PSG's win over City provides confidence
Luis Enrique believes beating Manchester City has 'changed something' for Paris Saint-Germain, which takes on Liverpool in the Round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League this week.
PSG beat Pep Guardiola's side 4-2 in the league stage of the competition, and has since gone on to win 10 of its past 11 games across all competitions.
Two of those victories saw the Parisien side ease through its two-legged play-off encounter with fellow Ligue 1 side Brest, hammering it 10-0 on aggregate.
Indeed, PSG recorded the largest aggregate win by a side that didn't concede in a UEFA Champions League knockout tie and the second-biggest overall, behind Bayern Munich, which thumped Sporting CP 12-1 in the 2008-2009 Round of 16.
PSG boss Luis Enrique believes that his players have a newfound confidence ahead of welcoming Premier League leader Liverpool to Parc des Princes.
"I think that match against Manchester City changed something around us because of the way we won that match," he said.
"Now it is a different match, a different ground, and we are playing against maybe the best team in Europe during this season.
"I think it is a very nice match to watch, and I hope we can manage that in the right way. We are looking forward to playing that match."
This will be the third UEFA Champions League meeting between Liverpool and PSG, with the two sides previously squaring off in the 2018-2019 group stage, with the Reds winning 3-2 at home and losing 1-2 away.
PSG is also on a five-game win streak in the UEFA Champions League, scoring 21 goals and only conceding three times in that run. It previously won six in a row in the competition in the 1994-1995 campaign, under Luis Fernandez.
Liverpool, meanwhile, hasn't won any of its past five away games against French sides in Europe, losing three of them, with its most recent such victory coming at Marseille in September 2008 – 2-1 in the UEFA Champions League.
Luis Enrique knows a victory in the first leg would be important to his side's chances of reaching the quarter-finals, but insisted it wouldn't necessarily be decisive.
"I think we can lose the first match and win away, and they can do the same," the Spaniard added.
"I think it is one of the best matches that you can watch at the present moment in Europe right now. It is true, we are in our best moment of the season.
"We hope, and we will try to continue in that way."
