Liverpool 2-3 Atletico Madrid (2-3 agg): Marcos Llorente's extra-time double knocks holders out

And suddenly, all was chaos. Diego Simeone was sprinting off towards Atletico Madrid’s joyous supporters, while goalkeeper Jan Oblak ran full pelt in the opposite direction, the length of the pitch to join his celebrating team-mates.

Marcos Llorente, an extra-time substitute, had scored: again. Atletico Madrid were going through. Liverpool, Europe’s champions, were going out. There would be no triumphant return to Istanbul in May.

Liverpool are this country’s most successful club in European competition so they should at least appreciate what befell them here; and old fashioned away goal smash and grab. They thought they had the tie won when, in extra time, Roberto Firmino scored his first…