Great strikes from Divock Origi and substitute Georginio Wijnaldum fired
Liverpool into their second consecutive Champions League final as
Barcelona collapsed to an improbable 4-0 humiliation at Anfield.
Facing a daunting 3-0 deficit, Origi made light of Mohamed Salah and
Roberto Firmino’s absence from the Liverpool forward line by poaching a
seventh-minute opener.
Jurgen Klopp’s side kept the contest at a pace frenetic enough that
Barcelona were rarely allowed to settle and Wijnaldum’s quickfire brace
before the hour had the locals in raptures.
It was a night for unlikely heroes and Trent Alexander-Arnold’s
quickly taken corner allowed Origi to smash high into the net 11 minutes
from time – inflicting a humbling upon LaLiga champions Barca and the
great Lionel Messi even more punishing than their surrender at Roma in
last season’s quarter-final.
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