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⚽ Champions League latest, 8pm BST kick-off ( first leg 0-2 ) ⚽ Atlético Madrid v Barcelona – updates | Live scoreboard Right, where shall we start? Saint-Etienne 1977 , perhaps, the first epic European comeback at Anfield. Maybe Auxerre 1991 or Dortmund 2016 , when Liverpool made a mockery of apparently insurmountable deficits. “The stadium seemed to know what would happen,” winced Dortmund’s manager Thomas Tuchel after Dejan Lovren scored an injury-time winner. “It was as if it was meant to be.” Barcelona 2019 is the ultimate, a 4-0 win with a weakened team that still blows the mind seven years on. Those precedents – and the knowledge that Anfield is a unique microclimate – are sources of hope for Liverpool as they strive for another glorious comeback against Paris Saint-Germain tonight. Continue reading...
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