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A big, burly striker with a penchant for the gym is hoping to make his first appearance against Liverpool.

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Adebayo Akinfenwa might be a lifelong Liverpool fan, but ‘The Beast’ will be hoping to shoot down his boyhood club’s FA Cup dream with AFC Wimbledon on Monday night. The lower-league journeyman striker with a 16 stone, 6ft 1in frame has never faced Liverpool before, and will be relishing the opportunity at Kingsmeadow. But his manager Neal Ardley has his own cup dream — getting revenge against visiting captain Steven Gerrard. Gerrard scored both goals in a 2-0 aggregate win over Ardley’s Watford in the 2005 League Cup semi-final during the Dons boss’s playing days. VIDEO Scroll down to see Adebayo Akinfenwa hitting 'beast mode' in the gym . Liverpool fan Abebayo Akinfenwa will be hoping to impress against the Premier League giants . Akinfenwa has scored nine goals in 28 games for AFC Wimbledon so far this season . ‘I played against him (Gerrard) loads of times,’ Ardley said. ‘We had a semi-final of the League Cup and we lost 1-0 in both games and he scored both. ‘The players and me want him to be involved. If we are going to put in a performance and get plaudits we want to play their best team. 'I’m surprised (by Gerrard’s decision to leave in the summer). It’s rare to have a one-club player, he is a legend because of it and rightly so.’ AFC Wimbledon boss Neal Ardley wants to exact revenge on Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard .