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Liverpool-Roma 5-2: Dzeko and Perotti give Roma hope

Liverpool-Roma 5-2: Dzeko and Perotti give Roma hope


This is the sixth European meeting between Liverpool and Roma and the first since March 2002 in the second group stage of the Champions League – of the previous five, Liverpool have won two, with two draws and one Roma win.

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Liverpool are yet to lose to Roma in the European Cup/Champions League in three meetings (W1 D2), with one of those draws in the 1984 final, which Liverpool won 4-2 on penalties in the Stadio Olimpico.
 
This is Liverpool’s 10th appearance in the semi-final of the European Cup/Champions League – they’ve progressed to the final on seven of the previous nine occasions, losing only in 1964-65 against Internazionale and in 2007-08 against Chelsea.
 
Roma are appearing in their first European semi-final for 27 years, when they faced Brøndby in the UEFA Cup in 1990-91. Their only previous European Cup/Champions League semi-final was in 1983-84, when they eliminated Dundee United to face Liverpool in the final.
 
Liverpool haven’t won the first leg of a European semi-final in any of their last seven attempts (D3 L4), since a 4-0 win over Panathinaikos in the European Cup in 1984-85.
 
The Reds have scored 33 goals in this season’s competition, the most by an English team in a single Champions League campaign.