In the early morning of May 4, Beijing time, the second leg of the Champions League semi-final match began to compete, and Villarreal returned home to meet Liverpool. In the end, after 90 minutes of fierce fighting, Villarreal lost 2-3 to the opponent, and was eliminated 2-5 on aggregate in two legs, missing the final of this season's Champions League. Liverpool came across with two goals behind in the first half, advancing to the final waiting for the winners of Real Madrid and Manchester City.
Liverpool were 4-3-3 in this game. The goalkeeper is No. 1 Alisson, the backfield four are No. 26 Robertson, No. 4 Van Dijk, No. 5 Cornat and No. 66 Arnold, the midfielders are No. 6 Thiago, No. 3 Fabinho and No. 8 Keita, and the front line No. 10 Mane, No. 20 Jota and No. 11 Salah form a trident.
Just two minutes into the first half, Dia scored in front of goal and Villarreal took a 1-0 lead, making it 1-2 on aggregate over the two legs. In the 37th minute, Lo Celso fell to the ground in the penalty area and the referee did not blow the penalty. In the 40th minute, Villarreal equalised, Cochrane jumped high to head the ball and Wong Diving led the opponent 2-0, returning to the same running line 2-2 on aggregate in both legs.
In the 62nd minute, Fabinho scored a powerful shot and Liverpool chased the score to 1-2, and they took the lead again 3-2 in two legs. Díaz, who came on as a substitute in the 67th minute, scored and Liverpool tied the score 2-2 to take a 4-2 lead over two legs. In the 75th minute, villarreal goalkeeper made a mistake and Mane scored with an empty shot to give Liverpool a 3-2 win.
In the final 90 minutes of fierce fighting, Liverpool team in the half of the 0-2 behind the unfavorable situation, in the second half to catch up to achieve a rebound, and finally they won 3-2 away to Villarreal, two legs of aggregate score 5-2 to eliminate the opponent, heading high into this season's Champions League final.