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Liverpool’s expansion of the Anfield Road End has experienced one set back after another, but the club maintains the hope that 61,000 supporters will be in attendance against . The new Anfield Road End has operated at limited capacity for the first two games of the season, and will continue to do so for the short term. The top tier of the new stand will remain shut for the visits of and Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, keeping attendances in the region of 50,000. But the hope is that figure will rise for the Merseyside derby on October 21, with The ?? Paul Joyce stating that Liverpool hope to host “a 61,000 capacity crowd” against . “The club is now working towards the visit of to have the top and lower tiers of the stand open for supporters,” Joyce adds, with Rayner Rowen Construction, plus other contractors, hard at work. It would be a welcome sight to see both tiers hosting supporters, with it a long time coming after first broke ground at the site in September 2021. The club was forced to find a new contractor to finish the Anfield Road stand after work stopped in August as Buckingham Group filed for administration.