Atletico Madrid head coach Diego Simeone hopes to hurt an "extraordinary" Liverpool at Anfield – a stadium he loves.
The Argentinian has won one and lost one of his previous visits to the ground as Atleti's manager.
But for this trip he has five first-team players missing, including former Manchester City striker Julian Alvarez with a knee injury.
"We need to look on the positive side. We play against an extraordinary team, in a magnificent stadium and a coach who took the team to the top level," said Simeone.
"They competed very well in the Champions League and won the Premier League and we have a tough opponent to face.
"They are direct, they have very quick transitions, they interpret the game in a very simple way to get players into the box, they use their wide players and they have a wonderful centre-back who can knock the ball around.
"This simplicity of the game is something that maybe some people don’t see, how hard they work, how good their footballers are and their manager did wonderful, extraordinary things last season.
"We will face a tough opponent but we have the intention of bringing the game to where we want it to go. I am looking at getting better, playing a fantastic opponent in a stadium I love.
"We will try to hurt them in the game whenever we can."
In 2020 Atletico fought back from being 2-1 down on aggregate in extra time to win 4-2 but Simeone’s most memorable moment came off the pitch.
"I remember Diego Costa here in the second half, he was extremely angry as I’d put Marcos Llorente up front (in his place)," added Simeone.
"He came up to me and he said, 'You have the balls eh?’, and I said, ‘Yeah, maybe I do!’"
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