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The Jurgen Klopp comments that Tottenham must take on board ahead of Red Star Belgrade clash

Wednesday evening marks one year to the day since Red Star Belgrade recorded a famous 2-0 victory over Liverpool in the Champions League.

Losing 4-0 at Anfield two weeks earlier in the first clash between the sides, the Serbian team caused a major shock with two first-half goals from Milan Pavkov clinching a memorable win.

Having lost 5-0 against Tottenham last month, Vladan Milojevic will now be targeting another big scalp on home soil as they look to advance to the knockout phase of Europe's top competition.

It's a crucial match for both sides and Spurs will be aiming to return unbeaten so that qualification for the round of 16 is still in their hands.

Much has been made about the hostile atmosphere at the Rajko Mitic Stadium and the team will face a long, daunting walk through the tunnel before they even get onto the pitch.

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Liverpool crumbled under the pressure out in Serbia last time and Mauricio Pochettino must make sure the same doesn't happen to his side as they look to cement their place in the top two of Group B with two games remaining.

So, what was the atmosphere like in Belgrade 12 months ago when Liverpool played there?

Speaking after the game, Jurgen Klopp opened up on what his team had to go through and what it was like when the hosts doubled their lead.

Red Star Belgrade celebrate their famous win over Liverpool in November 2018 (Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images)

"It was a good football atmosphere. I don’t think it would have been impossible to perform, to be honest," he said.

"It was not that we had to be afraid or whatever, it was a football atmosphere. Whatever they sang, we don’t understand. It was only loud.

"The atmosphere, singing-wise and noise-wise or whatever, was not a problem. But the atmosphere after the second goal especially, in the whole club, if you want, they could now smell it.

"At half-time we walked a long way to the dressing room and they were all in a very positive mood. We were actually the other way around.”

The hostile atmosphere will play a big part in proceedings on Wednesday evening and, fingers crossed, the Spurs team will take it all in their stride to put themselves in a brilliant position to qualify for the next stage of the competition.

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