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And Jamie Carragher said: “The hardest thing is our destiny isn’t in our own hands. When we have been in situations like this before, we have been able to sort it out ourselves.

“We have the belief we can do special things. We have done it with this team and manager over the last four or five years but it has been part of club for a long time. We have left ourselves a little bit of a hole and hopefully we can get out of it.”

The Anfield budget anticipates qualification to the knockout stages of the Champions League, and it is expected elimination would mean a £2.4million shortfall that could be recouped with progress in the Europa League.

A draw tonight would at least secure a berth in Europe’s secondary competition, and although Liverpool have kept only one clean sheet in 10 away games this season, Debrecen have leaked more goals – 12 – than anyone else in the group stage.

“It won’t be easy,” said Benitez. “They will try to impress and do well and try to win. There are no easy games in Europe, we will have to concentrate on our game. We know they can score goals, but they have conceded a lot too.

“We feel we can do well in defence but we know we have to score goals if we want to win. For us, how we approach the game is the same as all the other games. We are just think about winning. It’s simple for us. We have to go for the win and not think about anything else.”