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Tuesday 7 May 2019

They've Done It! Liverpool Reach Champions League Final As Origi And Wijnaldum Score Twice Each In Stunning Comeback Against Barca

Liverpool 4-0 Barcelona (4-3 agg): Reds complete amazing comeback to reach Champions
LIVERPOOL 4-0 BARCELONA (agg 4-3) - MARTIN SAMUEL AT ANFIELD: The greatest team in Europe stopped, but a 20-year-old from West Derby in Merseyside was still thinking. Trent Alexander-Arnold sold Barcelona the dummy that resonated across the globe and sent Liverpool to another Champions League final. What a brain, what audacity. 

Divock Origi, who has scored some of the most important goals in the history of this club, while being its fifth choice striker, got the winner but Alexander-Arnold was the evil genius behind.  He walked over to the ball by the corner flag, seemed to change his mind about taking, and stepped away. Barcelona, at that moment, relaxed, regrouped, some even turned their backs. Alexander-Arnold switched direction with a greyhound’s speed and whipped it on. Origi met it first time and Barcelona’s stood baffled. That old one? How could they be so foolish? How could they be so…out? 

Divock Origi (right) celebrates with Xherdan Shaqiri (left) after scoring Liverpool's fourth to complete the comeback

Origi runs over to celebrates with Alexander-Arnold after scoring the fourth goal to put Liverpool in the lead on aggregate
Origi is swarmed by his Liverpool team-mates after scoring the fourth goal to send Anfield into a frenzy on Tuesday
Origi is swarmed by his Liverpool team-mates after scoring the fourth goal to send Anfield into a frenzy on Tuesday
Georginio Wijnaldum celebrates scoring Liverpool's third goal to bring them level with Barcelona on aggregate
Georginio Wijnaldum celebrates scoring Liverpool's third goal to bring them level with Barcelona on aggregate
The second-half substitute rose highest to head in his second goal just minutes after scoring his first for the hosts
The second-half substitute rose highest to head in his second goal just minutes after scoring his first for the hosts
The Dutchman hangs in the air as he watches the ball fly into Marc-Andre ter Stegen's net during the second half
The Dutchman hangs in the air as he watches the ball fly into Marc-Andre ter Stegen's net during the second half
Wijnaldum runs to celebrate in front of the Kop after bringing the aggregate score back to 3-3 during the second half
Wijnaldum runs to celebrate in front of the Kop after bringing the aggregate score back to 3-3 during the second half
The 28-year-old latched on to a cross to put his shot low and hard past Barcelona's German goalkeeper
The 28-year-old latched on to a cross to put his shot low and hard past Barcelona's German goalkeeper
Ter Stegen is unable to keep the ball out as Wijnaldum scores Liverpool's second goal to send fans into a frenzy
Ter Stegen is unable to keep the ball out as Wijnaldum scores Liverpool's second goal to send fans into a frenzy
Liverpool's No 5 celebrates by picking up the ball and running back to the halfway line to get play restarted
Liverpool's No 5 celebrates by picking up the ball and running back to the halfway line to get play restarted

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