Midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum insists only winning the Champions League can save Liverpool's season. A last-16 second-leg tie against RB Leipzig offers some respite from the drudgery of the Premier League, where the Reds' form has dropped off a cliff. After being top at Christmas, Jurgen Klopp's side have seen their Premier League title defence crumble and their top-four hopes take a battering, having won just 12 points from the last 42 on offer. Returning to action in a competition in which they had enjoyed a lot of recent success, winning the European Cup in 2019 having reached the final the previous year, may be just the break the players need. They <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/football/liverpool-seize-control-over-rb-leipzig-in-budapest-1.1167543">take a 2-0 lead</a> into the match on Wednesday night, and Wijnaldum said: "Of course the Champions League can rescue this season but I think a lot of people only say it is rescued if you win the Champions League and everyone knows how difficult it is." Wijnaldum, who joined Mohamed Salah, Andrew Robertson and the other Liverpool players in tuning up for the Leipzig clash, added: "I think there is always pressure when you play for a club like Liverpool and you have the results that we have had now. There will be a pressure to bounce back and show we can do better. "We want to do better but we have to show it. It has hit us hard. Definitely, everyone can see it. "There is confidence in the team and the players and each other but it is less than we are used to because of the situation we are in. "We were used to winning games and winning trophies and now it is the opposite, the confidence is less than the previous years but that is because it is a totally different situation we are in right now. "We feel really bad. The way we deal with situations during games was really bad. "When we analysed the games, it makes us even more angry because we can see that we can be doing so much better. "But the situations we have faced in the games where we have conceded goals have had nothing to do with injuries. That is what we are basically most disappointed in."