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Lambert: Liverpool fans key against Real Madrid

Liverpool striker Rickie Lambert feels the Kop can make a difference in their Champions League clash with Real Madrid.

The Reds host Real tonight.

"If [the fans] are in full voice on Wednesday, it doesn't matter who the opposition is, it will be very hard to take any points from us," the 32-year-old told liverpoolfc.com. "When they're on song, the fans lift the team more than any other supporters.

"I have seen first-hand what they can do and what level they can raise the players to. If they can get [to those levels] again, which I'm sure they will, it's only going to help us. It's going to lift us up that extra five or 10 per cent, which might win the game.

"It affects the team massively. And it affects the opposition as well. I can't describe it, but it just raises your game up and gives you that extra little bit, which you might not have had. The fans just manage to make that little bit of difference."

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