REDS HAVE EVERYONE TREMBLING
ONLY an unthinkable collapse at home next week will deny Liverpool – five goals to the good from the away leg against Porto – a place in the Champions League quarter-finals.
None of the continent’s big guns will fancy running the gauntlet of Jurgen Klopp’s rampant forwards and the heavy-metal atmosphere only Anfield can generate on European nights.
Jordan Henderson (in the heat of Merseyside derby action, below) agreed. “Let’s take nothing for granted because we have to finish the job in the second leg against Porto next week, but there are not many teams who would want to draw Liverpool at the minute,” he said.
“We’re confident that we’re capable of beating anyone if we play well.
“I’ve been here at Liverpool for nearly seven years and I’ve had some good times, but there’s a lot more I want to achieve.
“Year by year I feel I’ve improved as a player but you are judged on what you do as a team and I feel we belong among the top teams in the world.
“It’s about giving everything to make it happen so we can be the best in the Premier League, and also the best in Europe, over the next couple of years.
“We’re going in the right direction.”