A 3-2 comeback win at Villarreal on Tuesday night booked the Reds’ ticket to the showpiece in Paris later this month, with goals from Fabinho, Luis Diaz and Sadio Mane securing a massive result at Estadio de la Ceramica.
Post-match, several players spoke immediately to BT Sport about the emotions of the occasion and a hard-fought challenge against the La Liga team…
Trent Alexander-Arnold
On it being a difficult night…
We never tend to make these Champions League semis easy for ourselves. Thinking back to Roma away, Barça at home and now here. It was very difficult. They played very well first half. We regrouped at half-time and grabbed it by the scruff of the neck and did what we needed to do.
On a ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ performance from Liverpool…
It was difficult for us first half. We expected it, but sometimes you can’t control the game how you want to. They started the game very well, scored early doors, which is obviously what they wanted to do. But we got the game done and booked our ticket to Paris.
