Liverpool hold off brave Roma to reach Champions League final

Liverpool reached the Champions League final after riding their luck to contain a fired-up AS Roma in a 4-2 defeat at the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday that sent them through 7-6 on aggregate.

The five-times European champions, who will confront holders Real Madrid in the May 26 last, twice led the pack yet were compelled to hold tight in the second half as Roma made shots previously Radja Nainggolan's two late objectives put them ahead on the night. 

Liverpool's Sadio Mane was their most strong assaulting risk and gave them the lead following nine minutes, however, a strange possess objective by James Milner leveled for Roma. 

A Georginio Wijnaldum header set Liverpool back in front yet Roma, who toppled a three-objective shortage to beat Barcelona in the last round, were given recharged conviction when Edin Dzeko let go past Loris Karius right on time in the second half.

Nainggolan bored in from remove following 86 minutes to make it 3-2 and crushed home a punishment in stoppage-time yet it was past the point of no return for the Italian side who lost the main leg of the semi-last 5-2 in Liverpool. 

"We never do it the easy way tragically," Liverpool skipper Jordan Henderson said. "It was a stunning exertion. In the main half, we did well and scored some great objectives. General, we dealt with the circumstance well separated from the most recent 10 minutes." 

Liverpool's errand was apparently direct - abstain from agony a three-objective annihilation and a place in the last in Kiev was theirs. 

Their 5-2 first-leg triumph at Anfield was a scoreline that had never been upset in the opposition's history, yet Barcelona's stun overcome in a similar stadium had filled in as a notice against smugness. 

The group absolutely appeared to trust a rehash result was conceivable and the commotion levels expanded as Liverpool were pushed back in the opening minutes.

CLINICAL COUNTER

However, Roma's spirits were hosed when Liverpool led the pack, gaining a disastrous mix-up with a regularly clinical counter. 

Roma midfielder Nainggolan played a self-destructive square ball that was jumped on by Roberto Firmino, who drove forward and played it through to Mane who covered his left-footed complete past Roma's Brazilian attendant Alisson.

That was the primary objective Roma had surrendered at home in the opposition this season, yet they were behind for six minutes because of a cataclysmic claim objective. 

Dejan Lovren attempted to clear a ball into the territory yet crushed his exertion straight into the substance of Milner and it ricocheted past Karius. 

The home fans rediscovered their voice, yet their restored spirits endured just an additional 10 minutes before Liverpool retook the lead. 

The hosts neglected to clear a corner and the ball was going back by Dzeko into the way of Wijnaldum who gestured past Alisson. 

Roma leveled for the second time seven minutes after the break as Stephan El Shaarawy's shot was pushed gently into the way of Dzeko by Karius and the Bosnian rifled his complete past the German attendant.

It was then down to the wire for the Premier League side as Roma chances went back and forth before Nainggolan focused from the edge of the territory and rifled a shot in off the post. 

He pummeled home a punishment after substitute Ragnar Klavan was pronounced to have taken care of, yet it was insufficient to anticipate Liverpool achieving the last out of the blue since 2007.

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