A rare experience for this Liverpool ties up second leg deliciously

Their nouveau riche rivals Manchester City are destined to wage war on the Champions League in Europe’s law courts over the coming months, possibly years, their supporters already mobilising to press home their long-standing animosity towards Uefa andtheir premier cup competition.

For Liverpool, their relationship with the competition is far less complicated, longer-standing, more visceral and, last night, at a fervent Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, that love affair was laid bare for all to see.