By Luke Augustus for MailOnline
Published: 12:57 BST, 7 May 2019 | Updated: 13:46 BST, 7 May 2019
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Liverpool know they face a huge task in turning around their Champions League deficit on Tuesday night and who they have to stop if they are to have any hope of reaching the final next month.
The Reds trail 3-0 to Barcelona after a first leg that saw Lionel Messi stamp his class with a brace - despite a bright team display from the Premier League outfit.
Tuesday's return leg at Anfield will just be Messi's second-ever competitive match at Liverpool's iconic ground.
Lionel Messi (left) will hope to put Liverpool to the sword in the Champions League on Tuesday
The Argentine superstar scored twice in the semi-final first leg as Barcelona won 3-0
The match at Anfield will only be his second game there - and his 16th overall on English soil
The 31-year-old's first game there was in March 2007 - a 1-0 win in the last-16 stage
The fixture will be the 31-year-old's 16th against a Premier League club on English soil - with the Argentine boasting a decent record of seven wins and three draws from 15 matches.
On a personal level too that reads as seven goals and two assists.
Six of Messi's strikes have come in his last five visits to an English club - although he failed
