Jurgen Klopp has vowed Liverpool ‘will go for everything’ against Salzburg.
The European champions need to take a minimum of a draw from Tuesday’s Champions League group stage finale to quality for the knock-out stages.
Should the host match or better Napoli’s score line against Genk in the other Group E fixture, however, the Reds will be eliminated from the competition.
Klopp’s side have left it late in the Champions League over the last two seasons by booking their place in the last 16 on the final group-stage match day.
But the Liverpool manager insists that they will not be deterred in their aim of extending their reign as the competition’s holders when they step out in Austria.
“Two weeks ago Salzburg were very happy that they won against Genk and we had a draw against Napoli because they thought now they have the ‘final’ against us,” said Klopp.
“Napoli was really happy that night because they got a point at Anfield and thought they ’only’ have to play Genk next week in a home game.
“Two weeks later, everybody knows it’s a final. We knew it since two weeks ago and we are prepared for that.
“Salzburg has to win against us, has to win against Liverpool; it’s possible because it’s football.
“But we are not a typical Champions League winner of last year or finalist of two years before. We are still ambitious like crazy, we will go for everything.
“We will run for our lives – that’s what we are, plus playing football. It’s not that we come here and think that we have to dominate Salzburg, we will fight in each challenge, 100%.”