Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke believes the pressure to reach the semifinals of the Europa League is on Liverpool as his club have already qualified for the Champions League.
On Thursday night, Liverpool go into the second leg with the advantage of having scored an away goal at the Westfalenstadion in the 1-1 draw with Jurgen Klopp's old club last week.
But Dortmund, who are yet to return to their pre-international break form, are confident of progressing to the last four of the Europa League when they play a competitive match at Anfield for the first time since 2001.
Watzke believes the Thomas Tuchel's men can -- contrary to reports in Germany, calling it a make-or-break match -- take to field without any pressure, unlike their opponents.
"It's killing me when I read that we are under more pressure after the first leg," Watzke told reporters. "For them [Liverpool] the Europa League is the last chance to qualify for Champions League by winning the final. We, on the other side, have been qualified for it for weeks."
Speaking during his prematch news conference on Wednesday, Klopp told reporters that he does not think the Reds "are under particular pressure," but rather "have a great chance" to progress to the semifinals.
In an interview with Sport1, Klopp said that they are still aware just "how strong" Dortmund are and "how well we have to perform to just be in the leg."
Citing the home advantage, he added: "But fundamentally it's possible to progress, and that's what we focus on now."
The former BVB coach remained wary of Dortmund's attacking line. He said: "You can only weaken their attack by making the passing difficult. Dortmund extremely lives on their outstanding positional play and their brilliant passing game in the half space.
"It's a fact that when you shut their wings down, the half spaces open, and the other way round. It's definitely not that easy. You need to be fully focused, and that's what happened in the first leg."
The 48-year-old Liverpool boss believes that in the end it will be down to only a few decisive moments.
He said: "We can also play football. Our build-up is not one-dimensional, and thus Dortmund also have to be fully focused. In the end you have to strike in the key moments.
"You have to block that one deciding shot at the back and poke that one ball over the line in attack."