Special night for special K

FROM BACK PAGE way we play, and we have to use that atmosphere. I am really looking forward to it. I know it will be difficult but I think about it with a smile on my face.”

A 1-0 victory, or a win by two clear goals, will put Liverpool through. Klopp admitted it’s a tough task but he will tell his players they got themselves into this mess and now they must get out of it.

Liverpool have lost all three away games in their group, the sequence starting with a 1-0 defeat at Napoli in October.

“The boys are desperate to qualify,” he said. “If you want to go through you have to win the games. We haven’t won often enough but that is our mistake and now we can put it right if we perform.”