DBasia.news – Liverpool won a ticket to the 2018-19 Champions League final. The Reds confirmed it after winning a 4-0 victory over Barcelona in the Champions League semifinal second leg at Anfield, Wednesday (8/5) WIB.
Indeed, Liverpool were not seeded because of the negative results in the first leg of the match. At that time, the Reds were beaten 0-3 at home to Barcelona, Camp Nou.
In addition, Jurgen Klopp was not able to play a number of his flagship players. Liverpool without Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, and Naby Keita.
Even so, Anfield Stadium gave its magic to Liverpool. Divock Origi opened the home team’s advantage when the game had only been running for seven minutes.
Afterwards, Divock Origi continued to score in the 79th minute. Among the two goals, there were two goals created by Gerginio Wijnaldum’s.
These results have made Liverpool succeed in turning things around after trailing 0-3. The Reds became the fourth team capable of doing so, after AS Roma last season.
Liverpool also qualified for the top match of the 2018-2019 Champions League. The Reds straddled Barcelona in the semifinal phase with a 4-3 advantage on aggregate.
This is the ninth time Liverpool have qualified for the Champions League final. Only Real Madrid (16 times), AC Milan (11 times), and Bayern Munich (10 times) are more than them.
Liverpool also became the first English club to qualify for the Champions League final in two consecutive seasons since 2009. A decade ago, Manchester United qualified for the 2008 and 2009 Champions League finals.