Joe Allen has revealed that Liverpool are feeling optimistic that they can overturn their first-leg 1-0 defeat to Villarreal and are still aiming to reach the Europa League final.
Liverpool will play their Spanish rivals on Thursday at Anfield and the winners of the tie will face either Sevilla or Shakhtar Donetsk in the final in Basel on May 18.
"Villarreal will have their work cut out," Allen told UEFA. "On another night we would have won [the first leg], which would have been ideal.
"But I'm confident that we have got enough to win this second leg and put them out.
"There was an extremely fine line between us imposing our gameplan in the first leg and getting a 1-0 win ourselves, and the way the match actually turned out.
"As hard as it was to concede that goal, particularly so late, I really thought we all gave a good account of ourselves. Games like that are what you look forward to all career – big matches in a semi-final of a UEFA competition.
"We did our preparation well and we learned a great deal for the game at Anfield. If – and only if – we go through, we'll be able to look back and, despite losing 1-0, say we did a very good job in Spain."
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