Luis Enrique: Man City win 'changed something' for PSG
PSG boss Luis Enrique claims his side's Champions League victory has given his side new confidence ahead of their tie against Liverpool.
Luis Enrique believes beating Manchester City has 'changed something' for Paris Saint-Germain, who take on Liverpool in the last 16 of the Champions League on Wednesday.
PSG beat Pep Guardiola's side 4-2 in the league stage of the competition, and have since gone on to win 10 of their last 11 games across all competitions.
Two of those victories saw the Parisiens ease through their two-legged play-off encounter with fellow Ligue 1 side Brest, hammering them 10-0 on aggregate.
Indeed, they recorded the largest ever aggregate win by a side who didn't concede in a Champions League knockout tie and the second-biggest overall, behind Bayern Munich, who thumped Sporting CP 12-1 in the 2008-09 round of 16.
And Luis Enrique believes that his players have a newfound confidence ahead of welcoming Premier League leaders Liverpool to the Parc des Princes on Wednesday.
"I think that match against Manchester City changed something around us because of the way we won that match," Luis Enrique 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 just the third Champions League meeting between Liverpool and PSG, with the two sides previously squaring off in the 2018-19 group stage, with the Reds winning 3-2 at home and losing 1-2 away.
PSG are also on a five-game win streak in the Champions League, scoring 21 goals and only conceding three times in this run. They last won six in a row in the competition in the 1994-95 campaign, under Luis Fernandez (six).
Liverpool, meanwhile, haven't won any of their last five away games against French sides in Europe (D2 L3), with their last such victory coming at Marseille in September 2008 (2-1 in the Champions League).
Luis Enrique knows a victory in the first leg would be important to their 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."