McClaren backs Reds

Last updated : 13 August 2005 By Al Campbell
Liverpool face McClaren's Middlesbrough in their first league game of the new season later today. McClaren says Liverpool will be fired up after their amazing Champions League success last May.

"The confidence and belief you get from winning the Champions League, and the manner in which Liverpool won it, which was similar to United's, is unquestionable," said the man who was assistant to Alex Ferguson in 1999.

"There will almost be a sense of invincibility about them. They have recruited well too. We'll see a different Liverpool this season, but hopefully not on Saturday."