Liverpool vs Barcelona: Reds troll Mancs with awesome Champions League banner
Liverpool are in Spain to take on Barcelona in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final and this one awesome banner trolls all Mancs.
The Reds have flocked to Catalonia for the game, many of them bearing flags to wave inside the iconic Nou Camp. And this one is one of the best, and takes aim at both halves of Manchester.
City were knocked out of Europe by Tottenham Hotspur while Manchester United suffered the same fate at the hands of Barca – after miraculously getting past PSG in the last 16.
Liverpool have had an excellent Champions League run so far and can count previous winners Bayern Munich among their scalps – while the quarter final victory against Porto was also routine.
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And now thousands of Reds are flocking to the iconic location of their next game – which will offer a route into the final against Spurs or Ajax.
But this will be a tough game, and manager Jurgen Klopp knows it. The Guardian reported that Klopp had anticipated it will be one of the hardest yet, and urged the full squad to suffer for the cause and to take every chance available.
They may have to do so without key forward Roberto Firmino, who will be given a late fitness assessment – said the BBC. However, it’s looking likely that Firmino will take part after getting through his most recent training session unscathed.
Barcelona are fresh off their crowning as La Liga winners, but that won’t stop them trying to add another Champions League to their trophy cabinet. Their defence might not be what it once was, but with Lionel Messi in form anything could happen.
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Fabinho is also available for the game after he came off against Cardiff City with a head injury, in a protocol Spurs could well learn from.