Liverpool boss Arne Slot has done plenty of preparation for his side’s FA Cup tie against Stanley – even covering the classic milk advert.

‘Accrington Stanley, who are they?’ has become synonymous with the club since the cult Milk Marketing Board advert hit the screens in 1989.

Now, Liverpool and Stanley are set to face off in the third round at Anfield after a mouth-watering draw for the League Two side.

Asked what he knew about his opponents, Slot replied: “Not that much, but I do know about the milk advert. Probably everyone knows this.

“After the draw there was a video about a player (Josh Woods) who was so happy he was going to play at Anfield, so these kind of things I know.

“I think every team that plays against us it is a special occasion, but especially for a lower league team. They will be all up for it, they have looked forward to this game for many weeks.

“If you go to a Champions League final everyone is completely hyped up and ready and, tomorrow, for them that will feel like it is the Champions League final, so we have to be aware of that.”

Slot knows how it feels to be the underdog in cup ties, having played for the likes of FC Zwolle, NAC Breda and Sparta Rotterdam before hanging up his boots and heading into management.

“I mostly played at a team that was not as good as the one we faced – that’s not completely true but for large parts of my career that was true – and my experience as a manager I don’t know,” he recalled.

“When I was at Feyenoord, I always said I was unlucky with the draw as almost every time we had the most difficult one we could get, and that means you played a team that plays in the same league, where other teams sometimes played an amateur club.

“I don’t remember playing against a very low league club in my managerial career in Holland, but I was only a manager there for three or four years so that has something to do with it as well.”

Ian Rush, who was referenced in the classic milk advert, has also shared his thoughts on this weekend’s tie on Merseyside.

“When the advert came out, everyone liked it but it took us by surprise because I think it won advert of the year,” he said.

“No-one had heard of Accrington Stanley so it’s amazing now they get a chance to play at Anfield.

“It’s something I’m proud of. I know all the words and it’s very Scouse the way they say ‘Accrington Stanley’ and ‘Exactly’.

“The younger generation probably have never heard of me. I’m Liverpool’s record goalscorer but I’m more known by them for the milk advert than for being a top goalscorer!”