That's a rather ominous statistic.  

Des Kelly asks Milner if he'll be enjoying some Italian red wine to celebrate tonight.

Milner: "Maybe for some of the boys. I might stretch myself out to a Ribena or something."

They're singing songs as the Liverpool players dance around in front of them. What an insane game that was. I love that Liverpool chose not to shut up shop and try to lock that one down. It might seem reckless but having that attacking mentality helps with the defensive side of the game as Roma can't commit too many forwards and it means the front three can enjoy space in the Roma half.

That didn't quite work tonight but the two goals Liverpool scored proved crucial and there was always going to be a late surge of momentum from the home side.

"What a thing to be involved in, we've come through every challenge we've been set so far. All the lads, our fans deserve it and we'll have a great day in Kiev regardless of the result.

"It's hard when you come in to defend a lead and we've managed to do that. We've ended up getting beat but the lads have been different class, all the boys have been brilliant and deserve it. 

"This time last season we were fighting for our lives at Hull and fell short but now I feel like I'm home and we'll enjoy this result. We've got a few big games coming up.

"We'll go in as underdogs but sometimes that's a good thing. We'll try our best. The fans will have a great day out and hopefully we'll bring the trophy back!"

"It's gonna be a nice game yeh. But if you wanna win the Champions League you have to beat everyone."

That is absolutely mental. A semi-final - of football's most elite club competition - and there were 13 goals over two legs?!  

LIVERPOOL HAVE DONE IT! The final whistle goes and they've reached the Champions League final! Incredible effort by Klopp's team!

Nainggolan scores!

Oh wow. The referee has given a penalty as Under tucks the ball inside and it comes off his hand! That is ridiculous.

Oh wow. The referee has given a penalty as Under tucks the ball inside and it comes off his hand! That is ridiculous.

Clyne on, Alexander-Arnold on. Klopp wasting some time. Alexander-Arnold stands on the running track waiting for the final whistle...

Solanke is on for Firmino... and he's been booked for dribbling with the ball when the whistle had gone. Robertson still has stamina left - how?! - but loses control and Roma have the ball again. Liverpool have one more minute to survive!

The noise has gone up in the Stadio Olimpico. Roma have found a little extra energy and are going for it now. Schick wins a free-kick 40 yards out - this one's going straight into the area. 

Fazio is offside. That's so poor.

What a hit! Nainggolan hits one from 20 yards! He doesn't even celebrate but the technique to hit this one is superb. He lets the ball roll across him and then puts his foot through it, sending it flying to the far post. It smacks off the upright and then hits the back of the net on the opposite side - Karius is hopelessly beaten!

 That's a great photo. Meanwhile, on the pitch, Robertson chases Florenzi all the way to the corner flag, Florenzi blocks him with his back and all the way out onto the running track. Robertson gives him a little shove and he goes flying! Manolas squares up to him for it and is booked, Robertson is booked too.

Klavan on, Mane off. That'll be a change to a back three, probably a 3-5-2 with Salah and Firmino staying high up the pitch to make sure Roma don't get too adventurous.

Great pass by Nainggolan! He spots Dzeko's run in behind the Liverpool right-back, Dzeko controls it first time and shoots across goal! Karius saves! But he's spilled it again and Lovren comes in to boot the thing away.

Alisson goes on a mad goalkeeper run into his own corner flag and very nearly hands possession to Salah. He gets away with it and receives a standing ovation from the home crowd, which is absolutely great. 

A corner is sent to the back of the box, Dzeko peels away and connects on the volley! But his shot goes well wide. Decent effort. 

Antonucci's first touch is inside the Liverpool box! But he clears it away rather than taking it down. Roma still looking for these goals but can't find the target often enough.

Florenzi is booked for a hack on Mane, a double footed, from behind, flying slide tackle. Um. Erm. That... that's not allowed. Mane is absolutely fine but that was wild!

Final Roma substitution: Shaarawy off, Antonucci on. I think the former has picked up a wee injury - he sat down a minute ago and hobbles off clutching his hamstring.

Do Roma have it in them to grab three goals in the next 15 minutes?

Alexander-Arnold gets up the pitch for what feels like one of the first times tonight and sends a teasing ball to the back post, where Salah was poaching. It's dealt with by the Roma defence and Liverpool keep the ball. Roma look tired now.

Roma keep making stupid mistakes and gifting Liverpool the chance to counter-attack. Salah breaks with Firmino but between them the pair can't create anything as they exploit the space in Roma's half.

Lovely skill from Milner! He does a roulette turn in the centre of the pitch and suddenly Liverpool have four vs five! Salah tries to put Firmino in on goal but sends him wide and the Brazilian's low shot is saved, turning it behind.

Gonalons is on for De Rossi.

Roma come down the left, there's space to attack and Kolarov hits a low ball to the near post! Karius misses it but the ball stays out of the goal and Liverpool get it away! Or do they? It's chipped back in for Dzeko, who looks offside, controls, and shoots into the side-netting.

The replay shows he was onside and one-on-one.

Roma have had the chances to get back in this one.

CHANCE FOR ROMA! Nainggolan crosses in, Dzeko heads on, it beats everyone and falls to Shaarawy!!! It deflects off Alexander-Arnold and goes over the bar!

The replay shows that came off the defender's hand and that should have been a penalty! Liverpool have gotten away with two big decisions now!

Glenn Hoddle goes on about how Liverpool need to keep the ball and take the sting out of the game at exactly the same time we see Robertson sprint past an animated Klopp, yelling at his players to go forward and stop passing around the midfield. Two very different philosophies there.

SAVE BY KARIUS! It's another of those Hollywood balls over the top and Under gets a touch on it inside the area but can't divert it past the goalkeeper. 

Henderson was shouting at Karius to come out off his line and catch those balls over the top - it's been Roma's most dangerous attacking outlet.

Wijnaldum steals the ball near his own box, runs up the pitch with hit and then sends a difficult through-pass towards Salah. The defender easily blocks him out of it.

Salah gets the ball on his chest shortly after and plays in Wijnaldum but there's a foul in there somewhere and Roma have possession back.

Dzeko heads over at the back post from the free-kick. 

Klopp paces the touchline. Is a three goal lead really a safe one? Roma haven't given up here. 

Dzeko tries to go past Alexander-Arnold, runs into his shoulder and falls to the ground. It's a free-kick in a dangerous position for Roma.

Roma put Under on and take Pellegrini off. That's an attacking substitution, but Pellegrini has done very little tonight anyway. 

Dzeko has scored! El Shaarawy runs in at goal, Alexander-Arnold is beaten and the Roma man bends a shot at goal. Karius dives but pushes the ball straight to Dzeko, who stays composed and finishes! Game on?

Karius kicks long and the centre-backs play some head tennis. Mane, Salah and Firmino take a long pass down but the defence deal with it. The ball is put up the other end. ROMA ARE IN!

DZEKO IS IN BEHIND! And Karius has wiped him out! That must be a penalty and red card... but the flag has gone up for offside. The replay shows Dzeko was on! That could change the entire tie. 

Alisson waits for the ball to bounce in the box before he picks it up and Firmino very nearly steals it from him on the edge of the area. 

Robertson goes on a bursting run, burning past his man with pace and getting all the way to the halfway line. He's so quick that Salah doesn't get back onside before sprinting.

Salah is inches offside as Mane takes the ball down and plays the through-ball between Roma's centre-backs. A poor start for the home side but Liverpool are attacking with that front three and causing so many problems.

We're back! 45 minutes stand between Liverpool and a place in the final.

You can't see it, but in his left ear he's listening to 'The Pretender' by Foo Fighters, and it's just gone back into the loud bit. 

Both teams are mirroring each other, Liverpool's front three playing much higher though and a bigger threat on the counter-attack.

Roma just need to keep doing what they've been doing, get crosses into the area and attack them quickly and make contact. It's only four goals.

Thoroughly entertaining! Liverpool are basically through, Roma still asking questions. Stranger things have happened than a Roma comeback!

Pellegrini steps up and puts his foot clean through the ball... sending it miles high into the crowd. That is one of the worst free-kicks I've ever seen.

Liverpool's forward three are getting so much time and space to play in the Roma half. El Shaarawy tries to go round Lovren, slips (with a little shove from Lovren) and goes down on the edge of the area. The referee books Lovren for it. That's never a booking, let alone a foul for me but I'm not a professional referee. 

Great play from Liverpool as they stroke the ball around the Roma half, always finding someone in space and allowing the move to keep flowing. Salah plays in Mane behind the defence but it's wide of goal... and he backheels it off his own shin and gives away a goal kick.

Replays of that penalty moment show that Shaarawy was at it, throwing himself to the floor to con the referee. Alexander-Arnold pulls his foot away just in time before he makes contact.

Kolarov has been impressive tonight so far. He comes down the left, tucks the ball inside and Shaarawy goes down in the area! That's surely a penalty! The referee says no! He went flying over the leg of a defender there - was it a dive?

Karius punches away as another high ball is hurled in the box and he's taken a wee knock. Mane sprints away on the counter-attack and the goalkeeper gets to his feet eventually.

Liverpool try to keep the ball in Roma's half but end up passing it straight back to them. Henderson seems nervous on the ball. 

Roma playing at a slightly slower pace now but still looking for those direct passes into Dzeko... and that's hit the post! What a strike! El Shaarawy pings one from 20 yards and it takes a deflection off Milner (woopsy) and hits the frame of the goal.  

Roma surely can't believe they'll score four goals against this Liverpool side but they keep attacking. Liverpool look a little more settled now.

That was dreadful defending from Roma for Liverpool's goal and they have a ridiculous task on their hands. Liverpool can counter easily and they do exactly that, but this time they keep the ball in the Roma half and pass it around a bit, slowing the game down.

WIJNALDUM SCORES! The corner comes in, Roma do not deal with it well at all and Wijnaldum is left one on one with the goalkeeper, heading it past/through him into an empty net. 

CHANCE FOR MANE! This is superb from Robertson! Florenzi is caught in a race like a milkfloat vs a Ferrari and Robertson races past him, into the box, and pulls it back to the six yard box for Mane, whose shot is deflected behind. Corner.

Karius comes out to collect the ball in the air as Roma attack down the left side again. Alexander-Arnold stays down after Kolarov puts his foot firmly down on the top of his. He knows what he's up to.

Liverpool chase a ball over the top but Salah is easily beaten to it by the Roma defence.

Roma keep attacking down the left wing and prey on the young Alexander-Arnold's inexperience, which is what Man Utd and Man City both did recently. It only worked for one of them and he's doing OK so far.  

Roma win a corner but it's headed away. The ball is then hooked into the area from a deep, long pass and Lovren goes down trying to battle with Schick. Roma are targeting Liverpool's defence with these high balls. 

Roma keep the pressure up, Liverpool having to drop deep to try and stop them riding a wave of momentum from that goal.

ROMA ARE LEVEL! It's a bizarre own goal off James Milner! One of the strangest you'll ever see. The ball is hit high to the back post on the left, headed in to the six yard area and a defender boots the thing away just as a striker is about to hit at goal at the near post. He accidentally thumps the ball off Milner's face and it bounces into the net!

Liverpool look so dangerous on the counter-attack. Roma are defending deep but the midfield are trying to attack higher up the pitch and it's leaving a mile of space for Klopp's team to run into. There are way more goals to be had here.

Liverpool should have a penalty! Or at least a free=kick! Wijnaldum is wiped out as, again, the front three are able to run straight at goal in an empty Roma half! Nothing given.

Nainggolan tries to make up for his error by shooting from distance but balloons it over the bar.

LIVERPOOL HAVE SCORED! It's a terrible mistake by Nainggolan, who passes inside and gifts the ball to Liverpool's front three. Firmino plays in Mane, who is just too quick for the defence and then fires low beyond the goalkeeper! What a start!

Roma are going in hard and early on Salah. Kolarov bundles through the back of him now but again there's no yellow card. 

The ball is kicked long to Mane in the area, he goes to chest it... and he's bundled to the ground! Is that a penalty?! No! The referee isn't buying it but Manolas took a huge risk pushing him there!

 Liverpool have been caught out by this exact pass twice now already.

AND FLORENZI TRIES ONE FROM DISTANCE! That is sooooo close to smashing the back of the net. Karius watches it fly past the top corner of his goal.

De Rossi is a bit late to the tackle on Salah and catches him. If that had been later on in the game it's a certain yellow but the referee keeps his cards safe in his pocket, Roma win the ball back immediately from the free-kick. 

Liverpool are defending as a 4-4-2, with Salah and Firmino staying up and Mane tucking in. I think that'll change depending on the side that Roma attack.

Dzeko is strong and runs in behind the last man on the right of the penalty box! He's at too narrow an angle to do anything with it though and just pokes the ball across the area.

Roma are in total control of the ball at the moment and are moving it around Liverpool's final third. They win a corner, which Kolarov comes across to take. It's curled out to the six yard box... and just doesn't drop for anyone! Liverpool get lucky there but now they're on the counter! Salah leads the charge, whistles ring out around the ground and the goalkeeper is able to pick the ball up as it is chested back to him.

Roma start the game and go straight on the attack and move the ball around from wing to wing before looking for the high ball over the defence. Dzeko attacks it but Van Dijk comes across and bundles him over! It's not a foul but that wasn't exactly nerve-settling defending.

HERE WE GOOOOOO!

Wow the crowd absolutely ROARS 'the chaaaaampions' at the end of that. This is great!

And the noise keeps getting bigger. Gary Lineker struggles to hear what Rio Ferdinand says in their pre-match buildup chat and goes to a break. "I'm sure it was brilliant!" he says.

That's surely a management technique to try and calm the players down. Some of them will be terrified by this setting! A beaming smile, some laughs and these words from the Liverpool manager:

"As happy as you can be before a game, I want to be happy after a game!

"When you see the lineup of Roma they cause you problems, we win at home a good result, the opponent comes back, it was clear we'd have to work again. We are here not to defend the three goal lead we are here to win the football game.

"It's similar. We didn't have the plan to get as much under pressure as we did, it's not easy to find solution in a game, it was good at half time, we played much better but I loved both halves in that game. Let's see, it will be an intense start and then we have to be ready."

The tension is building! The players are warming up, the crowd is loooouuuuuud and already nearly full. Kick-off is 20something minutes away... it's nearly here!

However, some supporters are having real trouble getting in. This was from about half an hour ago:

"The players need to realise and embrace it. Yeh there'll be nerves but this is what the game's about, just go out there and empty the lot, you'll be fine."

Steven Gerrard

"Liverpool players should be laid back, excited and ready to go. They'll be aware of the Barcelona fixture and use that as motivation but I'm sure thats part of Jurgen's team talk."

Frank Lampard

"The moment they step out on that team they need to be so focused. "

Rio Ferdinand

"[Di Francesco] will have seen something here, the way he set the team up last time was suicidal, you're gonna see a difference."

They've gone back to the 4-3-3 that Di Francesco loves so very much. Roma want to do this their way. 

THE TEAMS ARE IN!

That bench isn't great but the starting XI is exactly what we thought it might be. Liverpool going for the usual ATTACK approach.

And the Italian supporters know it. Jeez that's an atmosphere!

It's really difficult to work out how Liverpool might approach this one tonight. Go for the early goal? Play as normal and go full pelt throughout? Sit and defend the lead? I did a tactical preview of the game this morning which you can read here:

It's not only the talented ones in Rome who can draw Mo Salah. That's right. Here's my incredible effort. Feel free to tweet me yours. 

Is that Joe Allen skulling a tinny pre-match?!

(no)

Michelangelo can paint as many ceilings as he wants - nothing he ever produced comes close to this wondrous portrait:

My god it's beautiful. Art... will never be the same again.

Welcome to our liveblog for this enormous occasion, a Champions League semi-final second leg between AS Roma and Liverpool! Real Madrid await the winner in the final but who will join them? Liverpool have a three goal lead, Roma have two away goals - and they already completed one miraculous comeback against the mighty Barcelona before that. 

Liverpool fans have been enjoying themselves in Rome all day, taking in the beautiful sights, sounds and culture... of the local bars, where beer isn't particularly cheap.

(On a strange side note, I noticed when in Rome that they seem to think Tennent's Super is not only an acceptable lager, but something which should be considered a treat and have money spent on it).

That won't matter to Liverpool fans though and by all accounts, there's been no trouble whatsoever thus far.

Team news should be with us at about 6:30pm-ish, possibly closer to 6:45pm, and at that point we'll be able to figure out how both managers plan to approach this one. Roma will likely revert to their preferred 4-3-3 and really take the game to Liverpool, who will again try to utilise their pace and trickery to grab that one crucial away goal which would kill off the tie.

You can enjoy all the build up and live analysis from the game with us right here.