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Liverpool are through after a cracking performance in the first half and a professional one in the second. A much deserved win, this, and Klopp's men should give themselves a pat in the back for this performance.
Julian Nagelsmann, though, might want to revisit those chapters named defence that they taught in coaching school. What his team did out there certainly doesn't qualify as anything akin to defending.
91' Three more minutes before Liverpool are officially in the Champions League proper. It's been a long enough wait for this crowd that so craves the grandest stage club football has to offer
87' OOOO! Liverpool work the ball around the edge of the box - from left-to-right - before Firmino lashes a shot onto the side netting. Klopp makes his final change as Mane is withdrawnn for Ragnar Klavan. Cue another standing ovation.
86' Firmino tries to pick out Salah but Baumann does superbly again to intercept with a catch. You've got to feel for the German keeper, his performance has been the highlight of this Hoffenheim performance.
84' Hoffenheim have a little over six minutes to get the three goals they need to make a match of this. Let me be frank with you - that doesn't look like it's happening.
83' Moreno, who has been superb going forward, finds himself with the ball at his feet and in acres of space some thirty-five yards from goal and hence smashes one at Baumann. Would have hit him too, if he'd been seated on row Z in the stand behind him.
81' Firmino's cleverness is such an underrated quality. His superbly timed run allows Wijnaldum to slip him into the box, but once there, Hubner does excellently to ensure the former Hoffenheim man doesn't get up to any mischief.
80' OOOO, Toljan plays in an interesting looking ball that Matip heads away a little frantically... Mane though screams through on another one of Liverpool's counters but Jeremy Toljan's pace comes to the fore and he nips back to win the ball. What if he'd started, eh? What if Uth had started... These questions will eat into Nagelsmann and his staff all through the remainder of this season, I feel.
Well, that's given the Germans something more to sing about. Demirbay sends in another one of his trademark crosses and Wagner does magnificently to rise above the Red defence and thump it home. Superb header.
77' To their eternal credit, Hoffenheim's travelling fans are still singing their hearts out... as for their manager he wears the look of a man who has died by the very sword he's lived by.
76' A flutter of excitement goes through the away crowd as Kramaric does well to swing a ball into the box, but it's juuuuust too much for Szalai to get his massive boot on
70' Just as he did in the first leg, Demirbay goes to ground holding his ankle in pain. Just as in the first leg, it looks like he'll hobble through the last quarter of the game.
69' Toljan, a promising young German right back who shone in the U-21 Euros, skips past Moreno but can't get his foot on Demirbay's through ball. Klopp takes the break to take off Can, who gets another standing ovation for his outstanding performance tonight, and the wise old head of James Milner is on to see the Reds through to the Champions League proper.
67' That really was horrifyingly poor defending from Vogt on that fourth goal... Emre Can then whisks past Gieger before squaring the ball - Baumann does well to react and catch the ball.
65' Substitutions all over as Jeremy Toljan replaces the absolutely deflated looking Kaderábek. Klopp takes off the impressive Alexander-Arnold, who goes off to a standing ovation from Anfield (what a dream come true, eh?), and 19-year old Joe Gomez is on in his stead
64' OH GOOD LORD. Henderson wins the ball back simply by pressing Vogt and runs clear into the box before squaring it to a completely free Firmino - with Baumann nowehere in the picture he strokes it into the net
LIVERPOOL 4 - 2 HOFFENHEIM, 6-3 on aggregate
Liverpool are through after a cracking performance in the first half and a professional one in the second. A much deserved win, this, and Klopp's men should give themselves a pat in the back for this performance.
Julian Nagelsmann, though, might want to revisit those chapters named defence that they taught in coaching school. What his team did out there certainly doesn't qualify as anything akin to defending.
That's all from me, Anirudh Menon signing out!
Toodle-ooo!