• Liverpool fans celebrate after the full time whistle as Liverpool qualify for the Champions League final. They lost the second leg 4-2 to Roma at Stadio Olimpico but advanced 7-6 on aggregate. Julian Finney/Getty Images
    Liverpool fans celebrate after the full time whistle as Liverpool qualify for the Champions League final. They lost the second leg 4-2 to Roma at Stadio Olimpico but advanced 7-6 on aggregate. Julian Finney/Getty Images
  • Liverpool fans celebrate at Stadio Olimpico after the UEFA Champions League semi-final, second leg match against Roma. Ettore Ferrari / EPA
    Liverpool fans celebrate at Stadio Olimpico after the UEFA Champions League semi-final, second leg match against Roma. Ettore Ferrari / EPA
  • Liverpool's Sadio Mane celebrates. Alessandra Tarantino / AP Photo
    Liverpool's Sadio Mane celebrates. Alessandra Tarantino / AP Photo
  • Liverpool players celebrate with a banner supporting Liverpool fan Sean Cox who was severly injured during clashes ahead of the first-leg match at Anfield last month. Liverpool won 7-6 on aggregate. Ettore Ferrari / EPA/
    Liverpool players celebrate with a banner supporting Liverpool fan Sean Cox who was severly injured during clashes ahead of the first-leg match at Anfield last month. Liverpool won 7-6 on aggregate. Ettore Ferrari / EPA/
  • Roma's Radja Nainggolan, right, looks dejected a tthe final whistle. Riccardo Antimiani / EPA
    Roma's Radja Nainggolan, right, looks dejected a tthe final whistle. Riccardo Antimiani / EPA
  • Liverpool's Dejan Lovren celebrates. Ettore Ferrari / EPA
    Liverpool's Dejan Lovren celebrates. Ettore Ferrari / EPA
  • Liverpool fans celebrate at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. Paul Ellis / AFP
    Liverpool fans celebrate at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. Paul Ellis / AFP
  • Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp applauds the fans. Paul Ellis / AFP
    Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp applauds the fans. Paul Ellis / AFP
  • Liverpool players celebrate with fans after the final whistle. Liverpool won 7-6 on aggregate. Ettore Ferrari / EPA
    Liverpool players celebrate with fans after the final whistle. Liverpool won 7-6 on aggregate. Ettore Ferrari / EPA
  • Liverpool players celebrate with fans after the match. Fabio Frustaci / EPA
    Liverpool players celebrate with fans after the match. Fabio Frustaci / EPA

Liverpool players and fans celebrate reaching the Uefa Champions League final - in pictures


Steve Luckings
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On an emotional night in Rome, Liverpool fans and players celebrated on the Stadio Olimpico pitch as Jurgen Klopp's side clinched a place in the Uefa Champions League final later this month despite being on the wrong end of a six-goal thriller.

Although Roma won the match 4-2 on the night, Liverpool would advance 7-6 on aggregate following their 5-2 victory at Anfield in last month's first leg.

Awaiting them in Kiev on May 26 are a Real Madrid team looking to win their third straight Champions League and 13th European Cup overall.

It was an emotional night for Klopp's team. Liverpool players held up a banner reading "Sean Cox - You'll never walk alone" in tribute to the Reds fan who was left in a coma after being attacked by Roma fans at Anfield last week.

And Klopp dedicated the win to Cox, saying: "It's 100 per cent a final for Sean Cox.

"We said before the game we thought about it, now we're here, all our prayers and wishes are with him."

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