Liverpool face gruelling fixture run as dates for Champions League matches confirmed

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Liverpool Echo IconSportFootballLiverpool FCLiverpool may have booked their place in the Champions League quarter-final but things are only going to get harder for Arne Slot and his playersA nightmare run of five games in 15 days awaits Liverpool after their Champions League victory over Galatasaray. All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook pageThe Reds will have an opportunity for revenge in the quarter-finals as they will face Champions League holders Paris Saint-Germain.

Last year, Luis Enrique's side overcame Slot's team in a tense penalty shootout at Anfield, before going on to lift the big-eared European trophy for the first time.Both matches against the French titans will be in the middle of an arduous run of fixtures. Three days later, Slot's team will be back at Anfield to host Enrique and co for the second leg, with a place in the last four of Europe's elite competition on the line.Liverpool have to play the second leg on the 14th as the 15th is the 37th anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy.

It's a run of matches which could have a defining impact on Liverpool.Content cannot be displayed without consentVictories in all will see the Reds reach the FA Cup and Champions League semi-finals, while defeats in the cup matches on top of negative results in the two Premier League fixtures could consign Liverpool to a trophy-less campaign, capped off by a potential failure to qualify for the Champions League.However, Slot will not be looking too far ahead just yet as the Reds face Brighton and Hove Albion on the South Coast this weekend. It will be their final Premier League match before the March international break.Victory could be pivotal for Liverpool's hopes of finishing in the top four.