Liverpool midfielder Thiago Alcantara admits this season has shocked the players.

However, he believes progress to the Champions League quarter-finals can help turn things around quickly after a 2-0 second-leg win over RB Leipzig in Budapest gave them a 4-0 aggregate victory.

Liverpool currently sit eighth, seven points behind fourth-placed Chelsea, but the Spain international believes a European morale boost is the pick-up they need.

"It's been a tough period for all of us because we didn't expect in our worst nightmares we would be in this position in the Premier League but we try to perform as best we can and try to get better," he told LFCTV.

"After this performance it is positive for all of us."