Paris Saint-Germain head coach Luis Enrique believes the team that prevails in their last-16 tie against Liverpool at Anfield will be Champions League finalists.
PSG trail 1-0 from their first leg despite a dominant display at the Parc des Princes but the former Barcelona boss is confident they can turn things around on Tuesday.
"The most important game is the one which comes next and I hope it (the most important game) will be the last one of the season," he said.
"Even though we're trailing from the first leg we will be playing our own game from the outset. Regardless of the result (in Paris) we wouldn’t do anything different.
"At the moment we are out so our only option is to go out and win and that is what is driving us.
"I don’t think Arne Slot has much doubts about our starting XI, I’ve got my ideas about his starting XI as well.
"I’m not going to give away who we are going to play or how we are going to play but over the course of two games we will see two of the best teams in Europe, two contenders for the final and whoever goes through will go through to the final."
Enrique is confident his team can cope with the pressure at a "historic stadium".
"I am pretty convinced that absolutely every single one of my players will want to play," he added.
"We know what Liverpool means with a historic stadium and a wonderful history. It’s a huge source of motivation for the players and we want to show we are capable of putting in a performance.
"It is difficult to manage one’s emotions and feelings, these are not easy games to prepare for and it is not easy to be at 100%.
"But you don’t want to be at 105% or 110% because you could get carried away so you have to manage your emotions in the best possible way."
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Winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who impressed in the first leg, is not concerned by what awaits at Anfield.
"When you play at Anfield against Liverpool you don’t need to motivate yourself that much, you already have it inside you," said the Georgia international.
"We have big mentality in the team and we will just try to win tomorrow, that is our mentality.
"The game will be 50-50, we just have to concentrate on our game, be confident and show them we are here just to win.
"I think it will be the most important game in our season because our goal is to play in the Champions League many times and play in the final."
Liverpool head coach Slot admits his side will have to produce their best performance of the season to ensure progress against "the most complete team we have faced".
After enduring the toughest night of his Anfield reign – and the most difficult for the players in a long time – last week but still coming away with a victory, the Dutchman knows they have to raise their game for the second leg.
The talk in the French capital after Liverpool snatched a backs-to-the-wall win was that PSG had encountered better teams in the form of Bayern Munich and Arsenal this season.
However, Slot has promised they will be more proactive and not sit back on their slender advantage.
"Is there a difference (leading 1-0)? No. We try to play every game to try to win," he said.
"That is also what we tried to do last week, it wasn't our intention to be so low (deep) all the time.
"(On Tuesday) we want to play a different game, the intention is always the same – we are not going to go for a draw.
"At Manchester City away, that wasn’t the situation, at PSG that wasn’t the situation. But we do take confidence from our home game against City where we did have the ball much more and it was much more of an equal game."
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Asked whether it would require their best performance under him so far, Slot added: "Yes. I do think so. This is the most complete team we have faced so far.
"We have faced Arsenal and City and they are not big margins but the intensity they (PSG) play at combined with the quality – and they are one of the richest clubs – and a great manager it is not easy to play against."
Statisticians have predicted that Liverpool have an 84% chance of progressing and history would appear to be on their side as on the 39 previous occasions they have won the first leg of a European tie they have gone through.
Their record at Anfield is formidable, having lost just once – to Nottingham Forest in September – since April and having won all but two of their other home matches this season.
"Some of them have said Arsenal and Bayern Munich were better than us. That is what I have heard," said Slot on the French view of his team.
"I think what that has to do with is how PSG improved a lot in the two to three months since they played at Arsenal and Bayern.
"At Arsenal they were lower, waiting much more and now they just press all over the pitch and take the risk of one-v-one constantly.
"I cannot influence what they felt – and don’t even know if it is true or not – but I’m hoping they have a different opinion after (Tuesday)."
Slot has been boosted by the return of forward Cody Gakpo after an injury.
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