Kenny Dalglish is confident the Anfield faithful will still generate an intimidating atmosphere in Thursday's Europa League clash with Sparta Prague - despite the unusual kick-off time.
The second leg of the last 32 tie with the Czech side is scheduled to get underway at 6pm, rather than the standard 8.05pm for matches in front of the Kop in the competition.
Nonetheless, Dalglish is in no doubt the kick-off time will count for little by the time the game gets started.
The boss told his pre-match press conference: "Anfield has had some memorable evenings. European nights are always special for many clubs, but certainly for this club.
"Tomorrow night is obviously an earlier kick-off than what we're used to and it will take a bit of adjustment from the players and the fans also, but I'm sure that won't deter them from giving us their full support.
"We've got to get them on side early doors. The responsibility is on us to go and win the game, but fortunately for us that's nothing new - the responsibility has been on us many times to go and win games.
"They've (the players) gone past that, done it and been successful, so we just need to carry that trend and fashion on for the football club."
Liverpool ground out a goalless draw in last week's first-leg meeting in Prague.
Victory over Sparta will set up a last 16 clash with either SC Braga or Lech Poznan - but Dalglish was typically refusing to be drawn on anything other than Thursday's contest.
Asked by reporters about how he'd feel to lead the Reds all the way to the Dublin final, he replied: "We've got to win the game tomorrow night first. We don't need to run too fast. As we've always said, the next game is the most important one. We've got to concentrate on that and get as much as we can from it, so that's all we're going to try and do.
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