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Villarreal 2-3 Liverpool (2-5 agg): Champions League semi-final, second leg – as it happened

LIVE – Updated at 22:18

Liverpool survived a huge scare to reach their tenth European Cup final, with the introduction of Luis Diaz inspiring a comeback from 2-0 down.

That’s it for tonight’s blog. I’ll leave you with David Hytner’s report of a dramatic match. Goodnight!

Related: Díaz inspires Liverpool to beat Villarreal and take them into European Cup final

Virgil van Dijk’s verdict

“Hard work. We should forget the first half as soon as possible. The early goal doesn’t help us but we weren’t good enough. We had to dig deep, we had to be very mature, and in the second half we were outstanding with and without the ball.

“[What did Jurgen Klopp say at half-time?] Play football. Play the Liverpool way. Play the way we’ve been playing all season. Get on the ball, have a lot of movement. But also, show how much we want to go to the final.

“Luis Diaz has been incredible. The way he is one v one – it doesn’t matter who he’s facing, he just goes at them without any fear, and if he loses the ball he gets it back as quickly as possible. Go again, go again. And that’s very difficult to defend.

“In the first half we didn’t play football. There wasn’t enough movement so you make the wrong decisions, and then you lose the ball in difficult situations. If we dwell on the first half when we’re going to Paris, I think we’re being harsh on ourselves. What we’ve done this season can’t be taken for granted.

“Whoever we play in the final will be a nightmare to play against. We know City inside out, they know us; we know how intense those games are. And Real Madrid are Real Madrid: such a big club, with a very in-form striker. We’ll see tomorrow. I’m gonna watch it probably.

“There’s no point thinking about a quadruple. You can dream,

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