LAMM SET FOR A LIONS DEN

Next up for Senne will be fiery Anfield clash

- BY DAVID MCDONNELL

SENNE LAMMENS was handed a gentle introduction to the Premier League with Manchester United's comfortable 2-0 win over Sunderland at the weekend.

An £18.2million deadline-day signing from Royal Antwerp, Lammens looked assured and untroubled as he secured a clean sheet on his impressive United debut at Old Trafford.

But the 23-year-old keeper is set for the ultimate test after the international break when he walks out at Anfield a week on Sunday for the clash against United's fiercest rivals and champions, Liverpool.

Nothing will have prepared Lammens for the venom and hostility that will come his way, with Kop fans ready to leave him in no doubt about the hatred they reserve for United players.

It is why the cauldron of Anfield will be the true barometer of the young keeper's temperament and mindset, playing under the most intolerable pressure and relentless intimidation.