HOULLIER PLEDGE TO HONG KONG FANS

Gerard Houllier will again give most of his first team squad a run-out against the Hong Kong national team tomorrow.

The Reds' boss has used a different side in each half of all the friendly matches so far this summer, and he has hinted he will again repeat the experiment tomorrow.

He said: "At this stage of pre-season it is important to give lots of players the chance to have a game.

"When you come to this part of the world you want the fans to see as many of the players as possible. Can you imagine what would happen if I didn't play Michael Owen tomorrow? I probably wouldn't be allowed to go back to England!

"We are happy to be here and it's only right that the fans see all of our players."