By Martin Keown for the Daily Mail
Published: 22:40 BST, 7 May 2019 | Updated: 23:15 BST, 7 May 2019
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With Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool, you have to expect the unexpected. Has there been a bigger night at Anfield? I'm not so sure. That stadium is a cathedral and we witnessed one of its greatest-ever games here.
The match encapsulated Liverpool's season. It epitomised the fight they have in them. In the Premier League, against a Manchester City side breaking so many records, Liverpool said: 'Bring it on.' Plenty said Klopp's side would not take the title race to the wire, but they have.
That's what they showed against Barcelona on Tuesday night, too. Many wrote them off after losing 3-0 in the first leg at the Nou Camp. That was this semi-final done and dusted, according to some. But Klopp refused to believe that and so did his players. When everyone said they had no chance, with neither Mohamed Salah nor Roberto Firmino for this return leg, they gave themselves one. They never