JAKARTA - Villarreal are aware of themselves as they prepare to welcome Liverpool in the second leg of this season's European Champions League semifinals. They know their chances of beating the Reds are slim.
The Yellow Submarine will host Liverpool at El Madrigal Stadium, Spain, on Wednesday, May 4 in the morning WIB. The hosts' chances of reaching the final are very small after losing two goals without reply in the first leg at Anfield last week.
"Changing a two-goal deficit is already complicated against any rival and even more complicated when your opponent is a near-perfect team. We benefited that away goals didn't matter anymore which gave us a lot of freedom to attack," said Villarreal coach Unai Emery, quoted by Reuters.
Villarreal actually have a good record in the European Champions League this season when playing at home. Their stadium has been a nightmare for Bayern Munich and Juventus this season.
However, Juventus and Munich are clearly different from Liverpool. Jurgen Klopp's side have performed flawlessly in every Champions League away game this season and have won five of those games which have put them in the semifinals.
"We will need a perfect game to achieve what no other team in Europe has achieved against Liverpool this season. We have to be perfect defensively, better than at Anfield. And we need to find our game, something we haven't achieved in the first leg. ," said Emery.
Villarreal have so far not lost in their last 12 games at home since losing to Barcelona in November last year.
Liverpool also came into this match with a satisfying away result. They recorded four wins and only one draw in the last five matches in all competitions.
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