BREAKING: Liverpool Stun Barca, Reach 2nd Consecutive UCL Final
English premiership club, Liverpool FC pulled off incredible second-leg turnaround against Barcelona, winning 4-0, to book place in the Champions League final.
The club produced one of the greatest Champions League comebacks in history by overturning a three-goal first-leg deficit to beat Barcelona 4-3 on aggregate and reach the final.
After Barcelona won the first leg 3-0 at the Nou Camp, few gave Liverpool a chance of scoring the goals they needed to progress, let alone preventing the almighty La Liga champions from scoring.
But an early strike from Divock Origi, who tapped in after Marc-Andre ter Stegen failed to hold Jordan Henderson’s shot, gave the vociferous Anfield crowd the belief that another European fightback from the Reds could be on the cards.
Liverpool scored 1 goal to end the first half and came back with outstanding performances in the second half to score 3 goals.
Georginio Wijnaldum, on as a substitute for the injured Andy Robertson, made it 2-0 with a low drive nine minutes after the break before the midfielder almost immediately made it 3-0 on the night and 3-3 on aggregate with a superb header.
Origi, completed a remarkable victory for Liverpool when he swept Trent Alexander-Arnold’s low corner into the back of the net late on.
A football fan who was excited about the outcome of the match revealed to Mouthpiece NG, that Barcelona lost the game because the team played “Away” in the return leg.
Barcelona in the last 4years has never been successful in return leg at “Away” during nock out stage. Whenever the team play “Away” in return leg, they are always unlucky, “he said.