liverpool had a few questions over tiago and also fabinho in the heart of their midfield, but both have fit, so that is about as strong as it gets from liverpool. trent alexander—arnold mccann yato getting the nod, ahead of my teep, virgil van dijk, added robertson on the otherflank, van dijk, added robertson on the other flank, jordan henderson, fabinho and tiago, then that mouthwatering front three of mo salah, 31 goals for him this season, sadio mane who is going foray quadruple, the club cannot buy you can after winning the africa court cup of nations with senegal, he is probably the most forward of that front three, and the colombian has made great strides. putting a hand in a glove, really driving liverpool on in these cup competitions. real madrid were so confident about their team news that they've released it half—an—hour or a0 minutes before the uefa rules to belated they had to. luka moderate really pulling the strings alongside toni kroos and casemiro. their own front line that is sofia, viniciusjunior, the young brazilian, semi—assist this season, benzema at the age of 3a,

the team news, you mentioned the midfield, this is liverpool, fabinho and tiago who are carrying knocksn dijk, ali robertson on the other side, henderson alongside fabinho and tiago, the fancy that we expected. mo salah, 31 goals this season, eight in the champers league. sadio mane and lewis diaz who has made such an impact, cash on foray quadruple himself, the club cannot get it but remember he did win with senegal the africa cup of nations, he is chasing a quadruple, the only man on the picture can do that. real madrid so confident and it news, they are fully loaded, all fighting fit and at full—strength. carlo ancelotti and real madrid tweeted this, a good sort of 45 minutes ago or so. well before they were due to do so as uefa told them to. mendy, trying to deal with mo salah at the left back. a potent midfield, luka moderate, casemiro. and your own front three. the front to you look at, that young brazilian, and benzema at the age of 34, 44 brazilian, and benzema at the age of 3a, 41! goals this season, 15 of them in the champions league, a hat—trick here and that will be a record

but liverpool stuck to the task, and goals from fabinho and then substitute luis diaz levelled the scoreing to the cake and sent them comfortably through to the final to be played in paris on the 28th of may, also keeping them on track for the quadruple of trophies this season. manchester city are also in spain when they face real madrid at the bernabeu tomorrow night in their second leg holding a slender 4—3 lead with the winner to face liverpool. city are aiming for a second successive final in this competition, having lost the final to chelsea last year. i think it would change the perspective on our side. i don't think... obviously, as a player, you want to win the trophies, and you we want to win this one. if you look back at the way we've performed or i've performed with the team for seven years, we did really well, but obviously we didn't win it. i think winning it would just change that little narrative. is—time winners real madrid are fresh off winning the la liga title last weekend and confidence is high, but their manager is well aware of the threat posed by manchester city's

and they had a boost when thiago and fabinho appeared to train as normal today.o real madrid's win over liverpool when they last met in the final in 2018. if you look at the history of the club and the experience of the team, if you look at the way real madrid celebrated pretty much, comebacks, they had comebacks in the games, crazy. then i would say from my point of view, it's real madrid because of experience. but actually, i want us to be on the same level of these, thinking in the same level, want to be the same again and be completely ourselves. if we are on the top of our game we are difficult to play. but of course, the confidence level of the madrid players is incredibly high. so, i don't know, i couldn't care less. real madrid have also been training with the grass is understood to have been driven 650 miles from northern spain just been driven 650 miles from northern spainjust for this game. been driven 650 miles from northern spain just for this game. it's a record for champions league final for realm the dreads manager anderson extra needle are liveab

time for a big team talk, big moment for fabinho and a big mistake from geronimo rulli clawed them back in the tie. luis diaz made a vital impact from the subs bench. mistakes, he made a few, villarreal�*s keeper handed liverpool yet another chance that sadio mane wouldn't miss. a remarkable turnaround, but if complacency creeps in again they will be punished next time. that might be the most important half—time team talkjurgen klopp has ever given. we knew this tight ground required cool heads and liverpool seem to have lost theirs inside the first three minutes, but they regained their composure and jurgen klopp is now the first manager to reach champions league, fa cup and league cup finals in the same season. tomorrow we will see of manchester city can make it another all english affair. natalie pirks, thank you for that. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello there. after generally cloudy skies of the past few days, wednesday brings the promise of something brighter. more sunshine on the cards with that will trigger some heavy thun

liverpool, at full strength, a couple of questions over the fitness of two key midfielders, fabinho and, they came through late fitness tests last night, jurgen klopp happy with what he has seen. it is a front three of liverpool that we expected of sadio mane, who after his own quadruple, he can do the quadruple whereas liverpool cannot after getting pipped by man city because he won the africa cup of nations as well as the fa cup and league cup and of this the most salah, who scored a fantastic 31 goals this season, eight in the champions league, and diaz from colombia. liverpool at full strength. but so are real madrid, they have a world beating, world stars in their midst. karim benzema, the frenchman, playing the season of his life. a0 for goals he has scored, 15 of them in the champions league. liverpool will have to keep them quiet. then luka modric in midfield, they are a magnificent team. it is so difficult to call which way this will go. jurgen klopp is betting liverpool as the underdogs although i think that is a bit of semantics going on! you have outlined _ is a bit of seman

time for a big team talk, big moment for fabinho and a big mistake from geronimo rulli clawed them backnother chance that sadio mane wouldn't miss. a remarkable turnaround, but if complacency creeps in again they will be punished next time. that might be the most important half—time team talkjurgen klopp has ever given. we knew this tight ground required cool heads and liverpool seem to have lost theirs inside the first three minutes, but they regained their composure and jurgen klopp is now the first manager to reach champions league, fa cup and league cup finals in the same season. tomorrow we will see of manchester city can make it another all english affair. natalie pirks, thank you for that.

fabinho put them ahead on aggregate with a shot that went through the keeper's legs.till intact, and attention now turns to the spanish capital. will it be real madrid or manchester city that they face in that paris final later this month? olly foster, bbc news, villarreal. well, as olly was saying there, manchester city could well join them in the final. they face real madrid tonight with a 4—3 advantage from the first leg. city have never won the champions league. it's the one piece of silverware that's evaded pep guardiola at the club. they came close last season but, you'll remember, they lost out to another british side, chelsea, in the final. it would change the perspective on our side. it would change the perspective on ourside. i don't it would change the perspective on our side. i don't think... obviously as a player you want to win the trophies, and you want to win this one, but i think the fact we have been fighting for its numerous years and been to the latter stages means that we have been doing really well. obviously it is a cup competition, and the qual

fabinho scored, diaz gave _ he was the catalyst.re. they were so out of sorts at _ almighty scare. they were so out of sorts at half—time. but the hallmark of this— sorts at half—time. but the hallmark of this liverpool side, the resilience, the will to win, it has -ot resilience, the will to win, it has got them — resilience, the will to win, it has got them into another champions league _ got them into another champions league final. just - league final. just six matches of the season now remaining for liverpool. this is going to define their season, isn't it? one trophy in the bag, two more finals to come as well, and the climax of the premier league in the title race. how many trophies do we realistically think they will win? well, it's just realistically think they will win? well, it'sjust one realistically think they will win? well, it's just one game at a time, well, it'sjust one game at a time, that old _ well, it'sjust one game at a time, that old adash. i go back into the title that old adash. ! go back into the title tilt

fabinho put them ahead on aggregate with a shot that went through the keeper's legs.tish side, chelsea in the final. it would change the perspective on our side. it would change the perspective on ourside. i don't it would change the perspective on our side. i don't think, as a player, you want to win the trophies, and you want to win this one, i think the fact that we have been fighting for it numerous years and been to the latter stages means that we have been doing really well. obviously it is a cup competition in the quality is very high so it is very difficult to win it. seven years we did very well but obviously we didn't win it and i think to win it would change that little narrative. after two seasons away, bournemouth are back in the big time, promoted to the premier league. kieffer moore, their striker, who recovered from a broken foot just in time to help their promotion push, with the goal that sealed it against nottingham forest. he gets to play in the premier league for the first time, a really special moment for the team and the fans. and means it won't

most encouragingly, thiago and fabinho, they should be fit, he says, all the signs are there they havenormal that he wants to put things right, _ normal that he wants to put things right, we _ normal that he wants to put things right, we want to put things right, we didn't— right, we want to put things right, we didn't forget what happened at that time — we didn't forget what happened at that time but it's a while ago and we come — that time but it's a while ago and we come here tomorrow and i show a movie _ we come here tomorrow and i show a movie of— we come here tomorrow and i show a movie of that— we come here tomorrow and i show a movie of that game and that's enough motivation _ movie of that game and that's enough motivation for the game, that makes no sense _ motivation for the game, that makes no sense. we have so many reasons that we _ no sense. we have so many reasons that we give _ no sense. we have so many reasons that we give our absolute everything tomorrow _ that we give our absolute everything tomorrow night, and this might be one reason— tomorrow night, and this might