the 5,000 liverpool fans expected here at rome's olympic stadium have been urged to arrive early and to only use designated buses, not to walk. they've also been told not to hang banners or scarves on monuments and to stick to certain parts of the city. but on the pitch too, there is a huge amount at stake — for liverpool, a place in the champions league final itself now theirs to lose. liverpool trained here tonight knowing their 5—2 victory over roma in the first leg has taken them to the brink of european club taking them to the showpiece event for the first time since 2007. tomorrow we will be ready and i say it again, if roma wins 3—0 tomorrow we will be ready and i say it again, if roma wins 3-0 or higher, congratulations, go to the final. alan kennedy's decisive penalty 3a years ago sealed a fourth european cup against roma on their very own ground, the hero of that famous night telling me it could provide inspiration for the current team. we were not going to be beat,

and we had this mental attitude, and i hope the players of today have got that as well, that they're going to go there, they're going to get a result, and they're going to get to the final. that is the most important side of it. it's not about how well you play, it's about the result at the end of it. this afternoon, a touching moment as roma paid tribute to sean cox, the liverpool fan injured last week, with this message of support on their training shirts. both teams now know that whoever prevails here will face the might of spain's serial winners, real madrid, in the final next month, after they came through their semifinal against bayern munich tonight. dan roan, bbc news, rome. a reminder that newsnight is on bbc two with evan. hello and welcome to sportsday. 0ur

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ten minutes the home side chain step back. right there, 3—2 to real madrid. blend man desperate to make an impression, rodriguez, with an opening goal, missed. second half begins with the piece of football belonging to a semifinal at under eight level perhaps. what bayern had to do was avoid silly mistakes their manager stressed. bayern still had more of the ball and were creating chances including this one for rodriguez. he played on the celebrations but it was 2—2 on the night. 0ne morkel and they were through and they needed the bolt to keep them out but the final kick of the game could have done it. bayern cannot believe it is them. liverpool or roma await the victors of that tie. the second leg of their semifinal is in rome tomorrow. today, italian police calmed fears of hooliganism,

saying they can "guarantee the safety of liverpool's fans" if they stick within their guidelines. roma players trained earlier in forza sean shirts in support of sean cox, the liverpool supporter who was seriously injured after being attacked by roma fans outside anfield before the first leg between the sides. great, great. ithought great, great. i thought brohm showed fa ntastically great, great. i thought brohm showed fantastically before in their training at anfield. a memorial place at anfield, for 96 and it is great, it shows something here. two teams of both deserve to be here because of football and both show maximum respect for the other side. and in these moments, at least all football fans, and we are

professionals but we are football fans, and we should really stay together. and showed this kind of respect. staying with liverpool... liverpool forward mohamed salah has collected his second player of the year award for this season, after being given the accolade by the football writers' association. he narrowly topped a poll of some 400 journalists, pipping manchester city midefielder kevin de bruyne by fewer than 20 votes. this follows salah's pfa players' player of the year award, which was voted for by his fellow professionals. steven gerrard says he has held positive talks with rangers over their vacant manager's position. former england captain gerrard is currently in charge of liverpool's under 18's but has no top level experience as a manager. he could replace graeme murty who was sacked today, just 48 hours after their 5—0 thrashing by old firm rivals celtic in the scottish premiership. with more, here's our reporter chris mclaughlin. the rangers players leaving training

earlier, they have just been informed that the man who came in to coverfor informed that the man who came in to cover for the man who informed that the man who came in to coverfor the man who had been sacked, had just been sacked. relieved of his duties, the club added that he had to contend with difficult and challenging circumstances but conducted himself ina circumstances but conducted himself in a thoroughly professional manner. he will take some time to consider his options which would include returning to his role at rangers academy. powering his way through! this is one of the final nails in his managerial coffin, a 5—0 two feet against celtic. it was a meteor at rise and fall. he joined as head of development in 2016. he was asked to step in after warburton left, claiming he had been dismissed. eight months later, another manager was gone. again, the club called on

him. in december after favourable result he was told he was the man until the end of the season. today he was told he was not. three managers in three years is probably showing it has not worked and it has been a costly exercise as well. it looks like it is too soon for him and he looks exasperated what was going around. this is who they want to replace him. he was frustrated in the news of steven gerrard coming before it the celtic match. it felt like rangers were writing off this season as early as october. i do not understand why they have not been able to go and find a manager. the fa ns able to go and find a manager. the fans cannot understand either. they have to watch on, wonder and hope that this time it might get better. it will not be under this man, but who will be next? brighton have asked police to investigate reported monkey chants aimed at their players

during their match with burnley at turf moor last weekend. brighton's gaetan bong was booed during the match by home fans, having accused west brom's burnley—born forward jay rodriguez of racially abusing him in a match injanuary. brighton manager chris hughton has called it shameful, with the club now asking sussex police to investigate. seven—time champion serena williams could still be made the number one seed at wimbledon this year, if she makes a remarkable climb back into the world's top 32 before the tournament. and what about andy murray, britain's two time champion at wimbledon? the bbc‘s tennis correspondent russell fuller has been at the all—england club on a day of announcements. an increase of over 10% in prize money for players who lose in qualifying or opening four rounds of the championships is consistent with wimbledon's policy of recent years. they want to support the players who

struggle at times to earn a decent living from the sport. the field is farfrom set, andy living from the sport. the field is far from set, andy murray will be expected not to be seated, to little league ranked assuming he is fit because of a hip surgery he had in january. serena williams may find yourself in the same boat and is likely to be unseeded because she will probably be ranked outside the top 32 in the world. i think it is someone outside of the 32 being put in the top 32 but i am prejudging a committee discussion and they will ta ke committee discussion and they will take into consideration all the things to be considered. there is the flip side of if a player comes into the top 32, who worked to get the top 32 ranking and drops out. it isa the top 32 ranking and drops out. it is a big decision make no mistake about that. but it will not be something to be decided until the meeting. the all-england club also announced on court coaching will not be allowed during the qualifying hurt... tournament that has been

experiment with at other grand slam tournaments. they want players to be able to sort out their own problems for there a themselves. a bit of is apprised at the crucible. —— a bit ofa apprised at the crucible. —— a bit of a surprise at the crucible. barry hawkins has the upper hand on ding junhui after the third session of their world snooker championship quarterfinal. ding had become the tournament favourite but he's just two frames away from defeat. he began the session five frames to three down and ended it trailing 11—5. they'll resume at ten o clock tomorrow morning. kyren wilson is in the driving seat after this evening's other quarterfinal session. he began level at four frames all with mark allen and finished for the day leading 11—5. that one resumes at 2:30pm tomorrow afternoon. you can follow that all throughout the next few days. on the bbc sport website. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead

to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the journalist and broadcaster, aasmah mir and the editor of politics home, kevin schofield. good to have you both. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. let us start with the ft, which leads with allegations that the home office has wrongly ordered as many as 7,000 foreign students to leave the country over their english proficiency tests. "may warned brexit deal will sink her" says the telegraph, as the prime minister is warned by 60 tory rebels the government will collapse if she doesn't abandon plans for a post—brexit customs

partnership with the eu. the express has better news for theresa may, who we see in the power pose which we saw the new home model yesterday, they've done a survey which shows she's kept the lead over jeremy corbyn despite a bruising few weeks for the government. and a touching story from the mirror the emotional meeting of heart transplant recipient, ten—year—old maxjohnson, and the family of the little girl who saved his life. the metro is talking about right and left wing activists it describes as "abusing" sajid javid over his becoming the first home secretary from an ethnic minority background. the tainted money in uk, tax havens to be revealed, the independent focuses on that story after a rebellion by tory mps forces the government

to backtrack on policy plans. and the times has a story on how bmw has allegedly failed to act immediately over safety fears involving some cars. we are going to get straight on with it. a mixed bag and not really sure what a lead story should be. let's start with the telegraph. trees and make warand start with the telegraph. trees and make war and the brexit deal could sink her. these are tory rebels who do not want any kind of customs union or relationship after brexit. low they are not budgeting. it comes as no surprise. they have always maintained this line and do not want any type of customs partnership because it means what was in the tory party manifesto decided a clean break will not be affected. this is 60 tory rebel mps who have told the pm that it is basically going to be over if you think about it. that is

quite a high number, 60. we are talking about david davis and liam fox resigning if this goes ahead and they do not want this idea of a customs deal and want more