Liverpool finally played catch up – and earned their rightful place among Europe’s football elite as they challenged Roma at Anfield in the semi-final first leg showdown on Tuesday.
Playing at home first, Jurgen Klopp’s side needed a positive result to take to Italy and they got just that – as they assuredly annihilated the Italian side 5-2.
And what a game it was.
The Reds, who last reached the final in 2007, repeatedly breached Roma’s naively high defensive line and scored five times in the opening 68 minutes at a raucous Anfield reverberating from every nook and corner. Certainly, there was a generous overload of sensory input as Kopites witnessed Mohamed Salah (35, 45), Sadio Mane (56), and Roberto Firmino (61, 68) netted goals that gave me big bursts of exhilarating excitement.
But regrettably, two late Roma goals (81, 85) meant that they have given themselves a chance for next Wednesday's return leg.
And Roma need only look to the last round for inspiration – they lost the first leg in Barcelona 4-1 before winning 3-0 in Italy to progress on away goals.
A repeat of the latter scoreline this time would take them into the final against Bayern Munich or Real Madrid.
But like every Red fan, this will NOT happen because Liverpool will prevail. We will be victorious. We are sure to win.
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