Luis Suarez optimistically believes “there will be more applause than whistles” for him at Anfield against Liverpool.
Suarez will return to the home of his former club for the first time since he left for Barcelona in 2014.
The Uruguayan was key in Barca’s 3-0 victory in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final last week.
John Aldridge was among many who were not particularly happy with the “rat”.
Yet Suarez himself expects a positive reaction on Merseyside.
“I was here for three-and-a-half years and the team had been four or five years without being in the Champions League. In the last year I was here we got in the Champions League,” Suarez said.
The 32-year-old added that canteen staff at Liverpool’s Melwood training ground had given him presents for his three children.
“So I think people know the work I did here,” he continued. “I think there will be more applause than whistles.
“There may be quite a few who are not happy but I think there will be more who are happy and grateful.”
Suarez was, somewhat harshly, criticised for celebrating wildly when he scored the opening goal last week.
He will not be repeating those scenes should he find the net at Anfield.
“Celebrating the goal last week, people who know about football, who love this sport, know about the importance of this,” he said.
“I have all the respect in the world for the Liverpool fans. Because I scored and celebrated with my fans, I say sorry.
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“Obviously it is clear that if I score a goal against Liverpool I won’t celebrate it in the same way.”