Anfield will forever remember this night in the club's history, this miracle surpassed that of Istanbul many believe. It has to be somewhere near the
top and genuinely, there is no hyperbole whatsoever to say that it probably
trumps the lot, everything that has happened before at this famous old stadium,
with the floodlights on and the European Cup as the target.
By the time it was all
done, it was the players of Liverpool who could look forward to the final in
Madrid on 1 June and, for Barcelona, that made it one of the more harrowing
ordeals of all their years when they have graced Europe’s premier club
competition. Barça once overcame a 4-0 first-leg deficit against Paris
Saint-Germain by winning 6-1 in the return fixture. They will know now what it
is like to be on the receiving end when it comes to the list of great Champions
League comebacks.
Jürgen Klopp’s team had
begun the night with a 3-0 deficit and, ultimately, more fool anyone who
thought it was beyond them. Plenty of us did. Yet they had levelled the match
on aggregate, incredibly, by the 56th minute courtesy of Divock Origi’s
first-half goal and two in quick succession from the substitute Georginio
Wijnaldum. Origi was playing because Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino were
both missing and it was the replacement striker, again, who came up with the
fourth goal.
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