Gerrard focused on Aston Villa before Liverpool clash

Steven Gerrard

is going back to

on Saturday for the first time after departing for

in 2018.

The new

boss will be back on Merseyside with his side enjoying a rich vein of form after their 2-1 victory over Leicester on Sunday.

The former Rangers manager was at Anfield for 17 years, contributing to the Champions League win, two FA Cups, three League Cups and the UEFA Cup but he insisted that he will not get emotional once he is there.

He said:

“That’s for me to deal with in terms of emotions and all that. It’s very much about the team and preparing the team in the best possible way to get a result at Anfield.

“I certainly won’t make it about me. If other people do I can’t control that. It’s about us going there full of confidence and belief that we can go and take something from the game.”

Ezri Konsa’s brace helped Gerrard deliver his third victory in four matches as the Villa boss.

Harvey Barnes scored the opener but Konsa is the first Villa defender to have netted a Premier League brace since Ciaran Clark’s 11 years ago in the battle against Arsenal.

Jacob Ramsey’s goal was also ruled out, with Kasper Schmeichel was in control of the ball before he kicked it out from under his hand.

“

I would have taken that before a ball was kicked, to take nine points from 12 is a fantastic start and a great return from the players,”

said Gerrard.

“It’s really positive from what the players have produced. We have a week on the training ground to try to help the with a few issues we have got.

“We go to Anfield and we’ll try to make it as difficult as we can for the opposition.”

Leicester came undone as they were unable to defend dead balls and according to Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, they keep shooting themselves, with 10 goals conceded from set-pieces this season.

“

It is just little lapses of concentration in games that are hurting us at the moment. I thought, in the first half, we were really dominant, we pressed high and they struggled to get out,

” the midfielder told

LCFC TV

.

“We had enough chances to go into half-time winning. It’s just set-pieces that are not helping us at the moment, and they’re the things that are punishing us.

“At this level, you get punished if you’re not concentrating and it’s something that we need to look back on and try to eradicate.”

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