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Dejan Lovren insists Liverpool must come back down to earth after their Champions League heroics as the focus turns to Saturday's Merseyside derby at Goodison.

The Reds have little time to dwell on their stunning 3-0 triumph over Manchester City in the first leg of the quarter-final with Sam Allardyce's side lying in wait.

Liverpool are unbeaten in the last 16 meetings with the Blues and Lovren is determined to ensure they extend that remarkable record.

“We need to relax, keep our heads down and work," Lovren said.

"We have a big game on Saturday, a derby. We need these three points there. It will be difficult definitely. But if we play our game, I’m confident we can take something from there.

“We have the derby and City have the derby so it’s equal. They have a tough game also against Man United.

"Last time it was a draw (against Everton in the Premier League at Anfield) so it wasn’t good enough. We are a different team now compared to a couple of months ago.

"We are confident. With injured players we don’t have so many options but we have a young squad who are ready to get into the first XI. We need to be smart in the next couple of days.

"Hopefully everyone will be fit and after that everyone can think about Man City again."

Lovren, who excelled alongside Virgil van Dijk against City, hailed the atmosphere as the greatest he's experienced during his four years at Anfield.

"It’s a brilliant result but in football you never know," he added.

"You relax and in one second it causes pressure. Man City have the quality to score when they want. It was a massive clean sheet for us.

"We defended amazingly. This is what a good team does. We are concentrated from the first second until the end.

“I think it was the best atmosphere from the first time I came here. I saw from the first minute to the last minute they didn’t sit down, I think, on their chairs. It was amazing.

"We couldn’t hear ourselves. It was massive to have them.”

Asked if the atmosphere even surpassed the miraculous Europa League fightback against Borussia Dortmund at Anfield two years ago, Lovren added: "Yes! I can only remember now how I felt after my goal but this is different. This is the Champions League."