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Reds, PSV play for 1st place
21/11/2006 15:58 - (SA)
Liverpool - Liverpool and PSV Eindhoven have little to play for on Wednesday in Group C of the Champions League.
Both teams have already qualified for the second round, but a win for either at Anfield will give that team first place in the group.
"We want to finish first but we are already through," said PSV defender Jan Kromkamp, who played at Liverpool on a six-month loan last season. "Maybe that will be liberating and allow us to play a great game."
Two of Liverpool's Dutch players are also looking forward to the match.
"It's a really big game for me, especially to play against my Dutch friends," striker Dirk Kuyt said. "It is also a very important match and a match where we can score goals. But we know it will be difficult."
Liverpool midfielder Boudewijn Zenden, who played for PSV from 1994-98, said a win would also help the 2005 champions in the second round.
"More than likely we can then get a better draw for the knockout stages," Zenden said.
The two clubs drew 0-0 in Eindhoven on Sept 12.
Liverpool have a poor away record this season - they have yet to win away from home in the English Premier League, but did beat Bordeaux 1-0 in the Champions League on Oct 18
"We have a decent defensive record in the Champions League and hopefully we can keep that going," Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher said. "It is important to take advantage of playing PSV at home."
The Dutch league leaders will be missing injured striker Patrick Kluivert and midfielders Mika Vayrynen and Ismail Aissati.
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