Liverpool will look to continue their good recent run when they take on Southampton in their English Premier League game Saturday.
Brendan Rodgers' men picked up an impressive 3-2 win over Tottenham, which has given them an outside chance of finishing in the top-four.
Liverpool will know they need to win their remaining nine games if they are to stand any chance of Champions League qualification next season, but Southampton are not going to provide an easy outing.
"You've got to go back to (former Southampton manager) Nigel Adkins. Nigel did a brilliant job and was relieved of his duties, but the job that he did there was incredible, to get two consecutive promotions," Rodgers said.
"The brand of football they were playing was very much his brand. I saw that in League 1 and the Championship. Of the teams that have come up, that's the team that have impressed me with their idea of football and how they've tried to play.
"It takes time when you're a newly promoted team to find your feet in what is an incredibly difficult league. As the season went on, Nigel and the players really settled into it and looked like they were well on course to stay in the league.
"Unfortunately for him, he lost his job. The new manager is coming in with a similar idea and philosophy. There's a slight tactical adaptation, a different way to press the ball.
"They were playing very well under Nigel Adkins, but obviously the new manager will come in and put his stamp on it. That will take a period of time.
"Their performances across the season have been good - they've played very well against the top teams. They're a team that will push us and we'll need to be at our best to get the result."
Liverpool are sweating on the fitness of goalkeeper Pepe Reina, but otherwise Rodgers has a full squad to choose from.
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Expected lineups: Southampton: Boruc; Yoshida, Fonte, Hooiveld, Shaw; Schneiderlin, Cork; Rodriguez, Ramirez, Lallana; Lambert.
Liverpool: Jones; Johnson, Carragher, Agger, Enrique; Lucas, Gerrard; Downing, Suarez, Coutinho; Sturridge.
Prediction: 2-2
