Yesterday, Liverpool reached their first Champions League semi-final for 10 years after coming from behind to win 2-1 at Manchester City and secure an emphatic 5-1 aggregate win.
The latter made the perfect start as they tried to reel in a 3-0 deficit from the first leg when Raheem Sterling set up Gabriel Jesus for a cool finish after only two minutes.
But that was all they could manage even as they dominated play in the first 45 minutes. The Liverpool half was under siege but the Reds showed disciplined defending and remarkable resilience.
After soaking up the non-stop blistering pressures, they turned on their formidable firepower.
In the fifty-sixth minute, Mohamed Salah collected the ball as it ran loose from Sadio Mane's drive into the area before delivering a composed lofted finish.
Then Manchester City’s Nicolas Otamendi gifted the ball to Roberto Firmino on the edge of his own box. Firmino had a free run towards the goalmouth and he coolly slotted it low into the bottom corner in the seventy-seventh minute. A brilliant finish!
Thus, Liverpool will now have their sights set on a sixth triumph in Europe's elite competition.
Mo and Firmino have both scored more goals in a single Champions League/European Cup campaign for Liverpool – eight each – than any other player in the club's history.
The Reds will discover their semi-final opponents when the draw is made on Friday in Nyon, Switzerland.
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