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OK, that’s all for tonight, folks. It’s been a frustrating night for Liverpool, who played well but still came out on the wrong end of a hiding at the hands of Barcelona. A solitary goal would have taken the bare look off the visitors’ side of the scoreboard and given them some faint hope of turning this tie around next week.
As things stand, they need to score a minimum of three goals at Anfield, but will need five or more if Barcelona breach their defences in the return leg. A tall order, by any standards. Stay tuned to Guardian Football for more post-match reaction from our men at the Camp Nou.
Jurgen Klopp speaks ...
Speaking to BT Sport, Liverpool’s manager sounds disappointed, but philosophical. “Football is like this,” he says. “It’s about scoring goals and they scored three goals and we scored none. The performance was great and the boys were really good. I’m really happy with the performance but I’m not happy with the result. You don’t get grades in this game, you only get a hard result.
On the subject of his team’s profligacy in front of goal. “What can I say?” he asks. “It’s easy to talk about goals, but how we created the chances was outstanding. How we caused them problems was outstanding. How we played it - I don’t know if we can play much better.”
He has a little grumble at the play-acting of some of Barcelona’s more experienced players (yes you, Luis). “We’re 3-0 down but let’s recover and go to Newcastle,” he says. “The game is over, but whatever I say will not change the result. We will play again and see what happens. We have not made our lives easier.”
Match report: Barcelona 3-0 Liverpool
Daniel Taylor was at the Camp Nou for the Guardian on a night when Leo Messi and Luis Suarez put Liverpool to the sword. Here’s our chief football correspondent saw the game unfold.
Liverpool can feel a mite hard done by. It will be interesting to see what Jurgen Klopp makes of that performance. Liverpool went toe to toe with Barcelona in an entertaining first half but were undone by a moment of near brilliance from Luis Suarez. Having roared out of the traps for the second half, they went down to two Lionel Messi goals, one of them an absolute masterpiece.
Despite playing well, Liverpool have had their backsides handed to them, due in no small part to an inability to take their chances. James Milner had a couple of good chances, while Mo Salah missed a chance you’d expect him to bury in his sleep after Sadio Mane had a shot blocked on the line.
A little observation: As Liverpool took the corner that led to that final Barcelona breakaway, Jurgen Klopp ordered Alisson, a vision in fluorescent pink, to venture up the field and cause some havoc in the penalty area. The Brazilian goalkeeper refused to do so.
While we can’t say for sure what would have happened, had he done so, he almost certainly would not have been on hand to save Dembele’s pathetically feeble shot that turned out to be the last kick of the game.
Full-time: Barcelona 3-0 Liverpool
Peep! Peep! Peeeeeeep! It’s over at the Camp Nou, where Barcelona have left Liverpool with a mountain to climb after spanking them 3-0. Luis Suarez opened the scoring with a deft touch to give Barcelona the lead at half-time. Despite an excellent opening to the second half from Liverpool, Leo Messi took over and grabbed the tie by the scruff of the neck. Leo Messi scored twice, his first a tap-in and his second an incredible free kick from about 35 yards out.
Liverpool had their chances and will rue not coming away from this game with at least one away goal to their name.
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90+6 min: Liverpool win a corner, which Salah takes. Barcelona break up the pitch in another three-on-one, involving Messi, Pique and Dembele. Thye Frenhcman is set up by Messi but scuffs a weak shot into Alisson’s bread-basket. How did he miss!?!? He could have put the tie to bed, tucked it in and read it a story right there.
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90+5 min: Teed up by Leo Messi, Ousmane Dembele shoots high over the cross-bar when he perhaps ought to have teed up Ivan Rakitic, who was in a better position. Hark at me telling these fellows how to play football.
90+4 min: Barcelona double-substitution: Sergi Roberto and Luis Suarez off, Carles Alena and Ousmane Dembele on.
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90+2 min: Sadio Mane cuffs Arturo Vidal in the face after the Barcelona player had dispossessed him with a brilliant tackle. The ref doesn’t spot the assault and Vidal doesn’t make a big deal of it. Liverpool have a corner, from which Barcelona break up the pitch in a three-on-one. They make a mess of it.
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90+1 min: Arturo Vidal puts the ball out of play to give Liverpool a throw-in deep in Barcelona territory, down by the corner flag. There’ll be five minutes of added time, if not a little more. Barcelona are about to make two substitutions.
90 min: Gerard Pique hacks clear as Liverpool lay siege to the Barcelona penalty area.
88 min: Alisson saves, getting down at the feet of Sergi Roberto, who had got in behind Liverpool’s defence. The Premier League side are in all sorts of bother, having had Barcelona seriously worried for the first 20 minutes of this second half. Their cause looks doomed, but an away goal would at least give them a sporting chance of turning things around at Anfield next Tuesday.
87 min: Liverpool substitution: James Milner off, Divock Origi on.
84 min: Liverpool miss a sitter. A Roberto Firmino shot is blocked on the line by the heel of a Barcelona defender, but the ball ricochets kindly for Mo Salah. With the penalty area crowded but the goal at his mercy, the Egyptian spanks the ball against the upright. Oh, Mo.
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83 min: That was an incredible strike. Standing over the free-kick, 35 yards from goal, Messi bends the ball around the left side of the defensive wall and then wheels away in celebration as it arrows in under the angle of crossbar and left upright. Perfection.
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GOAL! Barcelona 3-0 Liverpool (Messi 82)
Crikey! Leo Messi scores with an incredible free-kick that sails into the top corner from 35 yards out. That’s his 600th goal for Barcelona.
80 min: Fabinho and Luis Suarez get booked, the latter for dissent, the former for a foul. Barcelona have a free-kick just outside the Liverpool penalty area.
79 min: Liverpool substitution: Gini Wijnaldum makes way for Roberto Firmino, who has been warming up on the touchline for some time.
76 min: Leo Messi makes a surging run through the centre, laying the ball off to Luis Suarez. He knees the ball ball goalwards, clipping the Liverpool cross-bar. Continuing his run, Messi simply controls the rebound with his chest before poking the ball into an unguarded net from about two feet out.
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GOAL! Barcelona 2-0 Liverpool (Messi 75)
Oops! I may have spoken too soon. Messi doubles Barcelona’s lead.
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73 min: Barcelona look fairly rattled and appear to have adopted something of “hold what we have” approach. Liverpool have been very threatening in this second half and Ernesto Valverde has ordered his players to be considerably less gung-ho than they were in the first half.
70 min: More wayward crossing from assorted Liverpool players, with both Sadio Mane and Jordan Henderson failing to find their intended targets from the channels.
68 min: Leo Messi picks out Luis Suarez with a ball over the top. The Uruguayan looks offside, but Joel Matip gets back quickly to snuff out the danger before Suarez can cut inside to fire off a shot. Matip has been hugely impressive tonight, doing a lot of last ditch defending when called upon.
66 min: Liverpool give the ball away several times in quick succession, but Barcelona are unable to capitalise. Now Milner keeps a Sadio Mane glancing header in play to the right of the Barcelona goal and Liverpool eventually win a throw-in deep in Barca territory.
62 min: Seven years ago or thereabouts, Andy Robertson was working in a supermarket while playing part-time for Queens Park in Scotland. Now Barcelona are making defensive switches in an attempt to try to contain him in a Champions League semi-final at the Camp Nou. It’s been quite a journey for the young Scot, eh?
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60 min: Barcelona substitution: Philippe Coutinho makes way for Nelson Semedo, which means Barcelona are now fielding two right-backs on their right flank. Semedo takes up his normal position, while Sergi Roberto moves into the right side of midfield.
59 min: CHANCE!!! Mo Salah picks out James Milner on the edge of the Barcelona penalty area, his pull-back from the byline finding its way to the midfielder after an excellent Wijnaldum dummy. Milner gets plenty of welly behind the ball, but shoots straight at ter Stegen. Either side of the goalkeeper and he was certain to score.
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57 min: Another attack for Liverpool, with Mo Salah and Joe Gomez attacking down the right flank. Joe Gomez’s cross is poor and Barcelona clear. On the touchline, Jurgen Klopp looks visibly frustrated by his side’s inability to pick out team-mates with crosses.
55 min: Joel Matip wins the ball back for Liverpool after a stray pass from Andy Robertson allows Barcelona to break on a counter-attack.
Moments previously, Marc Andre ter Stegen had been called into action, diving low to his right and getting a strong hand behind the ball to prevent a low Mo Salah drive from fizzing into the bottom corner. Liverpool have got off to a great start in this second half.
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54 min: Wijnaldum is a mite too slow to react to being teed up by a blisteringly fast short pass to feet by Jordan Henderson and fails to get a shot off from about 12 yards out.
52 min: Wijnaldum goes down holding his shin under a challenge from Pique, but play carries on regardless. The Dutchman returns to his feet and soldiers on.
50 min: Sadio Mane gets in behind Sergi Roberto down the left flank but completely overcooks his cross. Liverpool’s crossing and dead ball delivery has been uncharacteristically poor this evening. Their decision-making in the final third has also been questionable at times, but they’re only a goal behind and still very much in this game. There’s plenty of room for improvement, though.
48 min: Jordan Henderson floats a cross-field ball in the direction of Andy Robertson on the left wing. He doesn’t get enough welly on it and Arturo Vidal intercepts and clears.
47 min: Chance! Marc-Andre ter Stegen dives to his left to save well from James Milner, who’d been teed up by Gini Wijnaldum and shot from about 20 yards out.
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46 min: Luiz Suarez goes down under a challenge from Joel Matip, making the most of a fairly innocuous challenge.
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Second half: Barcelona 1-0 Liverpool
46 min: Barcelona get the second half started. In the tunnel for BT Sport, Michael Owen has reported that Luis Suarez was having a go at Andy Robertson on the way in for the break. He also reports that Jordi Alba went in to the Barcelona chapel for “a few seconds”, presumably for a quick word with the Big Man Upstairs.
An excellent first half: More please, gents. That was a massively entertaining first half, even if there hasn’t been too many clear-cut chances. There’s been some heroic defending at both ends of the pitch, with assorted players diving in with well timed blocks and tackles to save their sides.
Half-time: Barcelona 1-0 Liverpool
Peeeeep! Mr Kuipers signals for half-time and Liverpool traipse off a goal down. They were undone by a moment of excellence from Barcelona, with Luis Suarez scoring against his former club with a deft flick after ghosting between Liverpool’s central defenders with a brilliantly timed run to get on the end of a wonderful Sergi Roberto cross.
Liverpool need not be too downcast, mind. They’ve created a couple of decent chances themselves and made life very difficult indeed for their hosts. Sadio Mane spurned one excellent chance to equalise, while Mo Salah has been a constant threat down the right wing.
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45+2 min: Fabinho cuts out a Leo Messi pass as Barcelona work their way into a threatening position on the edge of the final third. This match is getting quite bad tempered and it should come as no surprise to learn that Luis Suarez, the goalscorer, is chief antagonist as proceedings threaten to boil over.
45+1 min: Coutinho goes down in the Liverpool penalty area after good defensive work by Joel Matip. Luis Suarez, who had put Coutinho in with a eat one-two, leads the appeals for a penalty but none is forthcoming.
45 min: Leo Messi goes down after being shouldered out over the touchline by James Milner and rolls around theatrically before allowing himself a little grin. Milner gets a stern talking-to from referee Bjorn Kuipers, but the yellow card stays in the Dutchman’s pocket.
Barcelona’s Lionel Messi lets Liverpool’s James Milner know what he thinks of that challenge. Photograph: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images
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42 min: James Milner picks out Mo Salah on the right touchline with a nice, curled pass. The ball finds its way to the opposite touchline, where Andy Robertson takes possession. He subsequently loses it in a tussle with Leo Messi, who seems to be spending quite a lot of his time back helping out his defenders.
41 min: Barcelona get forward after Luis Suarez takes the ball past a Fabinho lunge despite stumbling. Liverpool get back in numbers to clear.
39 min: Clement Lenglet is penalised and booked for a tug on the shirt of Mo Salah in the channel between the right touchline and the edge of the penalty area. Free-kick for Liverpool. James Milner sends in a cross, which is thumped clear by the head of Sergio Busquets.
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37 min: Mo Salah spins and shoots from just inside the Barcelona penalty area, but his effort is blocked. The ball richets towards James Milner, who tries his luck. His low, bouncing shot from distance skews harmlessly wide.
36 min: Sadio Mane gets goalside of Pique and Sergi Roberto with only Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen to beat after getting on the end of a delightful cross from Jordan Henderson. It’s a wonderful opportunity to equalise, but he lifts the bouncing ball high over the bar from about 12 yards out.
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33 min: Joe Gomez, of course, not Joel Matip. I’ve fixed that now.
33 min: Jordi Alba gets another cross from the inside left, but Fabinho is back to prevent Coutinho pulling the trigger from close range. That’s an excellent block, but Liverpool are looking horribly exposed down the flank Joe Gomez is patrolling.
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29 min: Barcelona struggle to play the ball out from the back under relentless pressure from Liverpool. They finally get the ball up the field, with Jordan Henderson chasing back in hot pursuit. Suarez finds himself in space with the ball at his feet on the right side of the Liverpool penalty area, but his attempt to square the ball is wayward and Liverpool clear their lines courtesy of Joel Matip.
That goal, incidentally, was Suarez’s first in the Champions League this season. He was clearly delighted with it, too - no non-celebration celebration for him!
27 min: Brilliant from Suarez, who sneaks between Virgil van Dijk and Joel Matip to get on the end of an excellent curled cross from Jordi Alba and flick the ball past Alisson from about six yards out. His movement was excellent, as was Jordi Alba’s vision - there wasn’t a huge amount Liverpool’s defenders could do about that, although they were too slow in closing down Alba the provider.
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GOAL! Barcelona 1-0 Liverpool (Suarez 26)
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There have been few clear cut scoring opportunities so f
Barcelona take the lead and it’s Liverpool’s former star striker who opens the scoring.
24 min: Liverpool substitution: Jordan Henderson on for Naby Keita. The midfielder comes on and is handed the captain’s armband by James Milner.
22 min: Keita eschews the option of taking a ride to the sideline on the medical buggy and limps off ruefully rubbing his groin. On the touchline, Jordan Henderson is having a quick warm-up. As he waits to come on, Andy Robertson does well to pick out Mo Salah in the Barcelona penalty area, but the Egyptian’s shot is blocked by Jordi Alba.
19 min: Naby Keita is in a bit of bother and looks to be struggling with a groin injury. There’s a break in play as he receives treatment from Liverpool’s medical staff. It looks like his work is done for tonight and he’ll almost certainly be replaced by Jordan Henderson.
18 min: A pitch invader is escorted off the pitch by several stewards as Liverpool prepare to take a free kick on the left edge of the Barca penalty area. The ball’s crossed to the far post and is headed clear.
15 min: Lionel Messi unleashes his first shot in anger, but it’s a fairly routine save for Alisson in the Liverpool goal. Soon after, Messi plays Philippe Coutinho in behind the Liverpool defence. He shoots low, diagonally and wide but is correctly flagged for offside. There’s no let-up here in a match that is being played at a ridiculously fast pace.
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14 min: Sergi Roberto dives in to curt out a pass from Salah to Mane as Liverpool galloped up the field on a counter-attack. Moments previously, Andy Robertson had dispossessed Leo Messi with a well-timed tackle in the Liverpool penalty area, with the Argentinian appealing for a penalty after the ball appeared to strike the hand of Joel Matip.
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13 min: Gerard Pique slides in to dispossess Sadio Mane with a well timed challenge as Liverpool sweep forward again.
11 min: Mo Salah skips down the right flank, beating Clement Lenglet for toe before attempting to drill the ball across the edge of the penalty area. His delivery is intercepted.
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10 min: Naby Keita us fouled by Ivan Rakitic about 10 metres inside his own half and wins his team a free-kick. Liverpool go forward, but lose the ball on the left flank when Sadio Mane is dispossessed by Sergi Roberto.
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8 min: It’s been a lively start, with both sides looking dangerous in the final third. Liverpool fans will have every right to feel pleased with the way their team has started. They’re showing no fear and forcing their hosts into mistakes with their intense early pressing.
5 min: Gerard Pique appears to shove Sadio Mane in the back as the Liverpool forward scurried towards goal in the Barcelona penalty area. Mane is quickly back to his feet and Liverpool’s appeal for a penalty falls on deaf ears. Bjorn Kuipers actually put his whistle to his lips upon seeing the incident, but elected not to blow. I have a feeling Pique might have dodged a bullet there, but I’ll need to see it again to be sure.
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4 min: An early chance for Barcelona, who win a corner after Joel Matip blocked a cross from Ivan Rakatic that was heading towards Arturo Vidal in a scoring position. Nothing comes of the set piece.
3 min: Liverpool continue to take the game to Barcelona, who seem reasonably happy to let them in these early stages. Barcelona get forward and the ball’s played through for Messi to chase. Virgil van Dijk beats him to the ball and clears.
2 min: Liverpool enjoy an early spell of sustained possession which ends when Mo Salah runs down a blind alley in the Barcelona penalty area. Jordi Alba clears for Barcelona.
Barcelona v Liverpool is go ...
1 min: Liverpool get the ball rolling and within seconds, Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen gets an early touch. Barcelona’s players wear their customary home kit, while Liverpool’s line up their third kit, which comes in two shades of grey.
Not long now: The Barcelona anthem , El Cant del Barça, echoes around the Camp Nou ahead of the arrival of both teams out on the pitch. They line up on the tunnel, with Lionel Messi and James Milner leading them out for the last of the pre-match niceties. Kick off is just a couple of minutes away.
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Jurgen Klopp speaks: In an interview with BT Sport’s Des Kelly, the Liverpool manager explains his team selection. On the omission of Roberto Firmino: “Bobby wants to play and the medical dept told me it’s good, but we had to make sure he doesn’t have to start. But we have him on the bench and that’s OK.”
Asked if the inclusion of Fabinho and Naby Keita means he’ll be playing a midfield diamond, Klopp says: “We don’t change really a lot,” he says. “Whoever plays, we always have a diamond from time to time. We had to be creative and that’s what we were so we’ll see how it goes.”
He explained that he’s left Jordan Henderson out because he’s played five games in a row and goes on to say that “Fabinho and “Millie” [James Milner] “didn’t play for two games so it’s clear we had to use them.” He adds Joe Gomez is also nicely rested and said “we have to refresh a little bit and for a good line-up for tonight’s game we needed fresh legs”.
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The teams are warming up: With 20 minutes to go to kick-off, players from both sides are out on the pitch limbering up and getting the blood pumping ahead of battle commencing.
An intriguing selection by Jurgen Klopp: Although Uefa’s team-sheets suggest Gini Wijnaldum will be playing on the left side of Liverpool’s front three, I suspect it will be Naby Keita in that particular role, with the Dutchman playing between the midfield and forward line.
Joe Gomez will have to face the might of Leo Messi and Jordi Alba down his flank, despite having played just 39 minutes of football in three recent substitute appearances since breaking his leg in early December. Jordan Henderson’s absence is also rather surprising and the in-form midfielder is unlikely to be too impressed with his role as a substitute.
Barcelona v Liverpool line-ups
Barcelona: ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Pique, Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Rakitic, Sergio Busquets, Vidal, Messi, Suarez, Coutinho.
Subs: Cillessen, Nelson Semedo, Arthur, Dembele, Malcom, Umtiti, Alena.
Liverpool: Alisson, Gomez, Matip, van Dijk, Robertson, Milner, Fabinho, Keita, Salah, Mane, Wijnaldum.
Subs: Mignolet, Lovren, Firmino, Henderson, Shaqiri, Origi, Alexander-Arnold.
Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (Holland)
Team news: Roberto Firmino is not in Liverpool’s starting eleven and has to content himself with a place among the substitutes. Joe Gomez looks to be starting at right-back, with Trent Alexander-Arnold dropping to the bench. Joel Matip and James Milner also start for Liverpool, while Jordan Henderson and Dejan Lovren also make way from the side that started against Huddersfield last Friday.
As predicted by the Spanish press, Philippe Coutinho and Sergi Roberto both start for Barcelona, while Arturo Vidal is also in Ernesto Valverde’s starting line-up with Arthur making way. We’ll have the full line-ups for you very shortly.
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Meanwhile in Barcelona city-centre: A minority of Liverpool fans made the news for the wrong reasons yesterday, after footage emerged of one man throwing unsuspecting folk into a fountain, while those in his company mocked and - in one instance - appeared to racially abuse one of his victims.
This anti-social behaviour prompted Liverpool to issue a statement. “Liverpool Football Club is working with Merseyside Police and the authorities in Spain, who are endeavouring to identify those involved in the incident,” it read. “Such behaviour is clearly totally unacceptable and will not be tolerated.”
Liverpool chief executive Peter Moore also added his two cents. “We proudly sing that we’ve conquered all of Europe,” he tweeted. “But let’s treat this beautiful city with the respect that it deserves, and act in a manner that is befitting of LFC. By all means have a good time, but we are Liverpool, and as such, let’s visit here with grace and humility.”
Six men, believed to be Liverpool fans, were arrested yesterday by Spanish police in an unrelated incident after two hotel workers were allegedly assaulted when fighting broke out in the city’s Placa Reial.
Ernesto Valverde speaks
“To those thinking that this is the most important game of my career then let me tell you that when you play a match where winning three points can save you from relegation it’s pretty tense too!” said Barcelona’s manager, upon being asked if he’d ever faced a bigger match. “I like to de-dramatise things where possible. Facing these two matches against Liverpool is a situation a fair few coaches would swap with me to have.”
Asked about Liverpool’s style of play, Valverde was hugely complimentary. “Liverpool play with that huge tempo which Klopp imposed even when he was in charge of Dortmund,” he said. “They play with intensity, pace and they have that wonderful front line too. Liverpool’s front three play at an incredibly fast pace, but as important is how the ball gets to them. So we must win the midfield battle so they cannot get the ball through to them.”
Jurgen Klopp speaks
Attending to his pre-match media duties, Liverpool’s manager was asked how he felt about playing at the Camp Nou. “I am a football fan,” he said. “How can I think anything bad about this stadium? We want to play our best football here. The better we are, the more emotional the atmosphere will be. We will see who is able to use the home advantage more.”
On the thorny issue of how he plans to deal with Lionel Messi, Klopp insisted it’s “not only” about shackling the world’s best player. “They have the highest quality team,” he said. “They are already champions. Messi said before the season he wants to bring back this cup and that sounds like a threat to all of us! But we want to go to the final as well.”
On what he would consider a good result to take back to Anfield. “A draw would not be the worst result in the world tomorrow,” he said. “So many people came to play Barcelona and had a plan and then they got a proper knock. We saw the game against Real Sociedad [last weekend], they did well, Levante did well, but Barcelona won.”
And finally, on the subject of his players being distracted by the prospect of having to play Newcastle on Saturday. “It’s brilliant,” he said. “The only thing that could be better is if somebody says we are already champions. We like the situation - the boys created it and now we are here. But it would be a massive mistake if you play Barcelona with 15% of your mind on Newcastle. A result here gives us a good chance of doing the job at home.”
Early team news: Roberto Firmino remains a doubt to feature in his 39th consecutive European game under Jurgen Klopp, although his manager sounded upbeat about the Brazilian being passed fit in his pre-match press conference yesterday. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is, however, available for selection after making his return from long-term injury against Huddersfield Town on Friday night, while young striker Rhian Brewster has also travelled with the squad.
Barcelona have no injury concerns beyond the unavailability of Rafinha, who has been sidelined since November with a knee injury. The Spanish press are of a mind that former Liverpool star Philippe Coutinho will start ahead of Ousmane Dembele, while Sergi Roberto will be preferred at right-back to Nelson Semedo.
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Champions League semi-final first leg: Barcelona v Liverpool
While their Premier League title ambitions remain out of their own hands, the same cannot be said for Liverpool’s attempt to make up for last year’s Champions League final disappointment. While European opposition doesn’t come much stiffer than Barcelona, Jurgen Klopp’s side will fancy their chances of beating them over two legs to set up a final against Ajax or Tottenham Hotspur.
Despite losing their first three matches on the road in this year’s competition, Liverpool have bounced back with emphatic victories on their travels to Bayern Munich and Porto and will be hopeful of securing at least a draw at the Camp Nou before taking Barcelona back to Anfield next Tuesday. They have never lost at Barca, winning two and drawing two of their four encounters at the iconic stadium. Kick-off is at 8pm (BST) but stay tuned for team news and build-up in the meantime.
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