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The big games keep coming for the Reds as they now turn their attention to the last-16 second leg with Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Tuesday before Sunday’s showpiece with Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup.
But if this is indeed what a 'final' is like for Arne Slot's Liverpool, as he stressed it was on Friday, then supporters should be expected to go through the full range of emotions at Wembley next week.
A difficult and often tense first period, which saw the concession of an almost comical first goal in four games, gave way to a sharp three-minute burst that turned it all around in the second half, before a belated measure of control was exerted by the runaway leaders.
It was the contributions of Darwin Nunez that turned the tide for this 3-1 win and ensure that a blistering start to the second half got its reward before the atmosphere was allowed to drift into the sort of nervous territory that so often afflicts performances on the pitch itself.
Uruguay international Nunez marked his first league start since Boxing Day with an equaliser on 51 minutes before he won a penalty shortly after that was dispatched by Mohamed Salah.
The restart saw Slot, who cut a visibly frustrated figure up in the directors' box as he served the second of his two-game ban, reach for his bench as Alexis Mac Allister, Harvey Elliott and Andy Robertson were introduced.
The changes had an immediate impact and fired on by a red-hot Anfield crowd, Liverpool quickly got their leveller when Luis Diaz, impressive in the second half, tore away down the flank before his low cross was given the finishing touch by Nunez.
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