another shock being talked them away in the first leg the only goal that game coming from i actually midfielder dolly found to be in the first half i x. must now defend their slim lead in the second leg that's coming up in amsterdam next week. well tension now turns to the other champions league semifinal clash with barcelona playing host to your going clubs liverpool tonight ed mccambridge from the horses here to talk about that either a clock ticking on barcelona doesn't get any tougher than that barcelona at home in boston and i certainly know it doesn't get any tougher than that but this is a real heavyweight clash between two big european clubs and i actually think the perfect time to make his managerial debut against barcelona his coach an excellent clubs in the past but i don't think any of them are quite as fierce as this current liverpool side of his own a ten game winning streak eighteen on b. in all competitions and the playing some of the best football english fans of ever see but i think a key factor in whether or not they can get past barcelona will be how virgil van dyke deals with lionel messi now the little pool defender was just crowned the

premier league player of the season but it's a different kettle of fish when you are in europe and up against the genius of little messy but one thing's for sure what's going to have virgil van dyke and the rest of the liverpool squad really up for this and you actually had the pleasure of meeting the liverpool coach this week so let's take a look at that now. liverpool coach your gun club is on the cusp of possibly the most important few weeks of his career as a loner awaits in the champions league semifinals and the premier league title is on the line but the german still has time to fool around showing d.w. his normal worn mogue a reference to former rival josie marino once labeling himself the special one book club is special his team are enjoying a dream season and now look holmes with favorites barcelona something new for the fifty one year old i saw so many games for a lot of teams to get puzzled because i never played them in a competitive game and so many times i was

a failing by doing it that's how it is because i trust so good and i always thought it would be interesting to try it yourself once liverpool overcame porto in the champions league quarter finals and are looking to reach a third european final in four years on the flop they lost the previous two but he would still be proud of the feat. impressive. i don't know we would see it's a pretty good team to face so it's possible and. that's a really good football team but i don't see how it is in sports so if you're in their dens you should try to win and of course that's what they will do and we are not a dream draw i would say it's not that you're thinking yes it's a little poor little messi and his barcelona team mates including clubs fellow german mark dagon are not the only ones occupying the former dalton boss at present

manchester city top the premier league by a point from little and the priority for fans is clear. on wednesday which i was the. one who from moving and going to use that he needed to use the u.n. so that after that or sunday i think we're probably so. begin to make that decision we have to play our best woodburn each game but if you are so people that are. very . obvious also from the people who would be winning the league liverpool of not won the english title since ninety ninety. the glory days are back there's nothing noble about europe and club. nothing normal about your info up there he really is in interviews dream some fantastic concerts and when they find a way sports group john henry the american on his political brawl in europe and in october twenty fifth thing this is exactly what they wanted to restore a bit of pride and passion in the city of liverpool but it's all going to be for nothing unless they can turn that into trophies and so it's a very big test it is and liverpool they've had

a great great season what's the chance that they could come up empty handed at the end of the night well it's a very good chance they come up and he had this season i mean that's that's the way football goes it doesn't matter how well you're playing you have to turn results now little who have had a little bit of a how be on the falling at the final hurdle of reach to european cup finals on the clock and lost them both clubs actually lost his last six finals all his club so it's not gone very well but i mean domestically speaking but also trailing manchester city by a single point in the league despite a phenomenally good domestic campaign so it just goes to show you how far in the margins are when you get to the top level of european vieira gets very thin as the top and you talk about that let's look at barcelona specifically how are they looking moving in tonight's match well the best possible thing about bosler is they're looking like barcelona should look they have had a few years in the wilderness in europe they've not been quite at their best but they are back since lazing form and it is an excellent opportunity for them to go when it's not just messi there's also the returning luis suarez and felipe they

could say no they used to play for liverpool and there they were back against the club this time and if i had to if i had to pick. which i shouldn't do but i'm going to back barcelona for this one if they get so close the last few years and this looks like the best opportunity they've had in a very long time you want to put a goal scorer on that one you want to give us the specific numbers here if you're saying it's going to be barcelona do you want to go out there and i think i think they'll be go through unless they too want chaos and it's and i think i think they can probably finish the job until next week to ok that's that's pretty much going out there will keep an eye on that and see see how it works out but you are giving your club and his i live report chance they do have at least that outside chance to have an excellent chance that they're really good same and. i've been saying this all week it's a match up between the beautiful talent and footballing philosophy of boss alona and the motivation that you can click gives his place is almost like the twelfth man on the pitch out there he's going to get really fired up and also the game until next week can be a really special occasion so i can't wait for that one and may the best side win

well we'll see what happens tonight thanks so much ed. it's reminder of our top story this hour in venezuela opposition leader want to go i go has urged his supporters to take to the streets again today in an attempt to oust president nicolas maduro now this fall's protests on tuesday that turned violent. another star story we're following after the abdication of japan's emperor akihito his eldest son nora hito has ascended to the chrysanthemum throne in his first speech as japanese emperor nor he to a promise to follow his father's example and devoting himself to peace. you know. the state of new news live from blunt coming up next a personal cost of reporting on the mafia for two italian reporters we have more coming up the top of the hour as well from our news team i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us.

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