Liverpool booked their place in the Europa League final courtesy of a 3-1 aggregate victory over 10-man Villarreal at Anfield.
The Reds dominated the vast majority of the second-leg tie on Merseyside, securing a 3-0 win on the night to overturn last week’s narrow deficit at El Madrigal.
A Bruno Soriano own goal opened the scoring for Liverpool, before Daniel Sturridge and Adam Lallana added strikes of their own to seal a first European final in nine years for the Premier League outfit.
Liverpool will face Sevilla in the final who beat Shakhtar Donetsk 5-3 on aggregate in the other semi-final encounter.
Villarreal scored a 92nd-minute winner to gain a 1-0 first-leg lead in their Europa League semi-final against Liverpool. Both sides struck the woodwork in a largely cagey affair at El Madrigal, but Adrian Lopez netted an injury-time winner to hand the Spanish outfit a slender lead heading into next week's…
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