More Champions League and Championship Action!
In the Championship, we've got another vital clash, with Derby traveling to south Wales, hoping to get a win from Swansea. If they do, they're almost certainly assured a playoff spot, as Boro will need a seven or eight goal swing on the last day of the season on Sunday.
Let's be having ya this afternoon, eh?
posted by The Blue Devil @ 2:40 PM
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Swansea and Derby have kicked off in that vital match in the Championship.
The teams now gathering in the tunnel at the Camp Nou:
Barcelona: ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Pique, Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Rakitic, Sergio Busquets, Vidal, Messi, Suarez, Coutinho.
Subs: Cillessen, Nelson Semedo, Arthur, Dembele, Malcom, Umtiti, Alena.
Liverpool: Alisson, Gomez, Matip, van Dijk, Robertson, Milner, Fabinho, Keita, Salah, Mane, Wijnaldum.
Subs: Mignolet, Lovren, Firmino, Henderson, Shaqiri, Origi, Alexander-Arnold.
Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (Holland)
We're away at the Camp Nou!
I've got the link up on TNT finally.
Oh - Mane got behind the Barca back four for the first time. Barca looking vulnerable there.
Oh - Piquet seemed to bundle Mane over there in the area! Nothing doing from the referee but you've seen them given.
Cracking end to end action now - this could be a real classic!
Liverpool are seeing plenty of the ball here; no mean feat when playing against the Catalan side.
Close call there for Liverpool. Coutinho seemed to have broken the offside trap and fired just wide, but it was ruled off anyway.
Mane wins a free kick out wide left from Piquet. He's really having a tussle with the Liverpool man.
Messi's still whinging about his penalty claim.
Oh - nice ball in but just a touch high for Van Dijk.
Keita has a problem and is going to be replaced by Hendo.
GOAL! Barca break through and of course it had to be that man Suarez, biting the hand that used to feed him.
Brilliant ball in from Jordi Alba and Suarez touched it on into the net with aplomb.
1-0 Barca!
Half an hour in and Liverpool are still relatively well placed in this fixture. They look well capable of nicking an away goal.
Oh - great block there by Fabinho as Suarez threatened again.
Mane nearly got in there again!
Oh - another great move there ends with a corner earned.
Ter Stegen with a really weak punch there from the corner; should have been punished.
Oh - Mane was in there but put it over the top there. Big chance!
Milner tries one from distance - well wide.
Liverpool have successfully quietened the crowd again now with their play. They've been excellent. If only Mane had been able to finish that chance.
Longlet pulls back Salah and picks up a yellow card for it. Good free kick chance.
Martin Tyler and Alan Smith are glowing about Barca, but to my mind they've been second best, despite the scoreline.
Milner's in trouble now after he barges into Messi. Messi's trying to get him booked. Disgusting behavior. Nothing from the ref.
Bit of needle developing now between the sides. It seems to be mostly gamesmanship on the part of the Barca side.
That's half-time, then, at the Camp Nou. Barca with a slender lead going into the dressing room but Liverpool in good shape nonetheless.
We're back on now for the second half at the Camp Nou. Come on, you Reds!
Oh - Salah with a sharp shot through the area. Ter Stegen did well to turn it around.
Another big missed chance, this time for Milner. They've got to make the most of these chances!
Liverpool are laying siege to the Barca goal now; this is quite a turn up for the books. Barca haven't had as much as a sniff.
Joe Gomez tries something a wee bit ambitious from distance.
Liverpool have 20 minutes to come up with the away goal that their performance has really deserved.
Firmino is up and getting warm. He might add that killer touch.
Messi is being ridiculous again, falling like a sack of spuds every time he's touched.
GOAL! Against the run of play, Suarez pounces to hit the woodwork and then Messi follows it in.
2-0 Barca!
Liverpool really need that away goal now.
Fabinho gets a yellow late on for taking out Messi.
GOAL! 3-0 Barca with a super effort from Messi! That was special!
It's a long way back now. An away goal would help but they'd still have to beat them 2-0 at Anfield.
Oh - one off the line and then Salah hit the post when the goal was gaping!
It's just not their night, is it?
Dimock Origi has come on for Milner now.
I'm off home, lads. I'll catch you later!
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