Mick loves being a giant-killer

WOLVES manager Mick McCarthy admits he loves being a footballing giant-killer as his team look to topple Liverpool at Anfield for a second successive season in the Premier League today.

But McCarthy knows there will have to be a vast improvement on his team’s showing in their last league outing against QPR — a 3-0 home defeat — six days ago – especially with captain Steven Gerrard back.

McCarthy is aware Liverpool are a more potent force now than when Stephen Ward’s goal earned Wolves a shock 1-0 success on Merseyside last December, but insists he is not envious of the greater resources Kenny Dalglish has.

He said: “I’ve enjoyed competing against people with far greater resources all through my career as a player and a manager.

“We’ll go up there and try to upset the applecart and keep being a thorn in everyone’s side if we can.

“Winning at Anfield was one of our best results of the season – never mind just away from home.

“They slapped us 3-0 in the return so they kind of made up for it. I’d love to have a similar result to what we had at Anfield.’’