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Paris: Liverpool and Manchester City are counting on the comforts of home to secure their passage into the Europa League quarter finals on Thursday.Liverpool host Sparta Prague at Anfield with Danish international Daniel Agger predicting a more attacking display after his side's drab 0-0 draw in the round of 32 first leg in Prague last week.City's tie with Aris Salonika is identically poised ahead of the Greek outfit's visit to Eastlands, with Roberto Mancini's men approaching the game in high spirits after their 5-0 FA Cup drubbing of Notts County.Elsewhere Serie A highflyers Napoli travel to Villarreal after another goalless stalemate in the first leg,2014 italy world cup jersey, while former European kings Ajax are in the driving seat for their trip to Anderlecht after winning last week's first bout 3-0.Agger believes home advantage can see Liverpool through to a last 16 match-up with either Portugal's Sporting Braga or Lech Poznan of Poland."We will approach Thursday like we do every home game," he told liverpoolfc.tv."Try to get forward and keep the ball, playing attacking football, and at Anfield if we play well,england world cup shirts 2014, it will be difficult for every team."So we've got a good chance, but it's not easy,mexico world cup 2014 jersey, it's never easy in the knockout stages."Agger is well aware of the power of Anfield having scored in Liverpool's semi-final at the stadium against Chelsea to help the Reds on their way to a penalty shoot-out win and a date with AC Milan in the 2007 Champions League final,"It was so important, we lost 1-0 away, but we knew we had a good chance back at Anfield," Agger recalled."The fans and the crowd in the home tie was unbelievable."The Danish defender believes the arrival of Kenny Dalglish as Roy Hodgson's successor has been the making of a team that has conceded just once in their last six outings under the Liverpool legend."You have to look at the team which is exactly the same (as under Hodgson).