Liverpool raced to a 5-0 lead vs. Roma only to let in two late goals in their Champions League semifinal, first leg.
Liverpool needs to avoid a three-goal defeat in Rome next Wednesday to reach the Champions League final, but Jurgen Klopp’s team should have already booked their place in Kiev after building a 5-0 lead before conceding two late goals against Roma.
Having scored two late goals through Edin Dzeko and Diego Perotti, Roma gave themselves hope of another champion League miracle, having stunned Barcelona in the quarterfinals. But Liverpool will still travel to the Italian capital as favourites to make it to the final having dominated this tie for over an hour.
Two Mohamed Salah goals, another two from Roberto Firmino and one from Sadio Mane gave Liverpool what seemed an unassailable lead. But Dzeko’s late strike and a Perotti penalty left Eusebio Di Francesco’s team needing to win next Wednesday’s return leg 3-0 to make it to the final — the same score that saw the giallorossi eliminate Barcelona in the last eight.
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Can Roma do it again? Well, they will need to perform better than they did at Anfield when they allowed the Liverpool forwards far too much time and space to run riot.
Liverpool was sublime at times, tearing holes into the Roma defence, with Salah, in particular, giving his former club nightmares. But the defensive frailties that always threaten Liverpool’s progress returned in the final stages and only time will tell how costly the late Roma goals will be.
Klopp’s team, who lost Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to a first-half knee injury, remain most likely to make it to Kiev for the Champions League final, but they will travel to Rome knowing that they could be in for a torrid time at the Stadio Olimpico next week.
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All seven goals from the 5-2 #Liverpool victory over #Roma in the first leg of the #ChampionsLeague semi-finals! pic.twitter.com/moCdOGDbXp
— 15SecondFutbol (@15SecondFutbol) April 25, 2018
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