In an edge-of-the-seat thriller at Stadio Olympico， Liverpool thwarted a herculean comeback effort by Roma to seal a place in the UEFA Champions League final against Real Madrid. With "The Pharaoh" Mohamed Salah falling silent inside the Roma empire, the home side rose from the ashes like a phoenix with a 4-2 win in their do-or-die return leg tie at home but agonizingly failed to make the cut to the final on a 7-6 aggregate.

After enjoying a comfortable 5-2 lead in the first leg at Anfield, the Reds went ahead early in the game when Sadio Mane drew the first blood from a meticulously executed Roberto Firmino pass in the 9th minute. However, the hosts leveled the score with an own goal after Dejan Lovren's attempted clearance rebounded off his team-mate James Milner. However, Georginio Wijnaldum's header made it 2-1 and 7-3 on aggregate, for the visitors, ten minutes later.

The second half saw a resurgent Roma netting three goals and without conceding a single. Edin Dzeko scored the equalizer before Radja Nainggolan’s two late strikes, including a stoppage-time penalty, raised hopes for yet another Champions League miracle for Roma. But Jurgen Klopp’s boys held on to their slender one-goal lead 7-6 lead on aggregate to advance to the final for the first time since 2007. The English team, who became the first Premier League side to reach the final since Chelsea in 2012, will take on 12-time champions Real Madrid in Kiev in the summit clash.