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Liverpool fans go crazy as Jurgen Klopp's men come back from the dead to beat Barcelona
'Greatest comeback since Lazarus': Fans party into the night as Liverpool reach Champions League final after incredible four-goal fight back against Barcelona in one of football's greatest upsets
- Liverpool completed an incredible comeback win over Barcelona last night, sending Reds fans into a frenzy
- Thousands of stunned football fans took to Twitter to share their shock at tonight's result and Liverpool's win
- Among them was Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher, who called it the 'greatest night ever' in Anfield's history
- The win even received a royal seal of approval from Prince William and sporting greats such as LeBron James
- Liverpool could now face fellow English side Tottenham if the London team beat Ajax in tonight's semi-final
Football fans from across the globe reacted in shock and awe last night as Liverpool completed one of football's greatest ever comebacks to beat Barcelona and reach the Champions League final.
The English club launched an incredible four-goal fight back to stun one of the world's best teams and overturn what many believed to be an insurmountable 3-0 deficit from the first leg in Spain.
As the final whistle blew, some of Liverpool's heroes dropped to their knees in disbelief while others were seen crying on the pitch, as Anfield's 55,000-strong crowd of adoring fans erupted with joy.
Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher led the tributes as exclaimed last night the 'greatest ever' in the history of the iconic ground, with the win even receiving a royal seal of approval from the Duke of Cambridge.
Prince William, the serving President of the FA and Aston Villa fan, tweeted 'an incredible result, what a comeback' which was followed by praise from sporting royalty in the form of basketball great LeBron James, who added: 'Amazing night for the Reds. Wow.'
The moment got the better of Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, who turned the air blue after the game when he said: 'It's 10:10pm, most children are in bed, but these boys are f****** mentality giants. If you have to fine me, fine me!'
The against-the-odds victory has booked Liverpool a place in the Champion's League final against either Tottenham Hotspur or Ajax, giving the Reds the chance to avenge their defeat in last year's final to Real Madrid.
Liverpool striker Divock Origi celebrates scoring his side's historic fourth goal that booked their place in this season's Champion's League final last night
Liverpool players celebrate in front of their delighted fans at Anfield, following their famous comeback win against Barcelona last night
Fans in Liverpool took to the streets to celebrate the historic victory, lighting flares and singing 'You'll Never Walk Alone'
The emotion of the incredible comeback was too much for some, with this tearful Liverpool fan being consoled after the game
This stunning image shows the thousands of Liverpool fans packed into Anfield to celebrate last night's win, as they players pay tribute to the support
Liverpool fans all over the world celebrated the win. Mere hours after the game ended, one Liverpool fan got the name of striker Divock Origi tattooed on their body - to celebrate his two goal performance (left). In New York, a pub was taken over by exuberant Liverpool fans (right)
While fans in the stadium shouted themselves hoarse, others took to social media to express their joy.
One fan, writing on Twitter, said: 'Liverpool doing things that cannot be done!'
Another said: 'If Liverpool see this out, it will be the greatest comeback since Lazarus.'
A third said: 'Never, ever count Liverpool out, I won't tell you again.'
Photos and videos posted online showed fans celebrating wildly in pubs, bars and the streets of Liverpool.
Overseas fans were also pictured celebrating, with one group of fans filmed partying in New York, while another fan in Magaluf got a tattoo of Liverpool goalscorer Divock Origi on his stomach.
Manager Jurgen Klopp was in a typically exuberant mood after the match, saying: 'It's 10 past 10, most of the children are probably in bed but these boys are f****** giants. If you have to fine me, fine me.'
His team received royal support following their incredible comeback, with Prince William taking to his official Twitter account to congratulate the team: 'Well done Liverpool - an incredible result, what a comeback!'
Actor James Corden said: 'Unbelievable. Congratulations to @LFC nobody can say they don't deserve it. Unreal.'
Several Liverpool players took to social media after the game to share their joy at beating Barcelona in a historic result
Gary Lineker tweeted: 'Congratulations to @LFC. It was an absolute delight to be there to witness one of the greatest nights in the history of European football. A truly astonishing performance.'
His comments come after he was criticised for a video showing him celebrating wildly when Lionel Messi scored Barcelona's third goal in the first game.
Two-goal hero Georginio Wijnaldum said: 'The people from outside, they doubted us and thought we couldn't do it.
'But once again we showed that everything is possible.'
Injured midfielder Naby Keita posted a video of himself celebrating his team's win by hobbling around his home, after ripping off a bandage on his leg.
Alcohol flowed and spirits were high as the fans celebrated their team's historic performance against Barcelona last night
The stadium had an electric atmosphere throughout the night and the party looks as if it is set to continue for a long time yet
Liverpool supporters holding their scarves up high and singing as they celebrate the historic victory over Barcelona last night
A young Barcelona fan is inconsolable as he is comforted by another after watching their team somehow lose to Liverpool
Fans were stunned by the comeback last night, taking to social media to share their shock at the result as Liverpool came back to beat Barcelona
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (left), manager Jurgen Klopp (centre) and Virgil van Dijk celebrate after the UEFA Champions League Semi Final match
Injured Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita joins in with the wild celebrations, hopping around after watching his team win
Keita played in the first game but was injured today and had to watch from home along with millions of other fans
Fans at Anfield celebrate a magical night as Liverpool reach the Champions League final following a night of dramatic action
Liverpool will face a tough match in the final against Ajax or fellow English side Tottenham Hotspur, but for now, the party remains in full swing
Other fans took the opportunity to poke fun at Barcelona, who were led by Lionel Messi, believed to be the best player of all time by many.
One fan said: 'Messi and his Barcelona squad went to Anfield 4 Nothing.'
Another said: 'Barcelona fans were talking about Ajax and Barcelona lifting the CL trophy together.'
Liverpool could play an English side in this year's final if Tottenham are able to overcome their first leg deficit against Ajax tonight.
They lost the first game 1-0 and have the chance to perform a comeback of their own and book an all-English Champions League final for the first time since 2008.
Asked where this victory ranks among others in his career, manager Klopp said with a smile: 'Top three.
'It's a special night, very special. Winning against Barcelona is obviously one of the most difficult things in the world of football.
'Winning against Barcelona when you're 3-0 down, makes it not easier. We had to score four goals and was not allowed to concede pretty much.
Jurgen Klopp was all smiles after the final whistle and was spotted leaving Anfield with his equally delighted friends and family
Liverpool winger Xherdan Shaqiri also wore a broad grin as he pulled away from the car park at Anfield, after an impressive performance
Striker Divock Origi was another in high spirits having scored twice against Barcelona, including the winning fourth goal
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson drove home alongside his mother Liz who was in the passenger seat, with both in high spirits
Jurgen Klopp celebrates with his coaching staff after winning the UEFA Champions league semi-final second leg football match between Liverpool and Barcelona at Anfield
Liverpool's Georginio Wijnaldum (L) celebrates with his teammate Jordan Henderson (R) after scoring the third goal in the match
Liverpool fans in a pub in New York celebrate a historic night for the football club as they reached a second successive Champions League final
Emotions ran high as fans all over the world celebrated the result, which came after Barcelona won the first game 3-0
'We made it more difficult, so we didn't really think about it to be 100 per cent honest. We tried to build on the performance in Barcelona and all the good things we did there and try to win the game step by step.
'We attacked with whatever we have and can throw on the pitch.
'That made it a really special game, it made us really difficult to play against tonight. What the boys did and that was this mix of again a big heart and football skills. It's unbelievable.
'But then we know, and we didn't learn in the first game and we knew it before already, if you have chances, you have to score because otherwise you get punished.
'Tonight we scored, in different ways.
Liverpool's star forward Mohammed Salah, pictured, was injured for last night's game but his shirt, which reads Never Give Up, became a rallying call for fans
A visibly distraught Barcelona fan reacts after the match - his distress was a common feature among fans of the defeated Spanish side
A dejected Lionel Messi walks off the pitch at the final whistle, unable to rescue his Barcelona side against Liverpool
One fan used these two contrasting pictures of Avengers star Thor, played by Chris Hemsworth, to poke fun at the performance of Barcelona star Lionel Messi
Former Liverpool start Philipe Coutinho came under criticism from fans at his former club, after leaving to win the Champions League
Barcelona were in confident mood before the game, with the official Twitter account sharing this tweet - where they said they were definitely going to score one goal at least
Many social media posters were stunned at Barcelona's defeat and Liverpool's incredible win, taking to Twitter to share their shock through memes and videos
'I said it so often now but the thing that made it really possible - and I said to the boys before ''I don't think it's possible but because it's you I think we have a chance'' - they are really mentality giants. It's unbelievable.
'After the season we played, the games we had, the injuries we had now in this moment, if you go out there and ask who bet a penny on us, I don't think you find a lot of people.
'So, and then going out there and putting a performance like this on the pitch is unbelievable.
'I am really proud to be manager of this team. It's unbelievable what they did tonight. it's so special.
'I will remember it forever 100 per cent because I don't know if it happened before or it can happen again. I really don't know. The boys did it, so it was brilliant.'
Meanwhile, Barcelona's defeated coach Ernesto Valverde said: 'When you have a collapse of this nature, we will have a few horrible days ahead.'
Liverpool 4-0 Barcelona (4-3 agg): Divock Origi and Georginio Wijnaldum bag braces as Reds complete spectacular Anfield comeback to overturn three-goal deficit and reach the Champions League final
BY MARTIN SAMUEL FOR THE DAILY MAIL
Better than Istanbul? Yes, go on then. It was better than Istanbul. Barcelona are better than AC Milan. Lionel Messi is better than Kaka. And Liverpool now are better than Liverpool then. Liverpool now are nothing less than astonishing.
At the end of this wonderful, unbelievable, fantastical game, Jurgen Klopp linked arms with his players, facing The Kop as the whole of Anfield, including some among the bereft Catalan enclave, sung You'll Never Walk Alone.
One had the feeling this was the moment he had been working towards since the day he set foot on Merseyside. This spirit. This togetherness. This performance. This passion, this emotion: it was all here, every last drop of what he wanted top achieve.
And yet, there is still such a long way to go. Suddenly, however, the potential disappointment of falling a point short to Manchester City on Sunday, did not appear so bleak. Liverpool will have something to play for beyond that.
Divock Origi (right) celebrates with Xherdan Shaqiri (left) after scoring Liverpool's fourth to complete the comeback
The Belgian striker quickly reacted to a brilliant corner from Trent Alexander-Arnold to complete a spectacular comeback
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
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
Wijnaldum runs to celebrate in front of the Kop after bringing the aggregate score back to 3-3 during the second half
They will have a second consecutive Champions League final but, this time, not against the most experienced team in Europe. Liverpool will face the winners of tonight's meeting between Tottenham and Ajax. It could be a perfect ending. Even if it is Manchester City's season, it may be theirs too.
And they would deserve it like no team before; they would deserve it as much as they did not deserve the three goal defeat at Nou Camp that had to be overturned last night. First, by a team shorn of its finest strikers in Mo Salah and Roberto Firmino and then, after half-time, without one of the stand out players of this season, Andrew Robertson.
Just as Chelsea conquered Europe with Jose Bosingwa at centre-half and Ryan Bertrand playing left midfield, Liverpool swept aside Barcelona with Divock Origi leading the line, Xherdan Shaqiri in support and James Milner as a makeshift left-back.
What a performance it was. Liverpool did not just defeat Barcelona physically, but technically, tactically, and ultimately intellectually, too. Barcelona, considered by many the greatest team in Europe, were outsmarted by a 20-year-old from West Derby in Merseyside. Trent Alexander-Arnold was still thinking when Barcelona stopped for the fourth goal, meaning he sold them a dummy that resonated across the globe as loud as any shot, sending Liverpool to Madrid on June 1.
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 what proved to be the winner and therefore the back page glory, but Alexander-Arnold was the evil genius behind the move.
Liverpool won a corner and Alexander-Arnold walked over to the ball by the flag, before seeming to change his mind about taking it, and stepping away. Barcelona, at that moment, relaxed, regrouped, some even turned their backs to reset for the new taker.
At which point, Alexander-Arnold switched direction and whipped it in. Origi met the ball first time, hit the net and Barcelona stood baffled. That old one? How could they be so foolish? How could they be so…out?
Yet out they are. Magnificently out. Stupendously out. Liverpool did not even need extra time. They overturned a three-goal deficit, and deserved it.
Istanbul had elements of luck. Even in that seismic second-half Liverpool were not entirely dominant and the game actually ended a 3-3 draw.
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
Divock Origi (left) gets Liverpool off to a flying start after scoring a tap-in just seven minutes after kick off
The Belgian striker, who was filling in for the injured Mohamed Salah, tapped in a saved Jordan Henderson shot
Barcelona keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen appeals for an offside as Henderson and Origi collect the ball to restart the game
Henderson and Origi barely celebrate as they sprint back to the halfway line to restart the game after getting the perfect start
This was different. This was a magnificent performance, of not just courage but footballing excellence. There is so much more to Liverpool than that ferocious press yet, on nights like this, it is those moments that resonate.
How do they keep it up. How, amidst the most hard fought title race in history, do they find the energy for this?
Liverpool were ahead early but a single away goal would have left them needing five. So when Robertson left the field it seemed as if obstacles were mounting against them. And it did change the game but, ironically, for the better – because it introduced another of the night's matchwinners: Georginio Wijnaldum.
To call him a super sub really doesn't do it justice. Super subs are strikers, chucked on as a last resort. Wijnaldum had a meatier role, shoring up midfield, so Milner could go to full-back. But he had bigger plans. He turned the match on its head, instead.
It was Wijnaldum's second-half goals that brought Liverpool level and shook Lionel Messi and Barcelona to their foundations. When Liverpool scored the first there was hope – but few could have imagined this, two goals in three minutes to level the aggregate score at 3-3, and give Liverpool the momentum for a final push to victory.
Fabinho slides in to win the ball before catching Suarez on the follow-through during the first half of their second leg clash
Liverpool's Fabinho (No 3) shouts at Luis Suarez after the Uruguayan striker sits on the ground after a coming together
The Brazilian midfielder is booked for his hard challenge on Suarez as Sergio Busquets (right) consoles him
Reds captain Henderson clutches his knee in agony after being caught just outside the Barcelona box
Wijnaldum has a knack for it at this stage in the competition. He has only scored one other Champions League goal and that was in the semi-final against Roma last year. That was another crazy tie, although after this we may have to redefine lunacy. So let's keep it simple. This is how Wijnaldum brought Barcelona to their knees.
In the 54th minute, he arrived late into the box, to meet a perfect cross from Alexander-Arnold. His shot was low and straight and maybe goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen should have done better. He didn't, meaning Liverpool were a goal away. Then, two minutes later, Shaqiri hit a lovely cross that Wijnaldum met with a header. Level. But more than that, really; because from there, it seemed there could only be one winner.
Salah was in the stand wearing a shirt with the message 'Never give up' and the reason Liverpool could still feel the slightest smidgeon of optimism after conceding three at Nou Camp, is that if Barcelona lose in Europe, they tend to do so spectacularly.
Their last four defeats in this competition have been by 3-0, 3-0, 4-0 and 4-0. Scoring early against them tends to have a very positive effect, too, so the mood once Liverpool went ahead after seven minutes went beyond euphoria towards frenzy. From the start, Liverpool were on the front foot, ferocious, ambitious, swarming all over Barcelona, allowing them no time on the ball, and precious little to think.
Yet it was still an impossible dream. Origi's goal, however, transformed it.
Henderson covers his face while he receives treatment from the Liverpool physios after going down with an injury
Jurgen Klopp has his head in his hands as he watches Henderson receive treatment on the other side of the pitch
Messi (left) chases down James Milner (centre) who shields the ball away from the Argentinian in the first half
Referee Cuneyt Cakir talks with both Messi and Andy Robertson after the two have a disagreement in the first half
A sea of red and white scarves flood the Kop at Anfield while huge flags are waved before the game on Tuesday
Barcelona fans let of blue and red flares in the away end at Anfield as both fans create an electric atmosphere on Merseysid
Jordan Henderson – a lion, as always on these occasions – battled through after a poor Jordi Alba header had set up Sadio Mane, but looked to have wasted his chance when his shot flew too near to ter Stegen. He only parried it, however, and Origi – the hero of Saturday's win over Newcastle – drove it into the unattended net.
Of course, this is Barcelona, meaning Alisson had to be at his best on more than one occasion. Yet this was a very fine performance rather than one where the goalkeeper wins man of the match. He saved from Alba, from Messi, from Luis Suarez – yet nothing we hadn't see before. There was no fortune in Liverpool's win, no reason for Barcelona to feel hard done by.
The pre-match soundtrack at Anfield told its own story. Lots of songs about happy outcomes, dreams and belief. And it is easy to be cynical about that old cliché, the famous European nights at Anfield - but they exist. This ground is rarely home to the normal, mundane or expected.
Klopp's instruction, if Liverpool were to fail, was to 'fall brilliantly'. Maybe that's what he thought would happen, too.
Maybe that's why, at the end, he was as lost in the moment as any Koppite. Because they did not fail, not even brilliantly. They gave this stadium arguably the greatest European night it has ever witnessed. And that, as you know, is saying something.
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