Villarreal

As Liverpool prepare for the first leg of their Champions League semi-final against Villarreal, the ECHO caught up with Radio Vila-real contributor Victor ...

The truth is that people really like Moreno. He is a very good player. Danjuma has been a standout performer for Villarreal this season with 16 goals in all competitions. They'll try to pass the time in each throw-in and endure Liverpool's attacks. They've returned to the Champions League and eliminated Atalanta, Juventus on their turf and Bayern at the Allianz. Emery has broken the barrier of the semi-finals, that was almost unimaginable before his arrival. In fact, Villarreal moves 3,000 fans to the game at Anfield, because they have incredible confidence in the team and in the coach.

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However, he limped off in the 2-0 victory over Valencia last week and cannot be involved. The 19-year-old winger is enjoying a fine campaign, having recorded seven goals and four assists in 40 outings. Other than that, the Reds have no major injury concerns.

Villarreal should be without three of their top five goalscorers when they take on Liverpool tonight, with Unai Emery revealing a double injury blow.

Emery, meanwhile, is also without a number of players, with the 50-year-old providing an update on two of his regular starters in his pre-match press conference. Danjuma, who has been linked with Liverpool in recent months, will undoubtedly be the dangerman, though winger Samuel Chukwueze and midfielder Dani Parejo are also key threats. The Reds will be without Roberto Firmino, while Kostas Tsimikas was not seen in training on Tuesday, but otherwise Klopp has a full-strength squad to select from.

Liverpool vs Villarreal kicks off at 8pm BST on Wednesday 27 April at Anfield. Where can I watch it? The match, like all Champions League games this season, ...

Jurgen Klopp could opt to shuffle his pack once more with Ibrahima Konate, Jordan Henderson and Luis Diaz among those hoping to make the XI after being sub on Sunday. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Everything you need to know before the first leg of the tie

Ahead of Liverpool vs Villarreal in the Champions League, ex-Reds player Jose Enrique says Unai Emery was not given enough time at Arsenal.

When you’re 21 years-old you can have that patience but when you’re 25 or 26 and you don’t do well straight away perhaps you can’t, so that’s what I believe is the difficult thing for these kinds of players.’ I understood why they wanted to sell me. He won three straight Europa Leagues with Sevilla. Look now at what he’s doing at Villarreal, so sometimes it’s patience. I wasn’t good enough. ‘But at the same time, I was 21 so I believed that they should have been a little more patient with me and put more belief into the qualities that I had. ‘They didn’t listen to the fans who said, “sack him”. They signed the players that he wanted and got rid of the players he didn’t want.

Liverpool host Villarreal tonight, Wednesday April 27, in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final. Villarreal, the side nicknamed "The Yellow ...

Klopp, otherwise, has a fully fit squad to pick from with the usual selection headaches. The app is available to download on mobile and tablet, as well as various streaming devices, games consoles and even direct to a select few Smart TVs. Jordan Henderson, who started from the bench against Everton, could return.

Liverpool forward Roberto Firmino has written himself in Anfield folklore, and Villarreal will be thankful he's set to miss their Champions League sem.

With his back to goal, the Brazilian produced a sublime piece of skill – flicking the ball with his right foot, and shifting Soldado the other way to embarrass him in front of the Anfield crowd. Trailing 1-0 from the first leg in Spain, Klopp’s side needed to put in a strong performance in front of the Kop, and that they did. In April 2016, after Liverpool got past Borussia Dortmund in the Europa League quarter-finals, the Reds welcomed the Spanish side to Anfield in the last-four of the competition.

Football fans are in the city for the semi-finals of the Champions League at Anfield.

However some have arrived already with fans visiting Mathew Street and placing a Liverpool vs Villarreal scarf on the John Lennon statue. We will bringing you the latest updates here. The teams are playing in the semi-finals of the Champions League at Anfield and fans are expected to enjoy the atmosphere in Liverpool city centre, before heading to Anfield later tonight before kick-off at 8pm.

Villarreal travel to Merseyside for the first leg of their Champions League semi-final on Wednesday night. Former Tottenham and Watford midfielder Capoue, who ...

And we have nothing to lose. “Nobody will say we’re favourites because we’re not. They want to knock you out. Because what we’re experiencing is incredible. For 90 minutes, you live in hell. It’s hell,” Capoue told AFP.

Unai Emery has rebuilt his reputation with Villarreal and there are a host of former Premier League stars who will face Liverpool in the Champions League ...

The former Sevilla captain struggled to make an impact in a two-year spell at Leicester City, and returned to Spain with Villarreal in 2019. Moreno spent five seasons with Liverpool and was released just three days after their Champions League final victory in 2019, having made five appearances all season. The former Arsenal prospect was famously dismissed as out of his depth by Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson after the 8-2 thrashing in 2011.

Etienne Capoue has described Anfield as the toughest stadium in England ahead of Villarreal's Champions League semi-final game at Liverpool.

‘We’re the smallest club in the semi-finals, we were the smallest club in the quarter-finals. ‘Nobody will say we’re favourites because we’re not. They want to knock you out. Because what we’re experiencing is incredible. And we have nothing to lose. For 90 minutes, you live in hell.