'Encouraging news': Liverpool handed early boost ahead of PSG clash which may upset Chelsea - journalist

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Paris Saint Germain will not be given a weekend off by Ligue 1 ahead of their Champions League clash against Liverpool in April.The French league has become well known for handing rest weeks to its clubs competing in big European ties, with PSG benefitting from the scheme before playing Chelsea in the last-16.However, according to French-based broadcaster Matt Spiro, the European champions will face a potential title-decider in between their two games against Liverpool. CHANGE MY MIND: Liverpool are still the best team in Europe on their day After watching all of the other quarter-finalists, the Reds have nobody to fear in the Champions League 🏆 Photo by Marco Canoniero/LightRocket via Getty Images PSG to face Lens in Ligue 1 deciderIn recent seasons, PSG’s advantage in the Champions League has often been two-fold.

Not only are they regularly afforded rests before big ties, but they are usually walking Ligue 1 as well, allowing for rotation and the saving of legs at this stage of the campaign.Clearly, Liverpool – and most other European sides – do not have this luxury, making the playing field slightly less level whenever PSG reach the latter stages of the Champions League.Chelsea were frustrated by this ahead of their last-16 tie, when they faced a draining Premier League clash with Newcastle in between the two European games, while PSG had a full week to prepare. Photo by Jean Catuffe/Getty ImagesREAD MORE: PSG sweating on Fabian Ruiz as injury update emerges after Liverpool beat GalatasarayAccording to Spiro, though, this time will not be the same.

“Encouraging news for Liverpool: Unlike the Chelsea tie – when PSG got their league game against Nantes postponed between legs – Luis Enrique’s side have a potential title decider in Lens between Liverpool games,” he says on X.“And Lens won’t be accepting any requests for postponement.”Who do Liverpool play in between legs?With Lens currently sitting just one point behind PSG in the Ligue 1 table, this is a genuinely massive game for Enrique.There are still two league fixtures before they meet, so there could still be less significance attached to it but, for now, it looks like their three biggest games of the season so far come back-to-back. Photo Credit: Getty Images/Carl Recine While they will likely still enter the Liverpool tie as favourites, this could really help Arne Slot’s team.They will have a game of their own, of course, but a 5.30pm kick-off against Fulham at Anfield is a much kinder fixture than it could have been.Liverpool must take all the help they can get in their bid to overrun the European champions, and the fact that PSG face a potentially demoralising, and at the very least intensive, match against their nearest rivals before a visit to Anfield could be the small margin which makes the difference.