Mane put the ball over in Liverpool's best chance of the half, while the closing minutes of the half saw tensions rise on the pitch with both Milner and Sergio Busquets lucky to escape bookings.

The second half saw Liverpool put Barca under intense pressure, with nearly all of the ball in the Barca half as the English side pressured the Liga Santander Champions with and without the ball.

Salah was at the heart of everything, setting up Milner for a shot that was well saved by Ter Stegen at the start of the second half.

The Barca keeper then had to go low to his left to deny the Egyptian, before another move started by the Liverpool forward ended with Milner firing into Ter Stegen's midriff when he should have done better.

Liverpool had dominated the half, but Barca scored the second goal after Messi and Sergi Roberto to set up Suarez and although his shot hit the bar, Messi was on hand to push the ball into the empty net in the 75th minute.

There may have been an element of luck about the second goal, but there was none about the third after Messi virtually sealed the tie with an incredible 30-yard free kick which left Alisson helpless in the 82nd minute.

It should have been 3-1 after Salah hit the post when he looked certain to score after Rakitic had cleared Firminho's shot off the line, although Barca should have netted a fourth when Dembele shot weakly at Alisson in the last move of the game.

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