Liverpool vs Barcelona highlights: Goals and action from an incredible Champions League semi-final at Anfield

Standard Sport8 May 2019

Istanbul will always be the benchmark when it comes to Liverpool comebacks in Europe but the 4-0 dismantling of Barcelona at Anfield will run it close as Jurgen Klopp's side reached successive Champions League finals.

Trailing by three goals from the first leg no-one gave the Reds much hope but two goals apiece from Divock Origi and game-changing half-time substitute Georginio Wijnaldum saw them progress 4-3 on aggregate.

In a truly remarkable - and intense - game not only did Liverpool erase that disadvantage inside 56 minutes, they went on to score a winner and, remarkably, kept Lionel Messi quiet.

For only the fourth time in the competition's history a team was eliminated from a knockout tie having won the first leg by three or more goals, the last occasion being Barca against Roma in last season's quarter-final.

Origi's timing in scoring his first Champions League goals was impeccable, as was Wijnaldum's introduction for injured defender Andy Robertson.

Watch the video above for all the goals and highlights from an incredible night at Anfield, and scroll through the gallery below for all the best photos.

In Pictures | Liverpool vs Barcelona, Champions League | 07/05/2019

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Additional reporting by the Press Association.

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