Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says his feelings towards Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos have now changed.
Their Champions League quarterfinal is a repeat of the 2018 final won by Real Madrid.
Many of the squad who played in Kiev still feel hollow about having to watch Madrid lift the trophy, as if it was an everyday occurrence.
Equally, they have never forgotten the way Ramos – absent against them for this match – bounced Mohamed Salah out of the contest like a wrestler.
"When we got the draw, of course I remembered the game," Klopp reflected.
"I said after the game that if someone asked me in a press conference a week or a month later if I would invite Sergio Ramos to my 60th birthday I would have said no. Meanwhile, I would think about it again.
"It is not because he is a great footballer, but it was because I didn't like what happened that night. It was a strange night. But it is long ago.
"I cannot get that feeling back, that anger or whatever, so I don't even try.
"What I try is to prepare my team to show how good we are as a football team.
"In a strange and difficult season for us, we want to show how good we are and if we are better than Real Madrid or score more goals then we go to the next round and if not then it is Real Madrid. It is pretty easy, really.
"We had good games before the international break. We came out with a really good game after the international break and now we hope to keep that momentum.
"That would be really helpful as we should play better. We should play a really good game otherwise we don't have a chance."
