or all spanish affair. last night, manchester city beat real madrid in a remarkable match. there s a second leg remaining in that contest. and tonight at anfield another spanish english clash, as liverpool host villarreal. 0ur sports correspondent nesta mcgregor is there. yes, there is more than 90 minutes to go until kick off but the atmosphere is ramping up it has often been said there is nothing quite like a european night at anfield. as you can see, they are building a new stand to increase capacity and boss jurgen building a new stand to increase capacity and bossjurgen klopp says he wants the fans to increase the volume and has asked for a special atmosphere similar to that in 2019 when they beat barcelona 4 0 in a semifinal and of course went on to win the trophy as well. liverpool will start as favourites but a spanish side villarreal keep surprising everyone, including their opponents, having beaten italian
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and now for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon, rebecca. liverpool s chase for an unprecedented quadruple continues later when they take on villareal in the champions league semifinal at anfield. they ve got the league cup, they re into the fa cup final and a point seperates them and city at the top of the premier league. jurgen klopp looks pretty relaxed there but they ve got a big challenge ahead of them. villareal knocked out the much fancied bayern munich in the last round. we can only hope they can match the brilliance of last night s game between manchester city and real madrid. but the liverpool boss is cherishing the opportunity of playing in a third champions league semifinal in five season. semifinal in five seasons. this is absolutely special to be part of the semifinal. it s crazy, it s crazy, really. it s a massive game. so many coaches, so many players out there try and work their socks off their whole life and have no chance to be close to a semifi
the other semifinal takes place tomorrow at anfield, where liverpool play the first leg against villareal. the spanish side come from a city smaller than hereford, but have beaten the likes ofjuventus and bayern munich on their way to the last four. the liverpool manager and captain told the media today that they won t be caught by surprise. there might have been a little advantage in the last two games, maybe bayern munich underestimated them, but that never happened to us, especially after these four games, there is no chance any more, so this little advantage might have gone, but apart from that, they are still a really, really good football team who obviously want to history, as well. , , ., , well. over the past few years we have gained well. over the past few years we have gained experience - well. over the past few years we have gained experience as - well. over the past few years we have gained experience as a - well. over the past few years we l have gained experience as a s
next up is villareal in the first leg of their champions league semifinal at anfield on wednesday. robertson insists he and his team mates aren t getting ahead of themselves. when you get to the semifinals, i don t think there are favourites, everyone wants to get the final and we know how tough it is and i don t think there are favourites. it is a big occasion and big moments happen in those games and it is about who deals with those of the best and that what will our determine our semifinal and the other semifinals so we don t believe we are favourites but we believe we are in for a tough game and we know where we want to go. the favourite for the world snooker title neil robertson continues his bid for a place in the quarterfinals later, but he needs to make up ground against jack lisowski, who leads by 9 frames to 7 at the crucible in sheffield. they resume at 7 o clock and they ll play to a finish first to 13 wins. judd trump is the 2019 champion, is in better shape he leads a