Virgil van Dijk has urged his Liverpool team-mates to enjoy their hectic run-in to the season as the Reds continue the pursuit of an unprecedented quadruple.
Jurgen Klopp's side set up an FA Cup semi-final with Manchester City next month with a 1-0 win at Championship side Nottingham Forest on Sunday evening.
With the Carabao Cup already in the trophy room and interest maintained in the Premier League title race and the Champions League, Liverpool face a busy April with at least eight key games in 29 games including home clashes with Manchester United and Everton.
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And Van Dijk believes the Reds should embrace the workload in anticipation of such a run of important fixtures.
"That’s something that we all want first and foremost, so you have to look after yourself, make sure you recover well, prepare well," said the centre-back. "I think one of the first things you don’t have to forget is: enjoy it.
"Like (against Forest), it’s something you should enjoy, these nights where you have to fight for everything. So that’s what we have to do in April as well. I think everyone, not even (just) the younger guys, everyone should enjoy it.
"And it’s tough sometimes because you want to play as well as you can, and even (at Forest) when there were moments where we were a bit sloppy on the ball but still kept going and kept pressing, these moments always happen and you just have to give it your all, enjoy the moment and focus on the game ahead of us. It’s good we are going to Wembley again.
"An international break now, we have to fight for our countries in a good way hopefully, a change of scenery and hopefully everyone comes back fit and healthy."
Liverpool were made to work hard by Forest - who had previously eliminated Premier League opponents Arsenal and Leicester City at home in the FA Cup this season - with Van Dijk admitting the Championship side had little to lose.
"Obviously they had quite a good run, so we were prepared," said the Holland international, speaking to LFC TV. "It’s one of those games you can’t really do it too well – everyone expects you to win because we are the Premier League side, we are Liverpool. So we had to stay focused, stay positive and stay patient, work as hard or harder than them at least, and finish our chances off.
"At one point they played 4-2-4 or 3-3-4 when they take all the risks and there was a lot of space to maybe kill off the game. It was tough; nice atmosphere, but in the end I think we deserved to go through."
