At 03:00 Beijing time on May 4, the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Liverpool scored 3 goals in 12 minutes after falling behind 0-2 away, and finally reversed Villarreal 3-2, and the two-legged aggregate score was 5-2 to win the dark horse to advance to the final.
Klopp has led Liverpool twice to eliminate Villarreal. In Liverpool's first season, Klopp led the team to eliminate Villarreal 3-1 in the Europa League semi-finals, and led the team to eliminate Villarreal 5-2 in two legs after six years, this time in the Champions League.
This game allowed Liverpool to win all six away games in the Champions League this season, and they became the first team in the 67-year history of the Champions League to accomplish such a feat. Klopp's side have been too stable away to the Champions League this season, and even if they face Inter in the first time in the Champions League quarter-finals, they can score two goals in eight minutes in the final stages, taking away a 2-0 victory.
Mane scored both legs against Villarreal, scoring three in his last four knockout games. His champions league goals rose to 21, with 15 of them coming from champions league knockout stages. The game scored a 3-2 goal in the counter-attack by Villarreal, allowing Mane to surpass Drogba with 15 goals, becoming the African player who scored the most goals in the Champions League knockout rounds.