**Virgil van Dijk has set his sights on Liverpool sealing another memorable European comeback.**
Arne Slot’s side face an uphill task to reach the Champions League semi-finals after suffering a 2-0 loss to Paris Saint-Germain in Wednesday’s last-eight encounter.
The last time the Reds were tasked with overturning a similar margin was in 2019, when they memorably flipped a 3-0 deficit against Barcelona under Jurgen Klopp.
Van Dijk sees parallels between the two scenarios ahead of next week’s return leg at Anfield despite acknowledging that few will give Liverpool a hope of progressing.
He said: “Back then, you play one of the best teams in Europe, with obviously one of the best players ever in that team and we had injuries.
“Now we play against the best team in Europe. They’re the European champions, so I think it is similar in terms of, on paper, probably no one gives us a chance.
“It starts with the belief that comes within yourself. It starts with the belief that we get from our manager, the right gameplan, and the intensity that we have to put in from the first second to the last if you really want to achieve something.
“That’s what I want, and that’s what I’m going to tell my boys. We have to show it. We have to show the desire, show the fight.
“That’s the least you have to do as a Liverpool player.”
The reversal to the reigning holders at the Parc des Princes was Liverpool’s third straight defeat in a row and marked their 16th of the campaign in all competitions.
“It’s unacceptable,” added Van Dijk.
““It’s the reality. It’s the big reality, and that’s why it’s so disappointing. And it’s very tough to deal with it.
“Things will eventually always come to an end, including my time at a certain point. At the moment, the reality is that we are inconsistent.
“We are losing too many games. We’re having some good moments, and we don’t stay consistent in that sense.
“But there was a time also before we had all those good years, and we came out of that as well as a club. It’s down to us as players to actually realise that we have to do it all together.
“We need each other. At the moment we lose too many games, and the performances have just not been good and we are struggling to find consistency.
“It’s not easy. But the reality is it is like that, and you have to own up to it, deal with it and improve it.
“At a certain point things come to an end and then others have to carry on, hopefully with successes.”