LFC Weekly Tuesday February 9th: Sotirios Kyrgiakos loving rough and tumble of Premier League

Feb 9 2010

SOTIRIOS Kyrgiakos is loving his time at Liverpool – and particularly enjoying the rough and tumble of Premier League football.

The Greek international has been a huge factor in Liverpool’s recent defensive solidity, with strength and aerial ability two of his main assets.

Our number 16’s two most recent matches saw him sent off against Everton and lose a tooth against Bolton, but the physical nature of English football has been no surprise to him.

“English football is what I imagined it to be, it is tough,” Kyrgiakos told LFC Weekly magazine. “I didn’t have too many problems adapting to football here because I had played in Scotland with Rangers.

“In Germany or Greece I did not have to be as physical because the football isn’t so aggressive.

”Anyway it’s not all about aggression, that’s not the most important thing. You have to want to go and win the ball. There is no point waiting for it to come to you, you have to go and get it.

“There are a lot of elbows flying in football here and the referee says no foul. That is part of football. It’s tough and I like this side of the game.”

The full exclusive Kyrgiakos interview, along with nine pages of derby reaction and pictures, appears in this week’s LFC Weekly.

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