's 5-0 win over Levante but Ronaldo will undoubtedly take centre stage in the Group B tie at Anfield.
The Portugal internationalist arrives on the back of breaking at 71-year Primera Division record by scoring 15 goals in the first eight matches of the season and while his talent cannot be under-estimated, Rodgers stressed it would be foolish to focus solely on him.
"He's a player off the charts. His evolution in recent years, the way how he has become a goalscorer has been amazing," Rodgers told Spanish newspaper AS in an interview in which he also denied he was due to sign any Spanish player in the next few months, suggesting his interest in former out-of-contract Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes has cooled.
"We need to know to stop him but there is danger in other parts of the field. You have [Luka] Modric, [Toni] Kroos - wonderful technicians who can play short, long. I'm also a big admirer of Sergio Ramos [another injury doubt as he has not featured since October 5] since his young days at Sevilla. He is fast, strong and has personality. I love it.
"They have amazing talents all over the field and they have the technique to play in small spaces and when the space opens up there is no-one better on the counter attack."
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