Atlético Madrid's season on the line against Liverpool

Liverpool and Atlético Madrid radiate an impression of being going in opposite manners entering their last 16 assembling in the Champions League on Tuesday.

While protecting European legend Liverpool has everything going its bearing, Atlético's season will be on the line when the gatherings meet in Madrid in the key leg.

Liverpool has recently won the UEFA Super Cup and the Club World Cup this season, and it's evidently just a show before it wins its first English collusion title in a long time. Atlético, in the meantime, lost the Spanish Super Cup and was discarded by a third-division club in the Copa del Rey. The gathering is starting at now 13 concentrations off the lead in the Spanish class.

Atlético will have little to play for if it is executed by Liverpool in the Champions League.

"Completely it will be an especially irksome match, anyway all Champions League matches are inconvenient," Atlético forward Yannick Carrasco said. "In case we do what we have to do and what (coach Diego) Simeone needs us to do, we can move beyond. The most huge thing will be to play with heart and to give all that we have. The fans will be behind us, helping us set forth a valiant exertion."

Liverpool guide Jürgen Klopp said Atlético is a problematic foe paying little heed to its situation.

"If there's one gathering where you should be at your nearest to consummate, it's Atlético. If you work as hard as would be reasonable, you get a chance. If you don't do that, you get no chance," Klopp said. "They are in a change period, that is run of the mill, anyway they are fighting with all they have. It's amazingly irksome."

Liverpool will be returning to Wanda Metropolitano Stadium on the grounds that since it beat Tottenham to win the Champions League title in June. The consequent leg will be on March 11 at Anfield.

"(This field) holds incredible memories for us, a ton we had constantly needed turned out true to form," Liverpool defend Trent Alexander-Arnold said. "Be that as it may, we don't focus a ton on the past. Our point is to permit us to prop up the present moment."

Liverpool has dropped only two concentrations in the Premier League all season, while Atlético has won only one of its last five matches in the Spanish gathering. Liverpool is tumbling off a triumph at Norwich that gave the gathering a vital lead over Manchester City. Atlético drew 2-2 at Valencia on Friday to barely grasp fourth spot and the last Champions League spot for next season.

Atlético has never combat such an extraordinary sum since Simeone's appearance as guide in late 2011. It made it to two Champions League finals with him in charge, anyway things changed after the Argentine guide needed to fix up the squad last season following the departure of Antoine Griezmann and various veterans, for instance, Diego Godín and Filipe Luís. The gathering has struggled in attack and isn't as solid defensively, which used to be the gathering's most noteworthy weapon.

Atlético is presumably going to be upheld against Liverpool by the appearance of players who were nursing wounds, including strikers Álvaro Morata and Diego Costa. Morata, the gathering's driving scorer with 10 goals this season, played as a substitute against Valencia consequent to being sidelined since Feb. 1 with a right leg muscle issue. Costa hasn't played since encountering therapeutic methodology on a herniated cervical hover in November, anyway he has returned to practice and is depended upon to be open for Tuesday's match.

Simeone similarly has shields José Giménez and Santiago Arias returning from wounds, anyway young Portugal forward João Félix isn't required to recover from his leg harm. Liverpool has Fabinho and Joel Matip back after long stretch issues, and Sadio Mane is furthermore back after a continuous hamstring issue.

The gatherings have not met since the end rounds of the 2009-10 Europa League, when Atlético advanced on away destinations after a 2-2 draw on complete.

Atlético has only one home mishap in 25 European games, and it is unbeaten in its last 13 Champions League knockout matches at home. Liverpool has won its last 11 two-legged European game plan.

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