Summary

  • Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 live

  • Salah curls in superb opener and dinks in second against former club

  • Mane and Firmino (2) make it 5-0

  • Dzeko & Perotti penalty give Italian side a lifeline

  • Oxlade-Chamberlain replaced by Wijnaldum following awkward fall

Live Reporting

Gary Rose

  1. Listen to the game on BBC Radio 5 live

    Liverpool v Roma (19:45 BST)

    Kick off is two-and-a-half hours away and you can listen to full commentary on the game on BBC Radio 5 live, with build up from 18:30 BST.

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  2. Fab three on the front

    Liverpool v Roma (19:45 BST)

    .@petermoorelfc

    This is the match programme for tonight's game. Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane all feature on the cover.

    The trio have combined to score 83 goals for Liverpool this season, including nine of the Reds' 10 in the knockout stages.

  3. Rain, scarves, replica trophies and pies

    Liverpool v Roma (19:45 BST)

    .Chris Williams

    Brollies up as fans arrive at Anfield for tonight's game.

    There's the usual half-and-half scarves on sale outside the ground...

    .Chris Williams

    and the not-so-usual sight of a replica Champions League trophy in a pie shop.

    .Reuters

  4. Liverpool v Roma (19:45 BST)

    Hello!

    If the Champions League maintains it's knockout form then we are in for a real treat of a football match tonight.

    Liverpool, five-time European champions, take on Roma, who so impressively overturned a three-goal deficit to beat Barcelona in the quarter-finals.

    Both sides have promised to go for it as they look to take a big step towards reaching the Champions League final.

    .Reuters

  5. History to repeat or revenge to be taken?

    As Liverpool's players walked out into the hostile atmosphere at Rome's Stadio Olimpico, little did they know they would be about to produce one of the most famous displays in the club's history...

    .Rex Features

    With the game all square after normal and extra-time, penalties were needed to determine the outcome.

    Inside the bubbling cauldron of noise, Liverpool needed calm heads.

    Up stepped Bruce Grobbelaar and his spaghetti legs.

    .Rex Features

    His distraction tactics appeared to do enough to contribute towards two Roma players missing their spot kicks before Alan Kennedy stayed calm among the chaos to tuck away the decisive penalty. Liverpool were European champions.

    Thirty four years later the two sides meet again in Europe. Liverpool will believe history can repeat, Roma will want revenge.

    The stage is set for a classic Champions League semi-final tie.

    .Getty Images