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Villarreal defender Dani Parejo said in Tuesday his group are persuaded they can spring one more amazement and beat Liverpool in the Champions League elimination rounds.
In the wake of taking out Juventus in the last 16 and Bayern Munich in the quarters, Villarreal are hoping to pull off one more shock by overcoming Liverpool, the six-time European bosses and top choices during the current year's competition.
Villarreal sit seventh in LaLiga however have a talent for disturbing Europe's greatest groups, after additionally beating Arsenal and Manchester United to win the Europa League the year before.
"We have total certainty," expressed Parejo in a public interview in front of the primary leg at Anfield on Wednesday.
"In the premise of the groups we have beaten, for the current year, yet additionally last year in the Europa League, and presently the excursion we have had in this Champions League.
"We are quiet and we take a gander at the gathering we have - we have great people yet our most prominent strength is the group.
"Taking out Juventus and Bayern was vital as far as we were concerned on the grounds that it showed we can arrive at a level where we can rival these groups."
With Real Madrid facing Manchester City in the other elimination round, Villarreal are positively the longshots of the last four.
"We're playing the top choices yet we need to be us and to play on the front foot," said Villarreal coach Unai Emery.
"The journey doesn't need to end, we need to be in control, to make possibilities.
"In typical circumstances they are better than us yet we have our own thoughts, exclusively and collectively, to permit us to contend."
Emery said Villarreal will as of now not be an obscure to Liverpool after their triumphs over Juve and Bayern.
"The unexpected component diminishes," he said.
"That was more significant against Juve and Bayern however it won't be the case now. Liverpool realize that we are here since we have had the option to contend. As far as we might be concerned, that implies the test is more prominent."
Emery has confronted Liverpool two times at Anfield and lost the twice, 5-1 and 3-1, when he was Arsenal director.
"They have an extremely clear personality at Anfield," said Emery.
"It's Liverpool, I think the best Liverpool that I have referred to, yet I accept that as inspiration to play the ideal game and to beat Liverpool at their best."
Emery affirmed Yeremy Pino will miss the initial leg through injury while striker Gerard Moreno is as yet recuperating from a hamstring strain and is additionally probably not going to be accessible.
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