Five time champions Liverpool engineered one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the champion’s league by overturning a three-goal first-leg deficit to beat Barcelona 4-3 on aggregate and book their spot in the final.

Barcelona had won the first leg 3-0 at the Nou Camp, but an early strike from Divock Origi gave the vociferous Anfield crowd the belief that another European fightback from the ‘Reds could be on the cards.

The visitors managed to keep the deficit to 1-NIL at half-time however, Georginio Wijnaldum, on as a substitute for the injured Andy Robertson, made it 2-0 with a low drive nine minutes after the break before the midfielder almost immediately made it 3-0 on the night and 3-3 on aggregate with a superb header.

And Origi, starting the game because of injuries to Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino, completed a remarkable victory for Liverpool when he swept Trent Alexander-Arnold’s low corner into the back of the net late on.

The win means Liverpool are into the champion’s league final for a second successive year and they will play either Ajax or Tottenham in Madrid on June 1.

It was Deja vu for Barcelona, who were beaten 3-0 in the second leg of their champion’s league quarter-final with Roma last year to exit the competition on the away goals rule, having won the first leg 4-1.

But for Liverpool it was another memorable European comeback that ranks alongside their victory against Ac Milan in the 2005 final.