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Ainfield soccer miracle! Liverpool come back from the brink with last-gasp goal capping miracle night as Reds rally to reach last four

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h1>Liverpool 4-3 Borussia Dortmund &lpar;5-4 agg&rpar;<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"linkro-darkred"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;ab1515&semi;"><em>&&num;8216&semi;Liverpool come back from the brink with last-gasp goal  to beat Borussia Dortmund as Reds rally to reach last four&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;span><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"mol-bullets-with-font">&NewLine;<li class&equals;"">&NewLine;<h1><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;000080&semi;"><strong>Henrikh Mkhitaryan gave Borussia Dortmund a dream start by drilling home from close range after five minutes<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li class&equals;"">&NewLine;<h1><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;000080&semi;"><strong>Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang doubled the lead after nine minutes with a clinical finish in the penalty area <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li class&equals;"">&NewLine;<h1><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;000080&semi;"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;000080&semi;">Divock Origi pulled a goal back for<&sol;span> Liverpool three minutes into the second half with a composed strike <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li class&equals;"">&NewLine;<h1><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;000080&semi;"><strong>A stunning Marco Reus goal looked to have killed the tie before Philippe Coutinho scored another for Liverpool<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li class&equals;"">&NewLine;<h1><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;000080&semi;"><strong>Mamadou Sakho headed home from close range on 77 minutes and suddenly&comma; Liverpool were only a goal away <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li id&equals;"ext-gen141" class&equals;"">&NewLine;<h1><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;000080&semi;"><strong>Dejan Lovren had the final say&comma; rising highest to head home at the back post in the 91st minute <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9313" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;article-3540569-3330fb9c00000578-382&lowbar;964x386&period;jpg" alt&equals;"article-3540569-3330fb9c00000578-382&lowbar;964x386" width&equals;"964" height&equals;"386" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">MARTIN SAMUEL AT ANFIELD&colon; A stoppage time header from Dejan Lovren hauled Liverpool into the semi-final of the Europa League as Jurgen Klopp&&num;8217&semi;s side somehow fought back from a first half onslaught by Borussia Dortmund&period; Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang scored in the first 10 minutes to leave Anfield stunned&period; Divock Origi pulled one back in the second half before Marco Reus pulled the tie in Dortmund&&num;8217&semi;s favour again&period;  But Philippe Coutinho&comma; Mamadou Sakho and Dejan Lovren somehow got Liverpool through in one of Anfield&&num;8217&semi;s most phenomenal European nights&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Spirit&period; Passion&period; Will&period; Longing&period; Sometimes raw emotion is enough&comma; after all&period; Borussia Dortmund had the class&comma; but Liverpool had something more&period; Something indefinable&period; Something that cannot be taught in coaching manuals&comma; or captured in replays or revealed by reams of statistical analysis&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Something that lifted them beyond&period; Something that propelled them towards the realms of the fantastic&period; They were beaten&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;They were done&period; And then they were not&period; Somehow&comma; they returned from the beyond&period; Call it the spirit of Istanbul&period; Call it whatever you may&comma; for nothing quite compares&period; This wasn’t even about Jurgen Klopp&period; This was about Liverpool&colon; a club who never know when a cause is lost&comma; and certainly not in Europe&period; <img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9330" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;3330c2ac00000578-3540569-image-a-125&lowbar;1460667707118&period;jpg" alt&equals;"3330c2ac00000578-3540569-image-a-125&lowbar;1460667707118" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"548" &sol;><strong>Dejan Lovren &lpar;right&rpar; celebrates scoring the winning goal for Liverpool in an epic encounter against Borussia Dortmund<img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9334" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;3330c6bd00000578-3540569-image-a-127&lowbar;1460668006400&period;jpg" alt&equals;"3330c6bd00000578-3540569-image-a-127&lowbar;1460668006400" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"530" &sol;>Lovren jumped highest to meet a delivery into the penalty area to head home in the 91st minute at the Kop end at Anfield<img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9336" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;3330d88e00000578-3540569-image-a-148&lowbar;1460669635304&period;jpg" alt&equals;"3330d88e00000578-3540569-image-a-148&lowbar;1460669635304" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"715" &sol;>Lovren&&num;8217&semi;s goal sparked phenomenal scenes inside Anfield as Liverpool somehow found a way back against Dortmund<&sol;strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9338" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;3330cf2a00000578-3540569-image-a-136&lowbar;1460668401603&period;jpg" alt&equals;"3330cf2a00000578-3540569-image-a-136&lowbar;1460668401603" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"591" &sol;><strong>The full-time whistle sparked jubilant scenes from the Liverpool team&comma; with Jurgen Klopp celebrating with match-winner Lovr<&sol;strong>en<img class&equals;"imageCaption" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;3330db3600000578-3540569-image-a-144&lowbar;1460669070823&period;jpg" alt&equals;"3330db3600000578-3540569-image-a-144&lowbar;1460669070823" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"455" &sol;><strong>Liverpool shake hands with the Dortmund players after somehow finding a way to win the quarter-final against the German side<&sol;strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9343" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;3330d61600000578-3540569-image-a-149&lowbar;1460669664178&period;jpg" alt&equals;"3330d61600000578-3540569-image-a-149&lowbar;1460669664178" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"585" &sol;><strong>The Liverpool players acknowledge the support from the Kop with the victory and a place in the semi-final secured<img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9347" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;3330e4d700000578-3540569-image-a-145&lowbar;1460669477989&period;jpg" alt&equals;"3330e4d700000578-3540569-image-a-145&lowbar;1460669477989" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"641" &sol;>Mamadou Sakho &lpar;left&rpar; and Lovren&comma; Liverpool&&num;8217&semi;s final two scorers to get them over the line&comma; celebrate victory at Anfield<img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9350" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;3330d88a00000578-3540569-image-a-151&lowbar;1460669688387&period;jpg" alt&equals;"3330d88a00000578-3540569-image-a-151&lowbar;1460669688387" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"691" &sol;>Sakho and Origi pose for a selfie on the pitch at Anfield after Liverpool advance into the semi-final of the Europa League<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">They needed three goals&period; Not once in the game&comma; as in Istanbul&comma; but twice&period; They needed three goals after Dortmund had taken a 2-0 lead after nine minutes&comma; and again when the score moved to 3-1 against them on 57 minutes&period; They needed three goals in little more than half an hour against one of the greatest sides in Europe&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;And&comma; yet&comma; by sheer determination&comma; they triumphed&period; Quite how&comma; who knows&quest; Divine intervention&comma; an unexpected frailty in that mighty yellow wall&comma; the inspiration of Anfield in full voice&comma; simply having nothing left to lose&quest; A sprinkling of it all&comma; one imagines&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Every time they edged nearer the holy grail of 4-3&comma; the decibel level went up&period; Yet&comma; surely&comma; deep down&comma; no one thought it possible&period; Not even those who witnessed a miracle in 2005&period; That was a once-in-a-lifetime experience that could never be repeated&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Could it&quest; Yes&comma; it could&period; The bald facts are that in the first minute of injury time&comma; scores tied at 3-3&comma; James Milner hit a deep cross that Dejan Lovren headed in at the far post&period; What took Liverpool to that place&comma; however&comma; is harder to explain&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Dortmund are a superb side&period; In the opening 10 minutes they had rocked Anfield to the foundations with the audacity of their play&period; Yet Liverpool destroyed them&period; Not beautifully&comma; not by matching Dortmund’s at times gorgeous technique&period; Liverpool have good players&comma; of course&comma; but this was about a more elusive quality — an X factor&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It is a hoary old cliche but Liverpool just wanted it more&period; They wanted it so much it hurt&period; For by the end&comma; from the effort alone&comma; it must have hurt&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Why&quest; Because Liverpool didn’t beat fools or flukes or mugs&period; For long periods Dortmund demonstrated a level of ability that would probably win our Premier League&period; Their first-half display was close to a masterclass&period; So wearing them down was an extraordinary task&period; <img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9356" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;3330492000000578-0-image-a-82&lowbar;1460661572291&period;jpg" alt&equals;"3330492000000578-0-image-a-82&lowbar;1460661572291" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"520" &sol;><strong>Henrikh Mkhitaryan converted from close range to give Dortmund a perfect start after only five minutes of the match at Anfield<img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9359" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;33304b5400000578-0-image-a-84&lowbar;1460661751650&period;jpg" alt&equals;"33304b5400000578-0-image-a-84&lowbar;1460661751650" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"662" &sol;>Dortmund manager Thomas Tuchel turns to celebrate in the direction of the club&&num;8217&semi;s away support after taking the lead against Liverpool <img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9362" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;3330535300000578-0-image-a-86&lowbar;1460662163195&period;jpg" alt&equals;"3330535300000578-0-image-a-86&lowbar;1460662163195" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"447" &sol;>Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang fired ruthlessly beyond Mignolet in the ninth minute as Dortmund produced an early blitz against Liverpool <img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9366" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;33305ba100000578-0-striker&lowbar;aubameyang&lowbar;celebrated&lowbar;his&lowbar;goal&lowbar;which&lowbar;cemented&lowbar;dortmund&lowbar;s-a-95&lowbar;1460662696077&period;jpg" alt&equals;"33305ba100000578-0-striker&lowbar;aubameyang&lowbar;celebrated&lowbar;his&lowbar;goal&lowbar;which&lowbar;cemented&lowbar;dortmund&lowbar;s-a-95&lowbar;1460662696077" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"694" &sol;>Striker Aubameyang celebrated his goal&comma; which cemented Dortmund&&num;8217&semi;s advantage in the tie&comma; with his trademark acrobatics <img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9370" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;3330929a00000578-3540569-image-a-154&lowbar;1460669739533&period;jpg" alt&equals;"3330929a00000578-3540569-image-a-154&lowbar;1460669739533" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"858" &sol;>A stunned Emre Can reflects on Liverpool falling behind so quickly as the Dortmund fans behind him celebrate wildly<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS sport">&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wocc">MATCH FACTS FROM ANFIELD<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ins cleared xolcc bdrcc">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><span class&equals;"mol-style-bold">Liverpool&colon;<&sol;span> Mignolet&comma; Clyne&comma; Lovren&comma; Sakho&comma; Moreno&comma; Lallana &lpar;Allen&comma; 62&rpar;&comma; Milner&comma; Can &lpar;Lucas&comma; 81&rpar;&comma; Coutinho&comma; Firmino &lpar;Sturridge&comma; 62&rpar;&comma; Origi&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><span class&equals;"mol-style-bold">Subs not used&colon;<&sol;span> Ward&comma; Skrtel&comma; Smith&comma; Ojo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><span class&equals;"mol-style-bold">Goals&colon; <&sol;span>Origi 48&comma; Coutinho 66&comma; Sakho&comma; 77&comma; Lovren&comma; 91&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><span class&equals;"mol-style-bold">Borussia Dortmund&colon; <&sol;span>Weidenfeller&comma; Piszczek&comma; Papastathopoulos&comma; Hummels&comma; Schmelzer&comma; Mkhitaryan&comma; Castro &lpar;Ramos&comma; 82&rpar;&comma; Weigl&comma; Reus &lpar;Gundogan&comma; 82&rpar;&comma; Kagawa&comma; Aubameyang&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><span class&equals;"mol-style-bold">Subs not used&colon; <&sol;span>Burki&comma; Bender&comma; Sahin&comma; Pulisic&comma; Ginter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><span class&equals;"mol-style-bold">Goals&colon;<&sol;span> Mkhitaryan 5&comma; Aubameyang 9&comma; Reus 57&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><span class&equals;"mol-style-bold">Referee&colon;<&sol;span> Cuneyt Cakir<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">It is hard to imagine Liverpool will play better in Klopp’s first year in charge&period; Indeed&comma; it is hard to imagine any English team will hit a similar height this season&period; There hasn’t been a comeback like this in years&colon; coming up to 11 of them&comma; to be precise&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">The opening nine minutes puts Liverpool’s achievement into relief&period; At the end of that brief spell&comma; they were so far adrift the contest looked as good as over&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Liverpool created chances and missed them&comma; had lots of possession and failed to capitalise on it&comma; threatened without ever convincing they could level the scores&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Dortmund&comma; by contrast&comma; were hugely impressive&period; They played the game Klopp’s Liverpool achieve in their dreams&period; Fast&comma; high-pressing&comma; but with real&comma; technical excellence&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;If the plan of coach Thomas Tuchel was to surprise Liverpool with the ferocity of attack&comma; it worked&period; Liverpool seemed stunned&comma; this being the traditional gameplan of the underdogs&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Instead&comma; it was Dortmund who seized the initiative&period; They are a true counter-attacking team and Liverpool played into their hands&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Philippe Coutinho was at fault&comma; giving the ball away on the left flank&period; Dortmund came back instantly through Henrikh Mkhitaryan&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He sped down the flank and found Shinji Kagawa&comma; who played the ball to Gonzalo Castro&period; His chip picked out Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang&comma; whose shot was well stopped by Simon Mignolet only to fly out to Mkhitaryan&comma; who had continued his run into the box&period; He finished smartly&period; Now Liverpool had to score&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The message would have gone out&comma; don’t concede a second&period; Oh my&period; Marco Reus hustled in midfield&comma; won the ball&comma; played a wonderful pass into the box and Aubameyang did the rest&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;His shot left Mignolet utterly defeated&period; Anfield stood&comma; stunned&period; There had been super-human efforts in European competition before&comma; but Steven Gerrard is an ocean away now&period; At that point&comma; Dortmund were rampant&period; The scoreline really could have been anything from there&period; <img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9375" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;333056e600000578-0-image-a-89&lowbar;1460662481963&period;jpg" alt&equals;"333056e600000578-0-image-a-89&lowbar;1460662481963" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"717" &sol;><strong>Liverpool boss Klopp tries desperately to cajole his side into a reaction after Dortmund&&num;8217&semi;s blistering start stunned Anfield<img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9378" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;3330572e00000578-0-image-a-92&lowbar;1460662517065&period;jpg" alt&equals;"3330572e00000578-0-image-a-92&lowbar;1460662517065" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"690" &sol;>Divock Origi&comma; starting in attack ahead of Daniel Sturridge&comma; had an effort deflected away as he tired to haul Liverpool back into the tie<img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9383" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;33307dd200000578-3540569-image-a-96&lowbar;1460664614563&period;jpg" alt&equals;"33307dd200000578-3540569-image-a-96&lowbar;1460664614563" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"664" &sol;>Liverpool&&num;8217&semi;s dejected players trudge off the pitch at half-time&comma; knowing three goals are needed to advance in the Europa League<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group xwArtSplitter">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9385" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;3330875e00000578-3540569-image-a-98&lowbar;1460665011322&period;jpg" alt&equals;"3330875e00000578-3540569-image-a-98&lowbar;1460665011322" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"485" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong>Origi &lpar;right&rpar; gave Liverpool hope with a composed finish early in the second half&comma; threading the ball under goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"share-pictures-18" class&equals;"share-pictures-overlay"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&plus;32<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9430" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;33308e4600000578-3540569-image-a-101&lowbar;1460665170855&period;jpg" alt&equals;"33308e4600000578-3540569-image-a-101&lowbar;1460665170855" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"641" &sol;><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group xwArtSplitter">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap"><strong>Origi&&num;8217&semi;s fourth goal in three games galvanised the support from the home fans in Anfield as Liverpool looked to get back in the tie <img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9434" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;333098bc00000578-3540569-image-m-158&lowbar;1460669820902&period;jpg" alt&equals;"333098bc00000578-3540569-image-m-158&lowbar;1460669820902" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"556" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group xwArtSplitter">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong>Origi grabbed the ball out of the night and encouraged more noise from the Liverpool fans after scoring in the second half<img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9437" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;33308e1600000578-3540569-image-a-102&lowbar;1460665228537&period;jpg" alt&equals;"33308e1600000578-3540569-image-a-102&lowbar;1460665228537" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"619" &sol;><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group xwArtSplitter">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"share-pictures-20" class&equals;"share-pictures-overlay"><strong> Klopp turns to face the Liverpool fans as Origi&&num;8217&semi;s effort hits the back of the net to give them hope against Dortmund<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS sport">&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wocc">EUOPA LEAGUE SEMI-FINALISTS<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ins cleared xolcc bdrcc">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><span class&equals;"mol-style-bold">Liverpool<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sevilla<br &sol;>&NewLine;Shakhtar Donetsk<br &sol;>&NewLine;Villarreal<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><span class&equals;"mol-style-italic">The draw will take place in Nyon at 11&period;30<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">So it is to Liverpool’s credit that they kept the hope alive&period; They had chances&comma; through Divock Origi&comma; Robert Firmino and Coutinho&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;And then&comma; almost immediately after half-time&comma; a real glimmer of hope&period; Milner and Emre Can combined to put Origi away&comma; and the man who is increasingly becoming Klopp’s first pick as striker took his chance perfectly&comma; accelerating from a chasing pack before finishing smartly past goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller&period; Marco Reus  quietened the atmosphere by rifling brilliantly past Mignolet 11 minutes after Origi struck Liverpool&&num;8217&semi;s firs<br &sol;>&NewLine;Nine minutes later&comma; Dortmund delivered what looked to be the coup de grace&period; It was captain Mats Hummels who set it up with a beautifully weighted ball to Reus&comma; helpfully played onside by Mamadou Sakho&comma; who was slow to spot the danger again&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mignolet came haring out but the damage was done&comma; Reus tucking the ball away and&comma; with it&comma; Liverpool’s hopes&period; They were back to needing three&period; It was mission impossible&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;That they refused to give up even then was as much testament to the Kop as to Klopp&period; With the anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy hours away&comma; emotion was high at Anfield&period; The atmosphere before the game was immense&comma; intense yet also quite beautiful&period; <img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9425" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;333091e800000578-3540569-image-m-106&lowbar;1460665983055&period;jpg" alt&equals;"333091e800000578-3540569-image-m-106&lowbar;1460665983055" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"528" &sol;><strong>Marco Reus &lpar;right&rpar; quietened the atmosphere by rifling brilliantly past Mignolet 11 minutes after Origi struck Liverpool&&num;8217&semi;s first<&sol;strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9416" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;3330a0dc00000578-3540569-image-a-107&lowbar;1460666123053&period;jpg" alt&equals;"3330a0dc00000578-3540569-image-a-107&lowbar;1460666123053" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"744" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group xwArtSplitter">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap"><strong>Reus and Aubameyang celebrate as the momentum fell back to Dortmund following a merciless finish from the German international <img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9419" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;33309e0800000578-3540569-image-a-109&lowbar;1460666202899&period;jpg" alt&equals;"33309e0800000578-3540569-image-a-109&lowbar;1460666202899" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"558" &sol;><&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group xwArtSplitter">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong> But Coutinho gave Liverpool hope once more&comma; finishing a neat move by drilling home from the edge of the area after 66 minutes<img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9422" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;3330bd0b00000578-3540569-image-m-161&lowbar;1460669950612&period;jpg" alt&equals;"3330bd0b00000578-3540569-image-m-161&lowbar;1460669950612" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"583" &sol;><&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group xwArtSplitter">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap"><strong>Coutinho once again tries to get Liverpool fans to make more noise as the side chase another two goals to advance<&sol;strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9389" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;33312d2000000578-3540569-image-a-3&lowbar;1460673634535&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Print" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"591" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9392" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;3330ad4900000578-3540569-image-a-111&lowbar;1460666748394&period;jpg" alt&equals;"3330ad4900000578-3540569-image-a-111&lowbar;1460666748394" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"522" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group xwArtSplitter">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong>And Mamadou Sakho headed in after 77 minutes to leave Liverpool only a goal away from going ahead in the quarter-final tie<img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9395" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;3330b02a00000578-3540569-image-a-114&lowbar;1460666859257&period;jpg" alt&equals;"3330b02a00000578-3540569-image-a-114&lowbar;1460666859257" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"699" &sol;><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group xwArtSplitter">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"share-pictures-27" class&equals;"share-pictures-overlay"><strong> Liverpool boss Klopp celebrated madly on the sidelines as his team somehow hauled themselves back into the match<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"share-pictures-overlay"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">It was the longest rendition of <span class&equals;"mol-style-italic">You’ll Never Walk Alone<&sol;span> that many had heard&comma; Gerry and the Pacemakers slowly fading out&comma; to allow the stadium to take over&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;By the time the Kop had finished singing&comma; the lady from the German radio station in the seat next to me was in tears&period; It was truly moving&comma; truly powerful&period; And that mood continued throughout&period; They didn’t give up for them&semi; and they wouldn’t give up on this team either&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Anfield’s determination to believe knows no bounds on nights like this&comma; and Klopp is a perfect leader&period; Together they lit flames of incredible resistance&period; It was Coutinho who scored the second of the night&comma; capitalising on a clever one-two and finishing with a curling shot as sweetly targeted as Kevin De Bruyne’s winner against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Still&comma; the gap was two goals&period; Incredibly&comma; with 12 minutes remaining&comma; Liverpool levelled the match&period; While Can went down for treatment&comma; Hummels took the opportunity to deliver a ship-steadying team talk to his Dortmund team-mates&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He must have a touch of the David Brents&comma; though&comma; because from the restart Liverpool scored&period; Daniel Sturridge flicked on the corner at the near post&comma; Sakho planted his header from four yards at the far post&period; Klopp&comma; on the touchline&comma; went doolally&period; He should have saved himself for the final wonder&comma; 13 minutes later&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;When it happened&comma; when the Kop somehow sucked the fourth of the night in with their mighty lungs&comma; the noise was incredible&comma; almost dizzying&period; It felt surreal&comma; like a vision&comma; or a dream&period; It wasn’t a dream&period; They did it&period; They really did it&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;And when everyone returns to earth they will make the pragmatic realisation they are now three games off the Champions League&comma; too&period; Are you watching&comma; Manchester&quest; Of course they are&semi; we all are&period; In wonder and&comma; yes&comma; disbelief&period;<img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9400" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;3330eb9300000578-3540569-image-a-164&lowbar;1460670066898&period;jpg" alt&equals;"3330eb9300000578-3540569-image-a-164&lowbar;1460670066898" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"668" &sol;><strong>Central defender Lovren &lpar;centre&rpar; had the last say&comma; heading in strongly at the back post to send Liverpool into the last four<img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9403" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;3330411a00000578-0-image-a-79&lowbar;1460661028886&period;jpg" alt&equals;"3330411a00000578-0-image-a-79&lowbar;1460661028886" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"608" &sol;>The Kop pays tribute to the 96 supporters who died at Hillsbrough on the eve of the 27th anniversary of the disaster<img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9406" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;33303a1900000578-0-image-a-75&lowbar;1460660787987&period;jpg" alt&equals;"33303a1900000578-0-image-a-75&lowbar;1460660787987" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"616" &sol;>The Dortmund supporters were in fine voice before kick-off against Liverpool at Anfield in the second leg of the Europa League clash<img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9410" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;333033d600000578-0-image-a-73&lowbar;1460660680351&period;jpg" alt&equals;"333033d600000578-0-image-a-73&lowbar;1460660680351" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"604" &sol;>The Liverpool team bus inches its way between crowds of supporters as the atmosphere intensified as kick-off approahced<img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-9413" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;33301b2000000578-0-image-a-78&lowbar;1460660837225&period;jpg" alt&equals;"33301b2000000578-0-image-a-78&lowbar;1460660837225" width&equals;"962" height&equals;"638" &sol;>Flares were lit&comma; banners were held aloft and songs were sung by supporters as the Liverpool team arrived at Anfield for the quarter-final<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5><em><strong>Lets us know what you think of this article&period; Like&quest; Dislike&quest; Funny&quest; Interesting&quest; Cool&quest;  Drop us a line in the comment box or join us on facebook and twitter to help us give you a better reading experience<&sol;strong> <&sol;em><&sol;h5>&NewLine;

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