RYAN Christie admits it will be a sense of "deja vu" when he steps out at Anfield for the first time in his career tomorrow.
The Scotland international has played at various stadia across the world, both for his national team and during his time in the Champions League with Celtic, but Anfield has so far eluded him.
The 27-year-old has featured in every game for Cherries so far this season, including playing a full 90 minutes and scoring the winning penalty in Tuesday night's Carabao Cup triumph over Norwich City.
And a trip to Liverpool is exactly the sort occasion Christie had his eyes on when making the switch from Celtic to join Cherries' promotion push last season.
The start of the contest may have a familiar feel for Christie, with the Anfield crowd singing 'You'll Never Walk Alone', the same song adopted at Celtic Park ahead of their fixtures.
Looking ahead to tomorrow's trip to Liverpool (3pm) in the Premier League and walking out to the famous tune, Christie told the Daily Echo: "A bit of déjà vu I’m sure!
"A stadium I’ve not had the chance to play at before, so it will be an exciting experience to go there.
"This is the kind of stadiums and atmospheres that you want to play in. You go into it with zero kind of trepidation.
"It was the same against Man City (earlier this month). We kind of felt that it was a freebie for us.
"Nobody is expecting anything. It will probably be a similar feeling against Liverpool and hopefully we learn from the last two games and we can really kind of take the game to them."
After beating Aston Villa on the opening day, it has been a tough run of top-flight fixtures for Cherries, losing 4-0 at champions Man City, before a 3-0 home reverse to Arsenal.
While Cherries currently sit above Liverpool in the embryonic table, most will expect the Merseyside giants to inflict a third straight league defeat on Scott Parker's men this weekend.
"I don’t think you can allow any hangovers because the quality of the teams in this league, you don’t go week-to-week having easy games," said the Inverness-born ace.
"It’s always a hard game around the corner. We’ll pick ourselves up.
"Liverpool will be a tough game. We’re going to have to be diligent out of possession. We’ll go into that game thinking we can get a result, why not?"
He added: "That’s why we wanted to get promoted last season, that’s why we were so excited to be in the league this season, it was to come up against these big teams and experience playing at these stadiums.
"But it’s all very good having experience playing and getting beat.
"It’s better if you go to these places and get a result, that’s what makes it feel really special and it kind of sticks in your memory.
"If you want to do well in this league, you need to cause a few upsets. We’ve still got the confidence we can do that."
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