I am the same, I do not have high hopes for them, because I know they have not been able to perform optimally in the Champions League. While in the Champions League, the teams that are their competitors are strong teams, especially when they enter the knockout stages, all those here are certainly the best teams of the 36 teams in the first phase.
But there is still hope, for me no matter how small the opportunity a team has, if they can utilize it well, then they will be able to achieve something satisfying. And don't forget, talking about football also talks about things that seem difficult to happen can become reality.
Then tell me which team other than Liverpool has been able to perform optimally. Manchester City is out, Real Madrid had to play the playoffs, Juventus Turin is out, Atalanta is out, AC Milan is out… there are a lot of clubs that haven‘t played optimally, which makes it quite a level-playing field. Liverpool is the favorite this season, but I think a lot of teams have chances.
You are absolutely right that Liverpool is strong, but looking at their record, we don't think Liverpool's performance is strong enough to make us feel that Liverpool is strong. Liverpool have performed poorly in some matches due to which Liverpool were considered weak and therefore no one is considered a stronger team than Liverpool in this league. Manchester City has been eliminated due to their poor performance and weakness, if they had played well and maintained the win list in their record, they would not have been out of this league. I agree with you but the teams that are in the game if they play well they can beat Liverpool but in this league we will see a lot of solutions but the teams that were more favorites are out.