Liverpool legend John Aldridge says they must not be intimidated facing Real Madrid this week.
The Reds meet Real in the first-leg of their Champions League quarterfinal.
Aldridge wrote for the Sunday World: "The path is open for Liverpool to reach a third Champions League final in four years and, to be honest, I'm struggling to believe I'm writing those words.
"Real Madrid lie in wait for Jurgen Klopp's side in the first leg of the quarter-finals on Tuesday night – and after all that has gone on this season, it seems impossible to imagine the biggest prize in football could still be waiting at the end of Liverpool's rainbow.
"The absence of fans, the incredible bad luck with injuries to key players, the abject loss of self-belief at Anfield and a run of results that should never have been allowed to happen, on a number of levels, can all be parked to one side now.
"The way I see it, this tie against Real Madrid is a 50-50 contest that is there to be won between two sides who have suffered similarly over the course of this strange season.
"Injuries have also been a big part of Real Madrid's story in recent months, with Sergio Ramos among the star names missing on Tuesday night.
"Yet all four sides in Liverpool's section of the Champions League draw know that opportunity is knocking after challenging seasons domestically."
