Jamie
Carragher believes the climate of the Far East will have
aided Liverpool's preparations for the 2009-10
season.
The Reds experienced high, humid
temperatures in their fixtures with both Thailand and Singapore,
but Carragher feels the squad will only have benefitted from
playing in such conditions.
"The main thing at this stage is getting fitness and coming out
here and playing in these conditions has definitely helped," said
our No.23.
After a 1-1 draw with Thailand, Liverpool wrapped up their Asian
tour with a comprehensive 5-0 triumph over Singapore on Sunday
afternoon.
"Having not won any of our first three games it was nice to get a
win and score a few for the supporters," continued Carragher.
"It was just a great way to end the trip. It's been brilliant and
the support we have here is just amazing. It has grown even more
since the last time we were here."
Stand-in skipper Carragher collected the Merlion Cup following
Liverpool's victory against Singapore, though the defender is keen
to hand the armband back to Steven Gerrard
for the start of the new
campaign.
"Hopefully Stevie will be the one picking up trophies when the real
stuff is handed out in 10 months," he added.