Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso refuses to believe that his side are on their way out of the Champions League.

The Merseyside giants travel to London to take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge after a dismal home showing last week meant they trail the Blues by a 3-1 margin.

The Spaniard reckons his team are still in with a shout as long as they play a perfect game.

He said: "There is hope.

"We know it is going to be a very difficult task to score three goals.

"As long as we have a little chance then we are going to try and fight for it and go there and try to do our best.

"I think that it will be the closest to perfect if we can go there, score three goals and beat them.

"We will need to have a very attacking mentality because we need to score a lot of goals.

"By the same way we can't go desperate all-out attack because if you do that you will have more chances to concede.

"We will need to keep the balance but with an attacking mind of course."

Alonso also explained why his side crumbled after Fernando Torres gave them an early lead in the first-leg.

"Once we conceded the first goal we knew it was going to be hard and difficult because we had conceded an away goal." he said.

"I think maybe it affected us more than what it should have.

"The second half wasn't the best. The played well and controlled the game.

"We were not calm enough and they deserved to win. The result was very bad for us.

"You have to give credit to them. They have a great team and sometimes when they perform that well it is difficult to beat them.

"We made some very uncommon mistakes ourselves and that's something we will have to look at and try to improve for this game."

Liverpool will have Steven Gerrard in the squad as he has been named by Rafa Benitez in the travelling party.