On drawing on past experiences of overturning deficits…
Of course. I think the one that comes to mind is obviously Barcelona. Now, we were 3-0 down that day and nobody gave us a chance. I think a lot of people still give us a chance in this tie. Of course you have to rely on your experience, you have to rely on lads that have been in this position before, because that’s what’s going to help us. Then obviously you have the young lads that maybe haven’t experienced it to bring that fresh energy and that no fear. That’s when you get the right balance within the squad. Tomorrow night it’s important that we show the best version of ourselves. And then if we do that as a team then I believe we’ve got enough quality within our changing room to win the game of football. That’s all we can focus on.
Because with the aggregate score it’s not as if we have to go chasing goals or whatever. We have to win the game of football tomorrow. And if we do that then it gives us a chance to get through. I think that’s got to be the main aim for starters and then the lads are really good at feeling within the game if you’re on top, you keep on top. We’ve probably not been good enough this season at killing teams off. I think [on] Sunday we weren’t good enough when we were on top to kill Tottenham off, and then we gave them confidence and then they believed that they could get something and they end up getting it. So I think we need to be better at that and hopefully we can do that tomorrow. If we do get on top then we stay on top and hopefully we’re the ones going through.
On facing Galatasaray…
We’ve obviously been beaten by them twice already this season but they were also away from home. Credit to the Galatasaray fans, I think they made a difficult atmosphere for us [in] both games over there. But now it’s our turn to be at home. We’ve always been a different team at home and hopefully we can show that tomorrow night. But in terms of certain players, I think as a team Galatasaray are a very strong team.
I think they have quality all over the pitch, they have pace up front, they look secure at the back, they’ve got a hard-working midfield. So, it’s about us just winning our battles, trying to be better against the player you’re up against. If we do that then I believe the quality we’ve got in our squad is enough to shine through. If that happens then I believe the goals will come and we can win the game.
On the previous meetings with Galatasaray…
Look, I think the advantage for them in that game was they had their home support behind them. They reacted off that and I think they created a really difficult atmosphere and things like that. But also the players produced two really good performances. And I think we were below par in both games and I don’t think tomorrow we can afford to be below par.
I think we have to be better than the two games that we’ve already played. And if we do that then I believe we can show the real Liverpool, that we’ve shown at times this season. That’s a difficult team to play against, so we have to show that tomorrow night. And if we do that then I believe we’ve got more than enough quality in our changing room to flip this tie.