Liverpool will play Real Madrid in the Champions League final despite suffering a chaotic 4-2 semi-final second leg loss to Roma in the Stadio Olimpico.
The 7-6 win on aggregate was secured thanks to Sadio Mane’s 19th goal of the season and Georginio Wijnaldum’s first away strike in almost three years.
An own goal by James Milner had put the hosts back in the game while Edin Dzeko’s strike shortly after half-time ensured the Reds endured a testing conclusion. Radja Nainngolan then scored twice, but it was too late for Roma.
Tweet of the match
YYEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!! Kiev here we come!!! ??? pic.twitter.com/NIVKjLHCiy
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) May 2, 2018
Star man – Sadio Mane
Real Madrid await
? A mouth-watering 2018 UEFA Champions League final! ?
Real Madrid or Liverpool?#UCLfinal #UCL pic.twitter.com/wQsKkUHK9H
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) May 2, 2018
After another crazy game Liverpool can now look forward to a clash with Real Madrid in a final in Kiev on May 26 that is a truly tantalising prospect. Jurgen Klopp’s side are the top scorers in the competition this season and take on the club who have won the competition for three of the last four seasons, including each of the last two.
Data Point
8 – @LFC have reached their eighth European Cup/Champions League final, at least three more than any other English side. Representing. pic.twitter.com/FdKpE3kHs8
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) May 2, 2018
Ratings
Roma: Alisson 6/10, Alessandro Florenzi 6, Kostas Manolas 6, Federico Fazio 5, Aleksandar Kolarov 6, Lorenzo Pellegrini 5, Daniele De Rossi 6, Radja Nainggolan 6, Patrik Schick 5, Edin Dzeko 7, Stephan El Shaarawy 7. Substitutes: Cengiz Under (for Pellegrini, 53) 6, Maxime Gonalons (for De Rossi, 69) 5, Mirko Antonucci (for El Shaarawy, 75) 5.
Liverpool: Loris Karius 6, Trent Alexander-Arnold 6, Dejan Lovren 6, Virgil van Dijk 6, Andy Robertson 7, Georginio Wijnaldum 6, Jordan Henderson 6, James Milner 7, Mohamed Salah 6, Roberto Firmino 7, Sadio Mane 8. Substitutes: Ragnar Klavan (for Mane, 83) 5, Dominic Solanke (for Firmino, 87) 5, Nathaniel Clyne (for Alexander-Arnold, 92) 5.
Who’s up next?
Cagliari v Roma (Serie A, May 6)
Chelsea v Liverpool (Premier League, May 6)
