LIVERPOOL are set to face Manchester United in front of the biggest Anfield crowd in over half a century this weekend.
The stadium’s capacity will increase to around 57,000 if Liverpool City Council grant a safety certificate following tonight’s test event.
The test event will see the upper tier of the redeveloped Anfield Road Stand partially opened ahead of Sunday’s match.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is set to attend.
Should everything go as planned, the Reds will record their biggest league crowd at Anfield since April 1973, when 56,202 watched Bill Shankly’s side draw 0-0 with Leicester in the old First Division.
The current record crowd at Anfield is 58,757, set in December 1949.
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The £80million stadium redevelopment was initially scheduled to be completed before the start of the 2023-24 season, but it has been severely impacted by delays.
The upper tier is now expected to be fully operational by the end of January.
It will boost Anfield’s capacity from 54,000 to 61,000.
Around 7,000 fans are set to attend tonight’s test event, with Klopp in line to host a Q&A for season ticket holders.
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Liverpool’s vice president of stadium operations Paul Cuttill said: “We’ll ask them to use the toilets, use the concessions, and we will simulate a fire evacuation.
“We’ll get inspected by the city council to make sure we’ve achieved everything that we need to do to prove the stand is safe.”
Man Utd suffered a 7-0 defeat to Liverpool when they last travelled to Anfield in March.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
