Alan Shearer makes 'incredible' Anfield admission and explains what Liverpool do better than anyone

Alan Shearer has praised the Anfield atmosphere as "incredible" and says that Liverpool supporters "appreciate" opposition players more than any other set of fans. The Premier League all-time top scorer has never been shy of his admiration of Anfield, and has gone on record again to explain why he's so in awe of Liverpool's home ground.

Shearer, who scored eight goals against Liverpool in a career that saw him move from Southampton to Blackburn Rovers and finally to hometown club Newcastle United, lifted the Premier League title at Anfield in 1995 with a Blackburn side managed by Reds legend Sir Kenny Dalglish.

And he says he always felt appreciated when playing at Anfield against Liverpool.

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Speaking to Betfair, he said: "I always felt the Anfield crowd respected a good opposition player. You get a great atmosphere, you get the banter off the fans, which is fine - you have to accept that - but I always felt they appreciated a good player from an opposition team, maybe more at Anfield than any other ground.

"I have very happy memories of Anfield because obviously we won the league there with Blackburn, despite not winning the actual game.

"I managed to score a couple of decent goals at Anfield as well - it’s a stadium with an incredible atmosphere."

Speaking last year, Shearer named Anfield his favourite stadium to play at as an opposition player.

"I always used to love going to Anfield,” he said on the Rest is Football podcast. “I loved the ground. I loved the atmosphere.

“I don't know, maybe I'm wrong but I always felt that you got a bit more respect as a player. If you were a half decent player you got a little bit more respect at Anfield than you did in a lot of grounds.

“They are an incredible football club but very rarely did you come away with anything. But I always enjoyed it because it has a special atmosphere.”