Villarreal will have to do something special to keep its Cinderella Champions League campaign going as Liverpool enters the second leg in Spain with the clear advantage.
After a scoreless first half in the semifinal first leg at Anfield, Liverpool put together two goals in two minutes—one coming on a Villarreal own goal—to come away with the 2–0 aggregate lead. But the Reds will have to hold off a Villarreal side that has put together a couple of formidable second-leg performances so far.
In the round of 16, Villarreal crushed Juventus, 3–0, in Turin in the second leg.