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3rd May 2018
11:52am BST

Attacking with vigour and confidence from the word go all the way up to the last call at the Stadio Olimpico, Liverpool's brazen, committed and free-flowing forward play, sourced by and coursing through their three musketeers Salah, Mane and Firmino was fluorescent enough and explosive enough to camouflage their own frailties.
To date it has always been enough and while Liverpool have deficits aplenty, none more so than the shaky Loris Karius in goal, they have the sharpest front three in the world and when that threesome are together there is always hope.
Roma's own limitations, and they showed to have more of them than Liverpool, lit the touch paper for the three lads and there was no going back then.
In an advertisement for off the bat football, Liverpool were the victors over a startlingly and surprisingly un-Italian side. Naive enough to play no full backs against the tide in the first leg, the Anfield faithful should not make the mistake of getting too excited about taking candy from a baby.
The thing is, in the Champions League final Liverpool will be faced with more bullets than ever before when the Galacticos roll into town and they have not shown near enough to suggest they will continue to get away it.
Because at the end of the day, Roma are still Roma and Real Madrid are a completely different animal.
Real Madrid have their own weaknesses also but they have Ronaldo, Marcelo, Modric, Ramos et al. - a calibre of player that Roma have nobody near, a calibre of player that will punish the mistakes that Liverpool have been making and have continued to make.
Winning is a habit, mistakes are a habit and Liverpool keep on showing that they have plenty of those in them.
Roy Keane, speaking on ITV in the aftermath of Wednesday's match issued the 'Pool with a necessary wake-up call.
"They've got into some bad habits, a bit sloppy again. They've given some daft goals away," said Roy Keane.Liverpool did lose 4-2 in Rome. That has to hurt, and Keano wasn't going to let them get away with that."Over the last couple of league games they've switched off a little bit and you want to go into the final with some sort of momentum behind them and they've just got to be careful. "You look at Liverpool tonight, their right-back, the young right-back had a nightmare for Liverpool. The goalkeeper was poor so Real Madrid will be rubbing their hands as much as Liverpool will be," he said.
"Even tonight, a bit of pride has still got to kick in. I know they're celebrating but to lose four goals in a game should hurt you a little bit."But the curate's egg still has a big chance.
"I give them credit though. We would not have predicted at the start of the season that they would be in the Champions League final, but they have grown in strength.And that's why May 26 will be so interesting.
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