On this day a year ago, Liverpool's "Anfield" stadium saw a "Rimontada" unprecedented in the club's history, especially since it was against a team like Barcelona who was ahead with three goals and owned a player like Lionel Messi, and most importantly it was in the Champions League semi-finals .
The "spectacular comeback" which was described as "the greatest match" in the stronghold of the Lever and that saw the best performance of the team for a long time turned the table against Barca, who won back in the Camp Nou with three clean, to lose the clean quad and empty empty handed from the main continental competition.
Although the broad Catalan team won back, the performance was not convincing, only Messi, who provided the hope and carried the team on his shoulders by scoring two goals, one of them from a free fairy kick.
This performance made the Reds players covet to return, and considered that the result was unfair and that they were better than the Blaugrana, but conciliation was on their side.
"The players were saying: We were better than them, the result was unfair, we have a chance to come back and qualify," said Jordan Heather captain Jordan Henderson.
He added, "Messi was exceptional, we were not talking about, but how this happened and we received this cruel defeat."
"The Dutchman, Vinaldom, broke the silence in the dressing room, and he confirmed that we could go back and do it, and even Sadio Mane agreed."
And confidence in the return was also present with the Dutch Virgil van Dyck, who was one of the important elements in the "Rimontada", and he said at the time "The result is shocking but it may be a catalyst, we have to sit together and study the mistakes and correct them in the second leg."
"Everyone was mentally and physically prepared to exclude Barcelona, and when we got into Anfield I felt it would be a special night," Henderson added.
The English international explains how the German coach Juergen Klopp was the team's first inspiration and said in his speech, "Losing with three clean goals against Barcelona, there is no hope, but for you and your capabilities, and for what you can do, there is an opportunity, an opportunity to offer a miraculous night."
After this speech, everyone felt a huge moral charge and were waiting for the moment to pounce on Messi's companions.
Cameroon defender Joel Matip revealed that Klopp's speech was a "cry of declaring war, telling us that we can achieve the impossible and accomplish something that we can tell our grandchildren in the future."
On his speech, Klopp said, "I was sure of this, of course speaking easy, I was leading the players from the bench, but they did the impossible."
It is noteworthy that Liverpool defeated Tottenham in the final of the competition with two goals without reply and won the title for the first time since 2005.