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John Barnes believes Real Madrid will provide the truest test of Liverpool FCs credentials when they visit Anfield this week.

The Reds welcome the reigning European champions following a disjointed, indifferent start to their own campaign, and knowing a defeat would put them in a difficult position in terms of qualifying for the Champions League knockout stages.

Barnes, though, says the game is one that should be savoured, by both supporters and players.

He said: Its great that Liverpool are back in the Champions League. Thats where we belong, and these are the games you want. Id rather it be the final, or a knockout game, but its still a big one.

It will be a measure of how good Liverpool actually are. Although this season has not gone particularly well, we still have the quality to give them a few problems. Im really looking forward to it.

Barnes was speaking at the unveiling of an interactive 3D street art installation in Liverpools Williamson Square, organised by online bookmaker Titanbet.

Former Liverpool FC player John Barnes with the 3D street art in Williamson Square Liverpool ahead of the Read Madrid clash this week.

The tribute featured members of the Liverpool team that beat Real Madrid to win the 1981 European Cup, and Barnes is anticipating another momentous occasion at Anfield on Wednesday evening.

It will be sensational, he said.

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John Barnes says Liverpool FC will receive the biggest possible test against Real Madrid

THE MOST UNBELIEVABLE STORY OF BLACK MOB VIOLENCE EVER
I promise. From Baltimore. With a last minute bonus story!!! Colin Flaherty is an award winning reporter and the author of a new ebook and video on racial violence: Knockout Game a Lie?...

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Knockout Game in Philly
People keep saying the Knockout Game is a Lie. Yet it keeps happening. This time in Philly.

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This disturbing game is a hit with goons.

"Knockout" is an emerging trend among unhinged teens that consists of targeting a passerby at random and trying to lay them out with one punch.

That's it.

Participants call this the game's singular move the "one hitter quitter."

Their victims can be anyone: elderly men or mothers with kids are not exempt. This poor attempt at manliness i.e. thinly veiled cowardice has even ended in death.

Most of the knockout incidents have taken place in the New York metro area.

New York-based CBS 2 shed light on the fisticuff fad earlier this month with a report on the twisted game in Jersey City.

"You just knock them out. You hit them with a blow and you take their belongings," one teen told the station.

Another youngster said that people participate simply "for the fun of it." But another said wannabe tough guys are interested in whether their friends actually have the strength to strike somebody down.

Phoebe Connolly, of Vermont, told ABC affiliate WJLA that she was targeted while riding her bike in the Columbia Heights section of Washington, D.C.

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Imagine being sucker-punched while minding your business and acting as a good Samaritan.

That's what a man says happened to him in the Strip District after a simple question.

"Definitely a scary thing," said Robert Ahart. "You don't know who's going to assault you for what."

Ahart says he was sitting in his car in a parking lot at 11th and Smallman streets after finishing up a phone call when ateenager approached him and asked for directions.

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It started with a knock on the window.

"I lowered it -- you know, clean-cut kid, probably between 16 and 18, asked me for directions to the Westin hotel," said Ahart.

He did not suspect anything bad, but the stranger was up to no good.

"Cursed at me, basically said, 'Shut up,' and immediately punched me in the face," Ahart said.

The attacker walked off, and Ahart filed a police report, then headed to the hospital with a hairline fracture.

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