UCL: Three reasons why Liverpool can beat PSG at Anfield

The atmosphere on a European night at Anfield

A group of Liverpool fans surrounding the Manchester City bus

The noise, atmosphere and the chanting of You'll Never Walk Alone on a European night at Anfield remains one of football's greatest soundtracks. The cauldron created by the Liverpool faithful can inspire and galvanise the Reds bringing the very best out of Jurgen Klopp's eleven, with this reception proving too hot to handle for many of Liverpool's opponents in last season's Champions League campaign.

The opening leg against Manchester City in the quarter-final stage was a perfect case in point, with some of the more hostile and raucous Liverpool fans even throwing flares and missiles at the City team bus before kick-off.

This overly-extreme tactic certainly unnerved Pep Guardiola and his side, as the Spaniard's team conceded 3 goals in the opening 31 minutes, with Oxlade Chamberlain, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah putting the tie almost out-of-reach after only half-an-hour. The normally assured defense containing Vincent Kompany, Nicolas Otamendi, Aymeric Laporte and Kyle Walker made countless errors in that first-half blitz from Liverpool, as they looked short of composure and awareness. The first semi-final tie against Roma followed a similar pattern as Salah's brace put the Reds two-nil up before half-time.

PSG will have to deal with an atmosphere described by Alex Oxlade Chamberlain as "the best I've ever played in". The PSG side boasts World Cup winners in Kylian Mbappe and Gianluigi Buffon as well as former European Champions in Neymar and Dani Alves, with Edinson Cavani and Marco Verrati not short of top-level experience themselves. The combination, however, of strong opposition and a vivacious buzz around Anfield could prove the French side's undoing.