Liverpool and Roma meet at Anfield Road tonight in the opening tie of the Champions League semi-finals.meet at Anfield Road tonight in the opening tie of the Champions League semi-finals.
Roma are expected to line-up with the same formation that managed to beat Barcelona 3-0 although Cengiz Under is the favourite over Patrick Schick to start up front. (predicted line-ups in the gallery).
Calciomercato will report here all the live updates ahead of tonight’s clash and after the final whistle at Anfield Road we will have plenty of analysis and reactions from Anfield Road.
Stay tuned to learn everything you need to know about Liverpool-Roma, before during and after the game.
LIVE UPDATES:
18.20 – Manolas highlights Liverpool’s biggest threat – MORE
16:20: Liverpool legend explains how he became member of Lazio fan club – MORE
14:45: Lazio’s Lucas on Liverpool vs AS Roma – MORE
13.45 – Conti and Pruzzo apologize – MORE
12.30 – Karius: ‘Liverpool are a bit nervous’ – MORE
11.30 – Roma legends show middle finger to Liverpool badge – MORE
9.30 – Roma to weak kit with new sponsor tonight – tonight – MORE
9.00 – Nainggolan warns Liverpool – MORE
THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW AHEAD OF THE GAME:
The Yellow and Reds have also won just one of their 19 European away matches in England (D7 L11), although that win was at Anfield in February 2001 in the UEFA Cup – current manager Eusebio Di Francesco was an unused sub in that game.Anfield in February 2001 in the UEFA Cup – current manager Eusebio Di Francesco was an unused sub in that game.
Two of the three players to have had a hand in at least 10 goals in the Champions League this season are Liverpool players – Roberto Firmino (8 goals and 4 assists) and Mohamed Salah (8 goals and 2 assists).