Virgil van Dijk says Liverpool ‘should be confident’ of winning both the Premier League and Champions League.
Tuesday’s comfortable 2-0 win over Porto see Jurgen Klopp’s side as favourites to progress to the semi-final of Europe’s premier club competition.
The Reds could conceivably head into next week’s return leg at the Estadio do Dragao with a firmer grip on the league title with a win over Chelsea on Sunday.
And Van Dijk sees no reason why they cannot lift both trophies this season.
He said: “We should be confident. It’s a great time to be a Liverpool player.
“Hopefully. There are (potentially) nine games left in total if all goes well, fingers crossed.
“Let’s give everything we’ve got and have a well-deserved break after.”
Ahead of the return leg with the Portuguese champions, the Holland captain is under no illusions of the task that Liverpool will face in seven days’ time.
“Obviously we know it’s going to be a tough game and to score two good goals was very important but the clean sheet was the most important thing,” added Van Dijk.
“We have something to build on. We kept pressing, we kept going. We played very well I think.
“Obviously in the second half they tried to change it up a little bit. Some moments of danger, but I don’t think there were any clear chances really.
“But we need to do it a little bit better, especially than in the second half.
“It’s a good result and if we score one (away from home) then it’s going to be even more difficult for them to go through.
“But the only thing is that we go in there to play our game, so hopefully we will create chances and finish them off.
“It’s going to be tough because their fans are pretty extreme, like here, and I’m definitely going to enjoy that.”