{"id":627,"date":"2018-04-15T15:10:01","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T13:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/britishdailynews.co.uk\/?p=627"},"modified":"2018-04-13T15:11:29","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T13:11:29","slug":"champions-league-draw-liverpool-to-face-roma-in-semi-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/britishdailynews.co.uk\/?p=627","title":{"rendered":"Champions League draw: Liverpool to face Roma in semi-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool have been drawn against Roma in the semi-finals of the\u00a0<a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/championsleague\" data-link-name=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Champions League<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>J\u00fcrgen Klopp\u2019s side came through an all-Premier League quarter-final against Manchester City, winning the first leg 3-0 at Anfield and the second\u00a0<a class=\"u-underline\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2018\/apr\/10\/manchester-city-liverpool-champions-league-match-report\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">2-1 at the Etihad Stadium<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"element element-rich-link element--thumbnail element-rich-link--upgraded\" data-component=\"rich-link\" data-link-name=\"rich-link-1 | 1\">\n<div class=\"rich-link tone-dead--item rich-link--pillar-sport\">\n<div class=\"rich-link__container\">\n<div class=\"rich-link__header\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-link__read-more\">\n<div class=\"rich-link__read-more-text\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Serie A side\u00a0<a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/roma\" data-link-name=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Roma<\/a>\u00a0produced a remarkable comeback to knock out Barcelona. The Italian team lost the first leg 4-1 in Spain, but progressed on away goals following a 3-0 home victory.<\/p>\n<p>For Mohamed Salah, the\u00a0<a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/liverpool\" data-link-name=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Liverpool<\/a>\u00a0forward, it will be a return to Rome, where he scored 29 goals in 65 league appearances before moving on last summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf the three options that were available I\u2019ve never played there before so that is already exciting,\u201d said Klopp. \u201cIt will be two difficult games. Roma are a fantastic side as you saw against Barcelona. They played a very good season after a difficult transfer window for them last summer. They lost Mo, Emerson and other key players but still they played a really good season and are fighting for the Champions League again. When we face Roma we will know everything about them. I saw the second leg against Barcelona and they were outstandingly good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The final will take place in Kiev at the end of May but the Scotland defender, Andrew Robertson, insists Liverpool will not fear any opposition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis club has been here before and they know how hard it is \u2013 regardless of who you are playing \u2013 to get to the final and try to win this trophy,\u201d Robertson said. \u201cWe know how hard it\u2019s going to be and we need to try and work so hard to get to the final because we need to deserve it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Roma sporting director has challenged his players to channel the same spirit that they did against Bar\u00e7a on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels like a great opportunity to chase the joy that we were not able to experience so many years ago,\u201d Monchi said. \u201cBut of course it will be difficult because Liverpool are an extremely strong side. We need to think about ourselves, and try to reproduce what we were able to show against Barcelona.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The other semi-final will be between European heavyweights\u00a0<a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/bayernmunich\" data-link-name=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Bayern Munich<\/a>\u00a0and holders Real Madrid, who needed a dramatic stoppage-time penalty from Cristiano Ronaldo to see off Juventus after the Italian outfit had come back from 3-0 down in the first leg to level the tie. \u201cIt\u2019s one of European football\u2019s top clashes,\u201d said Bayern\u2019s departing manager, Jupp Heynckes. \u201cIt\u2019s the defending champions against a top side with quality players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first legs will be played on 24\/25 April, with the second legs on 1\/2 May.<\/p>\n<p>Source https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2018\/apr\/13\/champions-league-draw-liverpool-real-madrid-roma-bayern-munich-semi-finals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool have been drawn against Roma in the semi-finals of the\u00a0Champions League. J\u00fcrgen Klopp\u2019s side came through an all-Premier League quarter-final against Manchester City, winning the first leg 3-0 at Anfield and the second\u00a02-1 at the Etihad Stadium\u00a0on Tuesday night. Serie A side\u00a0Roma\u00a0produced a remarkable comeback to knock out Barcelona. 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