Arne Slot admitted Liverpool were in survival mode against Paris Saint-Germain and will need the backing of Anfield to raise their level against the European champions in next week’s Champions League quarter final second leg.

Liverpool were fortunate to escape with a 2-0 defeat at Parc des Princes where Ousmane Dembélé, who missed a crucial chance for Barcelona in their 2019 semi-final against Jürgen Klopp’s eventual champions, squandered several opportunities for Luis Enrique’s star-studded side. Goals from Désiré Doué and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia have put PSG in command of the tie but Slot insisted Liverpool retain hope of reaching the semi-finals but will require a different approach on home soil to produce another Anfield comeback.

The Liverpool head coach said: “Last season at Anfield [in the last 16 second leg] we played a completely different game and after 30 minutes we could have been 2-0 up. But we will need to have a better performance and we definitely need our fans to help us create an atmosphere where we can rise to a better level than we did today.

“We were in survival mode for large parts of this game, but maybe also in the period of the season we...