Liverpool face a major test at Anfield on Tuesday as Arne Slot’s team try to overturn a 2-0 first-leg deficit against Paris Saint-Germain in their Champions League quarter-final, with Dominik Szoboszlai declaring that Liverpool will match the defending champions’ intensity in a decisive European night.
PSG arrive holding a strong advantage from last week’s meeting in the French capital, where Liverpool failed to register a shot on target and slipped to a 2-0 defeat. Despite that blunt display, Szoboszlai and Slot both stress that the tie is still alive, especially at Anfield.
Szoboszlai described how much the challenge means, both personally and for Liverpool, and spoke about the approach needed against Luis Enrique’s side. "We are going to go all in and give
our best from minute one to 90, or more. I am ready to die on the pitch tomorrow," Szoboszlai told reporters. "I want it so bad, we have worked for it so hard. In one game, anything can happen at Anfield. "
The midfielder also compared a successful comeback against PSG to other key moments in Szoboszlai’s career. "Of course, it would be one of the biggest comebacks in my career. Especially for Liverpool. Against PSG in the quarter-final of the Champions League, after being 2-0 down. Yeah, it would be the biggest comeback of my career. The national team [my biggest comeback] was when we qualified for the Euros in 2019 against Iceland. We were down after 85 minutes and changed the game to 2-1. "
Slot eased some pressure after a 2-0 Premier League victory over Fulham on Saturday, but Liverpool’s broader European form remains inconsistent. Liverpool have already lost four Champions League matches this season, which equals their highest total in one campaign, matching 2006-07 and 2018-19.
That 2018-19 season under Jurgen Klopp brought four Champions League defeats yet still ended with Liverpool lifting the trophy. It also featured Liverpool’s only successful recovery from a first-leg deficit of two goals or more, when Barcelona were beaten in the semi-final at Anfield.
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Across this campaign, Liverpool have scored 24 Champions League goals from an expected goals figure of 27.8. That shortfall of 3.8 goals is the largest underperformance among all remaining teams, which highlights how Liverpool’s finishing has not always matched the chances created.
Liverpool’s history against reigning European champions at Anfield has been mixed. This match is the fifth time Liverpool host the holders of the Champions League. The first three such home games all ended in defeat, twice against Real Madrid and once against Barcelona, but Slot guided Liverpool to a 2-0 home win over Madrid in November 2024.
Recent Champions League knockout history also offers some hope. Before the 2025-26 quarter-finals, 17 teams have been eliminated from the competition’s knockout rounds despite holding a first-leg lead of at least two goals. PSG have suffered this fate three times, more than any other club in the competition.
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The Opta supercomputer model places the Ligue 1 side in a strong position before kick-off. Liverpool are given a 14% chance of reaching the semi-finals, while PSG are rated at 86% to progress, numbers that underline the size of the task for Slot’s squad.
Slot underlined the level Liverpool must reach to disturb those probabilities. "We know we need an exceptional performance to go to the next round, but that’s completely normal when you face the champions of Europe," Slot said. "We’ve been able to score more than two goals on occasions. But for now let’s just focus on the job on hand, start aggressively and make sure we can get back in the tie, and that is by scoring goals. I know that they will try and score the first goal, we are going to try as well. "
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Last week’s defeat in Paris brought back memories of Liverpool’s previous struggles in attack on the European stage. The match marked the first Champions League game since November 2020, against Atalanta, where Liverpool failed to register a single shot on target, something Slot will need to address before PSG visit Anfield.
With Anfield hosting the defending champions once again and Liverpool chasing another multi-goal turnaround, the second leg against PSG brings together the club’s mixed recent European form, their history of dramatic recoveries and the determination expressed by Szoboszlai and Slot, who both accept the scale of the challenge but still view progression as possible.
