We have to try to impose our style, so as not to be hit by Liverpool's "fighter jets" in attack.
With those very words, the Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique announced a two-legged tie against Liverpool in the round of 16 of the Champions League. What a derby it is, at the top European level - a clash of teams that are currently perhaps playing the best football on the Old Continent.
In fact, Liverpool played, PSG - plays now, because they have won 18 of their last 20 games in all competitions, without losing, and the last 10 in a row!
On the other hand, the way the Reds played in October and November, although they are playing well now - they deserved a much easier opponent than PSG in the round of 16.
But that's football, that's the Champions League - one of the two super teams will not be in the quarter-finals. Who will avoid the "guillotine"?
The first game is in Paris, at the Parc des Princes, tonight at 21 p.m.
- It will be very intense. On paper, it is one of the best matches you can watch in Europe. They are one of the best teams in terms of counterattacking, we on the other hand have some qualities of our own that we have shown recently - says Luis Enrique.
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Ousmane Dembele has scored goals in his last 13 games for PSG
Liverpool is always Liverpool - six-time European champions, dangerous even when not in top form, and what it is now when it convincingly leads the Premier League and has entered the knockout stages of the Champions League in first place.
However, Paris Saint-Germain's numbers are breathtaking - the "Saints" have scored 21 goals in their last four matches, they won 10:0 on aggregate against Brest in the Champions League play-offs, and the striker Ousmane Dembele He has scored 18 times in his last 13 games!
And Liverpool, on the other hand, has Mohamed Salah, who scored 10 goals in the same period, but with five assists - are we talking about a duel between two strikers who are currently playing in their best form?
- We will need the ball - added Luis Enrique.
- We have to be careful not to be hurt by their counterattacks. They have three fighter jets attacking, it's not easy to stop them if we don't impose our game on them.
The Spaniard added:
- We may not be as physically strong as them, but we are one of the best teams in Europe.
The former Barcelona coach spoke of Liverpool as one of the most powerful teams in Europe, and also as a "source of motivation".
- The first game won't decide who goes through. If we lost at home and then won at Anfield and went through, of course I would accept that.
The big German derby is on the program tonight, Bayern welcomes Bayer Leverkusen to the "Allianz Arena". Inter is away to Feyenoord and will try not to go down like city rival - Milan, while Barcelona is away to Benfica, which they beat in the league, in one of the best matches of the season, 5:4.
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