{"id":521031,"date":"2025-10-23T02:03:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T02:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/521031\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T02:03:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T02:03:13","slug":"special-hugo-ekitike-describes-frankfurt-return-with-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/521031\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Special&#8217; &#8211; Hugo Ekitike describes Frankfurt return with Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200c<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"'Special' - Hugo Ekitike describes Frankfurt return with Liverpool\" title=\"'Special' - Hugo Ekitike describes Frankfurt return with Liverpool\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/hugo-ekitike-reaction-23102025_2_11cf628c08c4bd3a43687d38c1fcf2f6.webp\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover\"\/>Published 52 minutes ago <\/p>\n<p>By Chris Shaw<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-hg7nzy\">Hugo Ekitike shared his feelings about a \u2018special\u2019 experience as he returned to Eintracht Frankfurt with Liverpool on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The France international spent a season-and-a-half with Eintracht before making the move to the Reds during the summer.<\/p>\n<p>He returned to his old club with his new team on matchday three of the Champions League\u2019s league phase &#8211; and was on the scoresheet at Deutsche Bank Park.<\/p>\n<p>Ekitike coolly dispatched an equaliser for Arne Slot\u2019s men after they had gone a goal down in the first half, sparking a comeback that led to a 5-1 win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a great feeling,\u201d the No.22 told TNT Sports post-match. \u201cObviously it was something special for me to come back, I would say at home. I know everybody here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a special game for me. Obviously to win was also important. And to score my first goal also in the Champions League. I\u2019m really happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You have to accept cookies in order to view this content on our site.<\/p>\n<p>Manage Settings <\/p>\n<p>He said of the Bundesliga outfit: \u201cI have so much respect for them, they made me the player I am right now. I wouldn\u2019t be here if I didn\u2019t come to Frankfurt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just came to be respectful. I\u2019m grateful for what they gave to me. I will keep what I learned there, and the values they gave me, with me all the time in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolfc.com\/team\/mens\/player\/hugo-ekitike\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"css-1viy5et\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/hugo-ekitike-2025-26-headshot-new_fb23de32b937c3df7ce15db4f2f16822.webp\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-135qli0\"\/> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ekitike\u2019s finish in Germany was his sixth goal for Liverpool since arriving in July.<\/p>\n<p>Asked why he has been able to settle so quickly at the club, the forward replied: \u201cI think it\u2019s because obviously I feel good. I have very good teammates, good staff, I love my life here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just hope I\u2019m going to keep going because it\u2019s [about] consistency in football. I feel really good, they help me a lot. I\u2019m calm and I\u2019m just doing my thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Published 52 minutes ago <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u200c Published 52 minutes ago By Chris Shaw Hugo Ekitike shared his feelings about a \u2018special\u2019 experience as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[1050,748,393,1051,4884,1039,1046,1041,1052,1054,1053,179,763,1045,1044,1040,1049,1042,1047,1043,16,15,1048],"class_list":{"0":"post-521031","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-alisson","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-firmino","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-homepage","14":"tag-klopp","15":"tag-lfc","16":"tag-lfc-news","17":"tag-lfctv","18":"tag-lfctv-go","19":"tag-liverpool","20":"tag-liverpool-fc","21":"tag-liverpool-fc-match","22":"tag-liverpool-fc-news","23":"tag-liverpool-football-club","24":"tag-mane","25":"tag-reds","26":"tag-salah","27":"tag-the-reds","28":"tag-uk","29":"tag-united-kingdom","30":"tag-van-dijk"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115421027527203367","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}