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Dejan Lovren: Liverpool's eighth World Cup finalist

Dejan Lovren became the eighth Liverpool player to reach a World Cup final following Croatia's 2-1 comeback win over England on Wednesday night.

The Reds' centre-back lasted the full distance at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium as Ivan Perisic levelled Kieran Trippier's opener to take the game to extra time and Mario Mandzukic scored the winner in the 109th minute.

Croatia will now meet France in Sunday's showpiece match, while England's Liverpool duo of Jordan Henderson and Trent Alexander-Arnold must prepare to face Simon Mignolet's Belgium in Saturday's third and fourth-place play-off.

"This is something historical for us," a delighted Lovren told BeIN Sports after his nation reached their first ever World Cup final.