Episode 2321: Liverpool 2-0 Villarreal, Thiago Time, Preseason Predictions Fall Flat
Liverpool are well placed to advance to a tenth Champions Cup final, after swamping Villarreal’s determined defence in the second half at Anfield.
Villarreal expected Anfield to be ‘hell’. It didn’t need to be. Their stubborn resistance for 52 minutes leaves a sliver of a chance but Liverpool made this a one-sided semi-final. https://t.co/zhOMUB35ZH
— Mark Critchley (@mjcritchley) April 27, 2022
With Klopp’s team in such sensational form and still fighting for a quadruple, how did so many pundits get the pre-season predictions so badly wrong?
Dion Fanning and Mark Critchley join us to further analyse the semis. Why has it all come together for Thiago? Could Villarreal have done any more than they did? And how can Real Madrid both think of themselves as underdogs and yet fully expect to win a 14th title?
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