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Liverpool into Champions League final

09:17 am on 4 May 2022

Liverpool are through to the Champions League football final after a 3-2 win over Spanish side Villareal in their second leg semi final match.

The result gave Liverpool a 5-2 aggregate win after they won the first leg match 2-nil.

It was a tight affair however as Liverpool trailed 2-nil at one stage on a rain-soaked pitch in Spain.

Liverpool came back from 2-nil down in the second leg of the semi-final and now wait to see who they play in the final in Paris. Photo: PHOTOSPORT

They will meet either Real Madrid or Manchester City in the final.

Those two sides square off in their second leg semi tomorrow with City leading 4-3 from the first leg.

The final will be played in Paris at the end of the month.

Meanwhile Bournemouth's gained promotion to the English Premier League with a 1-nil over Nottingham Forest in the second-tier Championship.

The win means Bournmouth's sewn up second place with a round remaining, gaining automatic promotion to the top flight along with Championship title winner Fulham.

-Reuters