The young Reds have played some outstanding football on their European adventure so far this term, finishing top of their group to qualify for the knockout stages, having racked up five goals against the likes of Paris Saint-Germain and Napoli.
With their first team domestic champions, Dinamo Zagreb followed a different route to the last 16 and beat Lokomotiv Moscow 5-4 on penalties in their play-off tie to earn the right to host Liverpool on home soil.
Ahead of the 2pm GMT kick-off, read Lewtas’ thoughts on the journey in the competition so far, team spirit and the challenge posed by the opposition…
On how he would describe the journey to the last 16 so far…
It has been exciting.