Joao Neves reveals plan to stop Liverpool's Mohamed Salah amid bold PSG admission

Liverpool continue their Champions League quest with a last-16 first leg showdown vs Paris Saint-Germain.

Paris Saint-Germain star Joao Neves has revealed how his teammates plan to stop Liverpool, but especially Mohamed Salah in Wednesday's Champions League tie. The Reds will make the trip to France to face one of Europe's in-form teams at Parc des Princes (8pm).

The reigning French champions are unbeaten in their last 22 games in all competitions. Their last defeat came against Bayern Munich where they lost 1-0 at the Allianz Arena at the end of November.

Ousmane Dembele was also sent off in the second half. Like Liverpool, PSG are also incidentally 13 points clear when it comes to their domestic title race, holding that advantage on Marseille at the top of Ligue 1 after a 4-1 victory over Lille last time out.

Having just played on Saturday, Neves admitted there wasn't much time to prepare or recover ahead of the Reds' visit. However, he is confident that they can stop Liverpool's fine form in Europe and a certain Salah.

"The best way to defend this type of player is to have the ball," Neves said. "Our strategy is to have the ball and to keep it and move it around.

"We will try to keep ball possession, as much as we can and for as long as we can. They have some quality players, but I think we are [can be] better."

When quizzed about Salah's tally this campaign, having scored 30 goals in 39 games across all competitions, Neves added: "They're not scary numbers, it's good for Salah to have these numbers and, as a colleague, I'm happy for him.

"But as I have said many times, football is a collective sport, and not an individual sport. I think that if we put into practice what we have been doing, it will be easier to achieve victory - and that is what we are going to [try and] do tomorrow."