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Liverpool break Manchester Uniteds Champions League record to book place in semi finals

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Liverpool break Manchester United's Champions League record to book place in semi finals — Roberto Firmino socred Liverpools record-breaking goal against Manchester City (Picture: SPORTSPHOTO)

Liverpool booked their place in the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in a decade and in the process beat a long-standing record held by Manchester United.

Roberto Firminos goal was Liverpools 33rd goal of the current campaign, one better than Uniteds total in 2002-03, meaning Jurgen Kloppss side have now enjoyed the most prolific season in Europes premier club competition of any English side.

Leading 3-0 from the first leg at Anfield a week ago, Liverpool made the worst possible start to the second leg of their quarter final tie against Manchester City with Gabriel Jesus hauling his side back into the contest inside two minutes.

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32 – Liverpool have scored 32 goals in the Champions League this season – the joint-most by an English side in a single campaign alongside Man Utd (32 in 2002-03). Unstoppable. pic.twitter.com/GSzqFxyRQA

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 10, 2018

Liverpool's Roberto Firmino scores his side's second goal of the game during the UEFA Champions League, Quarter Final at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Tuesday April 10, 2018. See PA story SOCCER Man City. Photo credit should read: Nick Potts/PA Wire — Roberto Firmino put Liverpool ahead on the night and 5-1 in front on aggregate (Picture: PA)

Liverpool weathered the subsequent storm, albeit slightly fortuitously with Leory Sanes goal wrongly ruled out for offside and Bernardo Silva hitting the post with a ferocious strike.

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Klopp reorganised his troops at the break with Mohamed Salah redeployed through the middle and the change paid almost immediate dividends with the prolific Egyptian effectively killing the tie with an impudent finish in the 56th minute.

Citys momentum was killed stone dead and it took another 20 minutes for Firmino to score the record breaking goal, capitalising on a Nicolas Otamendis mistake and rolling the ball past Ederseon.