Liverpool have key advantage over PSG in UCL that Chelsea were denied

Paris Saint-Germain thrashed Chelsea 8-2 in the Champions League last 16 after getting a Ligue 1 fixture postponed, and they face Liverpool next in Europe

Paris Saint-Germain are reportedly unlikely to have their fixture against Lens postponed between the two legs of their Champions League encounter with Liverpool. PSG meet the Reds in the quarter-finals next month with the first leg in Paris on April 8.

The French champions benefited from five days' rest between both legs of their last 16 tie against Chelsea this month after their request to postpone a Ligue 1 fixture against Nantes was granted. Luis Enrique's side were scheduled to face struggling Nantes on the weekend of March 13-15, sandwiched between their matches against Chelsea on Wednesday, March 11 and Tuesday, March 17.

However, that match was rescheduled to April 22 instead, allowing them to concentrate fully on the knockout tie against Liam Rosenior's side. That decision proved fruitful with PSG demolishing the Blues 8-2 across both legs.

Many have questioned whether PSG will secure the same arrangement for their last eight encounter with Arne Slot's team. The Parisians are scheduled to face title contenders Lens on April 11 - sandwiched between a two-legged tie against the Reds.

However, French football expert Matt Spiro suggests the European champions will not receive that same privilege against Liverpool. He claims Lens will not be entertaining any requests for postponement and continues by suggesting that the fixture will stay in its current slot as no alternative arrangement would 'make sense' for Lens.

PSG presently top the French league table by a single point and hold a game in hand over second-placed Lens. Liverpool will be hoping to head into that clash against Enrique's outfit with momentum after demolishing Turkish outfit Galatasaray 4-0 on Wednesday evening (4-1 on aggregate) to advance.

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However, they face a challenging FA Cup quarter-final away at Manchester City just four days prior to the first leg in Paris. Despite this, Slot maintains he is relishing the prospect of taking on the side that eliminated his team on penalties in the last 16 last season.

He said: "If you go to latter stages of Champions League then you know on thing for sure – you're going to face Paris Saint-Germain because they are an incredible team. We have experienced that last season when we faced them away from home, very, very, very difficult game, here at Anfield we played a fantastic game.

"I've said a lot of times how great a match that was, the best game I've managed in my career. Not the result, but it was the way football should be played, both teams just playing football, just wanting to entertain the fans.

"We were the only team that brought them to extra-time, we were the only team that brought them to penalties. That team has shown this season they haven't dropped a level, and we showed tonight [against Galatasaray] we can still perform at the level we were performing for large parts of last season.

"It gives me and us a lot of confidence that we have this performance. But it's not first one this season, we've had more of them especially in Europe, and we have to try to find the consistency.

"Although I can already disappoint people, this performance is hardly possible to copy one more time because 5.02 xG on a Champions League night whilst conceding 0.18, that's not going to be easy to copy that one more time."