Jurgen Klopp: We’re here to fight for our dreams

Liverpool players have been told to filter out the noise of history at the Stadio Olympico tonight and focus only on fighting for their dream of reaching the Champions League final on what could be a landmark night in the Jurgen Klopp era.

Rome, of course, was the venue for one of Liverpool’s greatest European nights when they faced Serie A giants Roma on their own turf in the 1984 European Cup final and won a memorable penalty shoot-out thanks to the ‘wobbly legs’ routine of charismatic goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar and a successful final spot-kick from Alan Kennedy.

Thirty-eight years on and Liverpool are back at the same venue, against the same side, with a cacophony of noise surrounding the tie, whether that is down to the form of Mo Salah, the hooligan problems predicted and feared in the Eternal City, or the sheer passion of the home crowd.