Carlo Ancelotti has vowed to fight fire with fire and warned Liverpool that Real Madrid are aiming to reach the Champions League quarter-finals with more goals.
Few outside of Anfield give Liverpool any kind of chance of overturning the remarkable 5-2 first leg defeat they suffered three weeks ago on Merseyside. Madrid have bossed Liverpool in recent years and they are expected to march into the last eight.
None of this, however, will stop Jurgen Klopp’s men from dreaming. This Madrid team is not immune to losing heavily at the Bernabeu – Ajax beat them 4-1 in the quarter-finals here in 2019 – and Liverpool, unpredictable as they are, certainly have the potential to do damage.