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Karl Matchett

Liverpool vs Villarreal predicted line-ups: Team news ahead of Champions League fixture tonight

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Emery: 'This is the best Liverpool side I’ve known'

Liverpool put one foot in their third Champions League final in five seasons after a 2-0 victory over the least-fancied team in the last four Villarreal.

An own goal from Pervis Estupinan and Sadio Mane’s 20th of the season in a three-minute second-half spell did the damage and the only criticism which could be levelled at Jurgen Klopp’s side was that they should have scored more.

European Cup semi-finals are not supposed to be easy but this was about as comfortable as it gets - arguably less trouble than the 5-2 first-leg victory over Roma at Anfield which set them on the way to a 2018 final defeat against Real Madrid.

Under Unai Emery, the visitors had lost just one of 12 away games in Europe, in stoppage time at Old Trafford last September, and had beaten Juventus and Bayern Munich to reach their first Champions League semi-final since 2006 but were outclassed by the Reds, who take a comfortable advantage to Spain next week.

Follow all the reaction from Liverpool vs Villarreal’s clash below:

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