Bolton’s Heskey returns to Anfield

Bolton manager Neil Lennon is confident Emile Heskey will get a great reception on his return to Liverpool.
The 37-year-old striker will lead the line against his former club for Championship Bolton at Anfield in the FA Cup on Saturday.
Heskey was an FA Cup winner as a Liverpool player in 2001, the year Gerard Houllier’s team lifted five trophies, and scored 60 goals in 223 games during four-and-a-half seasons at Anfield. And Lennon said in a news conference: “Liverpool fans respect their ex-players and he will get a great reception.”
Heskey (top) has joined Bolton on a short-term contract until the end of the season and Lennon also signed another ageing forward, in former Chelsea and Barcelona Eidur Gudjohnsen. And Lennon is confident the two veterans can help his side cope with the pressure at Anfield. He added: “There is plenty of experience in the squad, players who have played at the highest level. Heskey and Gudjohnsen have been really good influences on and off the pitch. “We will bring them to chat if we need to. Certainly Eidur will voice his opinion and had little titbits of advice.
Emile has been fantastic since he walked through the door, which is a pleasant surprise. He had a bit to prove when he walked through the door.” Lennon has vowed that Bolton will not go to Anfield just to defend, despite being hugely impressed by Liverpool’s Capital One Cup semifinal performance against Chelsea.