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# 4 Andre ter-Stegen’s gaffe
Marc Andre Stegen has proved himself to be one of the best goalkeepers in the world ever since he completed his transfer from Borussia Monchengladbach in 2014 and the 26-year-old was an instrumental factor in Barcelona’s ultimately futile quest for a treble this season.
The German international is usually a very reliable presence in between the sticks for the Blaugrana, but on the night against Liverpool, he uncharacteristically performed beneath his usual high standards, first parrying a Henderson shot into the path of an unmarked Divock Origi before letting a harmless and speculative shot from Gini Wjnaldum slip under his arms and into the back of the net.
While Ter Stegen might have been dependable for most of the campaign, his unfortunate mistakes in this crunch match saw Liverpool go two goals up which gave them the impetus to spark the unlikely comeback.
#3 Quite simply, they wanted it more
With La Liga already wrapped up and the final of the Copa Del Rey to look forward to, Barcelona were in the position of having already won a trophy this season and all but guaranteed to win another within the month.
By contrast, Liverpool find themselves depending upon others in their quest for league glory and had the Champions League as the only available trophy in which their destiny was in their hand.
The Reds have been arguably the standout team in all of Europe this season, losing just one game in the league while also winning plenty admirers for their exhilarating style of play.
It would almost be football at its cruellest of Liverpool failed to win a trophy to show for their efforts and this must have played into the minds of the Liverpool players, with it reflecting in the way they played.
They were first to every second ball for 90 minutes, while also throwing themselves into all tackles and basically left everything on the field of play.
For all the talk of Barcelona’s desperation to win the Champions League, it must be remembered that they won it as recently as 2015. By contrast, Liverpool have not tasted domestic glory since 1990, while their last Champions League trophy came over 13 years ago.
They are also without any form of silverware since 2012 and ultimately, this extra hunger to go all the way proved to be the difference between them and an already achieving Barcelona side.
