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After a game in which Liverpool needed only a point to virtually secure Champions League participation next season, Jürgen Klopp’s men could not manage to secure it and suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat. On the day, many of the old reliables were well below par and there was an irritatingly familiar defensive lapse for the game’s only goal, BUT a win next week against Brighton and in three weeks against Real Madrid, and this will have been the finest season in decades. Trev Downey, Hari Sethi and Dave Hendrick look at both sides of the coined analyse today’s match.

Gags Tandon welcomes back the A-Team as Simon Brundish, Dan Kennett and Daniel Rhodes are back together once again to discuss Liverpool's aggregate win over Roma as they qualified to meet Real Madrid in the Champions League final in Kiev. They discuss: - Liverpool's performance in 1st leg ties - Roma's line-up and tactics - On-ball stats analysis - xG etc - Liverpool conceding late goals - Off-ball and pressing analysis - Was Karius' parry a mistake? - Was Mohamed Salah lazy in the 2nd leg v Roma?

With the euphoria of Rome put to one side, Eddie Gibbs and Gags Tandon return to preview the Reds trip to Stamford Bridge and battle for a top 4 place. - Full Strength Reds XI? - Karius & Henderson - Key Stats on Chelsea - Steven Gerrard: Rangers Manager - Injury Update & Predictions - This week on AI:PRO Get all of this and more on the latest Pro + Preview podcast!

On this week's Media Matters, Sachin Nakrani is joined by Italian football writer Adam Digby to reflect on Liverpool's epic Champions League semi-final tie with Roma. Adam gives his perspective on Roma's approach to the two games and whether or not Eusebio Di Francesco could have done any more to stop Jurgen Klopp's rampant Reds. Sachin and Adam also discuss Serie A in general, assessing the most exciting title race in European football this season as well as the state of the two Milan clubs, Lazio and some of the other contenders. Finally, there is some chat about the Italian national team as well as Adam's take on a couple of players from Italy that have been linked with summer moves to Anfield.

Daniel Rhodes and Paul Dalglish breakdown the second leg of the Champions League semi-final against Roma, topics include: formations and lineups; the Reds seemingly in control with the opening goal and chance creation; the defence starting to retreat and Roma's tactics of targeting Trent with high aerial balls; the space between the back four and front three and was it intentional? Going over the second half and the home team's domination including the penalty shouts; finally a brief look at potential selection headaches for Chelsea and chat about Real Madrid and Liverpool being in the European Cup Final!! All this and more via Tactics Weekly on AI Pro!

On this week's Euro Incision Podcast Nina is joined by Gabriele Marcotti as the pair discuss the semi-final results. They also discuss the key talking points from both ties and an extensive analysis of Roma v Liverpool. They then do an early preview of the final and how Liverpool could potentially cause an upset against Real Madrid. All this and more on this episode of Euro Incision.

Trev Downey engages Jan Molby in a lively chat about the Reds’ victory over Roma which secured a crack at Real Madrid in Kiev. The lads pick apart the match that took place in the Stadio Olimpico and the performances which Jürgen’s boys put in. Jan is cautiously optimistic about the final and hoping that Liverpool can wrap up qualification for next year’s Champions League with victory over Chelsea on Sunday. Along the way we discover that Mr Molby is no fan of Italian football!

Trev Downey is joined by his usual colleagues, Dave Hendrick and Hari Sethi, to react to Liverpool qualifying to meet Real Madrid in the 2018 Champions League Final!

Gags Tandon and Kam Brainch react immediately after the game as they discuss Liverpool qualifying for the 2018 Champions League Final! They discuss the game, the key players, the late goals, the achievement from Liverpool, the squad's experience, Jurgen Klopp and much more! Get all of this and more on the latest Pro + Preview podcast.

Breaking away from our regular preview format, Pro+ returns to look ahead to Liverpool's trip to Rome. Eddie Gibbs poses the questions to Dave Hedrick and Gags Tandon. - Mentality: Confident or Nervous? - Expected Lineups & tactics - Buvac Factor - Official Safety Advice - Predictions Get all of this and more on the latest Pro + Preview podcast.