Jurgen Klopp will instruct Liverpool to seize control against Plymouth Argyle on Wednesday in an effort to extinguish the red-hot atmosphere inside Home Park.
In the original tie, in which manager Klopp selected the youngest starting XI in Liverpool’s history, almost 9000 travelling fans packed the Anfield Road end and roared their team on as the Reds were held to a goalless draw.
And having failed to net in 90 minutes against the Pilgrims – second in the League Two table – Klopp is desperate to keep his frustrations in the replay to a minimum and avoid an early Emirates FA Cup exit.
“It was really a concentrated defensive performance and we couldn’t come through, so all the credit for Plymouth,” said Klopp, of the original tie.
“We cannot wait until they do something and try to make a counter-attack, but there are possibilities to speed up the game, we didn’t use them in the first game.
“The game will be different. I think 14,000 supporters there and they made already here a kind of noise, so the atmosphere will be good, they will try to push them.
“We have to cool the atmosphere down with the way we play, that’s what our main target is for this game.
“We cannot react to what they do. They are allowed to defend with all they have, because we are a Premier League team and they are a League Two team.
“Usually, they play differently, they are a top team in League Two. But to go to the next round, as a lower-league team, you should concentrate on defence, that absolutely makes sense.
“If they open the space, we’ll take it, but I don’t expect it.”
Meanwhile, Argyle defender Ben Purrington has revealed the nerves he felt before kick-off at Anfield were overtaken by a headache at full-time, such was the level of concentration required to keep Liverpool at bay.
The benefit of home comforts will certainly now help, but though Liverpool have not played at Home Park since 1962, they did visit the south-west at this stage of the FA Cup last season when they were held to a 2-2 draw by Exeter.
All the ingredients are there for a fascinating contest, and Purrington wants his team to play their part.
“We went there for a result, to either get the win or the replay,” said the 20-year-old full-back.
“It was an unbelievable experience to see 55,000 there. It was nerve-wracking at the start with everyone singing ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’. It was a bit surreal at first playing the likes of Daniel Sturridge, you see them on TV and in video games all the time.
“But we grew into the game. We stuck to our game plan and topped it off getting the result.
“Playing here [at home], with the crowd behind us, we believe in ourselves and we can go out and try and get a result.”
