Only Spurs rush in: it's the UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2018/2019 thread

Salah has the beating of that flank

Heap of cynical fouls from Barcelona

and should have four yellows for dirty slides

tell ye what cold sweats at the thought of facing either team tbh, rest sissoko at ajax imo

That Busquets one getting let go was ridiculous. Ref was really starting to lose control of it by the end of the half there.

Precarious enough, Liverpool prob need an away goal, whatever happens.

master of the dark arts is busi

only cos refs let him

ah remember when he was *our* cunt, now he's back to just a cunt

Haha I was gonna say I forgot how much I love/hate him

The state of Vidal

Kind of feel Liverpool may have squandered enough chances to regret.

unfortunate when milner gets the two best scoring chances...

Salah has held the ball up so well.

Grand larceny.

Ouch

Fuck football

If they can get a goal back 2-1 is a workable 1st leg result

I would be happy with 2-1 but 3-0 looking more likely maybe.

My fault

... you were saying?

Jesus what a free kick

Ok yeah never mind

Can’t really do much about that. Stunning.

His 600th goal for Barca.

Cruel at the other end too.

jaysus

Awful from Salah

my word

Sitter.

nightmare game huh

few of em should be suspended for final imi

barca losing 3-0 to liverpool seems more likely than them losing 3-0 to roma.....

anyone relying on liveblogs for this will have been informed by the Guardian that Messi's second was 35 yards out and by the BBC that it was his 300th for Barca

It's the nil part that makes it impossible. Even 3-1 would leave a faint glimmer of hope.

Yeah

good lord

has anyone noted the fk was a deflection like

about what you'd expect from jammy, over-rated Lionel Messi

two chances you should prob take 1.5 goals from there barca

can only thank god messi isnt english tbh

god i can only hope they rue that embarrassing wastefulness at the end, one sitter two good chances in three minutes

Liverpool were good for the first 15 mins of that 2nd half, didn't score and well there is only one way etc.

our strikers want bloody shooting

I don't know if I'm going to get over this season

Guess I just feel Liverpool are very good but not quite at the level of some of the teams eclipsing them.

Admirably philosophical of you but I'm feeling beat

Not sure I ever allowed myself to believe.

Tho I did think they'd win this semi-final, I hadn't really thought of the CL much even though it is obv a huge tournament.

You could see Liverpool scoring 3 at Anfield but a bit like the Spurs Dortmund tie, all it will take is for Barca to get one and it's all over

Yes, Liverpool could score three, for sure.

Yeah I'd barely thought about the champions league at all the, almost as if we'd got to the semi by mistake. But in light of this brutal league run-in I'd started to warm up to it as a consolation xp