” Anfield is the place where you don’t want to go in second leg ” – Wenger.
It had to be Anfield and it had to be Barcelona. Jam packed Anfield witnessed the Miracle which they were hoping and praying for. Barcelona bottled 3 goals lead against Liverpool as they did with Roma. Liverpool ripped off Valverde men’s defense and trashed the Catalan Giants big time. They went on to score 4 goals conceding nill. Blaugrana were clueless as how to Liverpool attack. Liverpool will play final at Madrid with the winner at Johan Cruifjj Arena.
Barcelona turned their 3-0 triumph at Camp Nou into waste, lying down and becoming a red-and-blue carpet for Liverpool to walk over into the final.
Salah and Firmino-less Liverpool started attacking right from first minute. Scrambled Barca’s defense conceded an early 7 min goal and from then they were never in the game. Valverde’s men sweated against Liverpool’s attack but some how they managed to keep to a goal deficit at the end of first half.
Liverpool were off to a vigorous attack in second half. Wijnaldum, who was the sub In for Robertson, stunned Barcelona by scoring 2 goals in two mins. Though hope was evaporating, Barcelona couldn’t attack Allison. Their mid-field put up a horrible show which costed them the final berth. Trent’s cheeky corner ended Barcelona’s UCL hopes as Origil put it into the net.
Liverpool pulled of a spectacular remontada, leaving Barcelona fans heartbroken. The foils of Roma is still alive among the Cules and Liverpool made life much more difficult for them. Liverpool will feature in consecutive UCL finals which is going to be held at Madrid while barca is left with a bitter taste of their consecutive UCL exit.
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