PSG head to Liverpool for their Champions League last-16 meeting, trailing 1-0 from the first leg in Paris; Luis Enrique's team now need to win at Anfield to advance to the last eight of Europe's premier club championship.
When the Parisians travel to Merseyside this week, history will almost likely be against them. Only three of the previous 27 teams that lost the opening leg at home in a Champions League quarterfinal matchup have advanced.
Meanwhile, of the seven times Liverpool has won the first leg away from home, they have won the return encounter three times, drawn twice, and lost twice.
PSG should be aware, however, that even when the Reds lost the second leg at Anfield, they nevertheless advanced both times, to the last 16 against Barcelona in 2006/07 and Inter Milan in 2021/22.
In reality, Liverpool has only once won the first leg of a Champions League knockout tie and been eliminated, when Gerard Houllier's side upset Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 at Anfield in the last eight in 2001/02, only to lose 4-2 at the BayArena.
However, while the odds appear to be stacked against PSG reaching the quarter-finals, there are enough reasons to be optimistic about Luis Enrique's team.
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