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Liverpool have not had many bigger adversaries during the Premier League era than Leicester City legend Jamie Vardy.
The striker smashed in 10 goals in just 18 games against the Reds, including arguably his best goal for the Foxes – a 35-yard dipping volley at the King Power Stadium. Vardy also silenced the Liverpool crowd at Anfield on a number of occasions.
The 39-year-old regularly seemed to play some of his best football against the Reds, and he has now admitted that he used to love playing at Anfield, and would often find himself singing along to You’ll Never Walk Alone before the matches kicked off.
Vardy used to join in with You’ll Never Walk Alone
As well as being one of the most celebrated Premier League strikers of the last 10 years, Vardy just so happens to be a real character as well.
Having begun his career in non-league football and risen through the ranks much later than your typical footballer, the former England international always seemed to think differently than his fellow pros.
And while speaking on his podcast Jamie Vardy’s Having A Party, he has now claimed that he had his own rather unique pre-match ritual when coming out to face Liverpool at Anfield.
“At Anfield, you know what their crowds are like, it’s full on and you get to the start and they’re singing You’ll Never Walk Alone, it’s that loud I find myself joining in,” he said.
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“I’m walking, getting myself in order and I’m like ‘You’ll Never Walk…’ I’m like ‘f****** h***, the atmosphere’s insane here.'”
Despite his admission that the Liverpool crowd were something special, Vardy claimed that he never felt overawed by playing at the home of the Reds, or at any other stadium for that matter.
“I’ve never been like ‘no, I don’t like this,’ I think if you ever got to that stage I think as a player you have to say put someone else in, it’s better for the team. You have to put all that to the back of your head and just get on with it,” he said.
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